• Development delay or high risk infants
  • Babies born pre-term
  • Low or high muscle tone – floppy baby or very stiff to hold
  • Not meeting their Milestones – see checklist by clicking here eg. not rolling, sitting, crawling or walking within guidelines
• Plagiocephaly – misshapen head
• Torticollis (tight neck muscles limiting head active range of motion)
• Orthopaedic concerns
  • Knock knees
  • Bow legs
  • In-toeing
  • Talipes – positional foot deformity at birth
• Medical diagnoses impacting on development eg. mitochondrial, neurological, genetic/chromosomal 
• Conditions and syndromes – eg Cerebral palsy and Down Syndrome
• Low muscle tone impacting development, play, sitting posture or general movement and coordination.
• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• Vestibular symptoms – assessment, treatment and rehabilitation. Eg. movement seeking or movement avoiding

Milestones aren’t just about ticking off a checklist as a baby grows and develops, for us, it is about a PATTERN of movement. Paediatric physiotherapists and occupational therapists are trained to identify abnormal or atypical movement patterns using specific tools, such as the Prechtl’s, Movement ABC or HINE assessments. It is then our job to rehabilitate or educate parents and caregivers as how to facilitate appropriate movements patterns. How a baby moves in early infancy can predict outcomes for later in life and therefore one of the reasons why early intervention is so imperative for quality of life.