Paediatric Physiotherapy in SDM College of Medical Sciences & Hospital

A talk on the achievements of Paediatric Physiotherapy over the past decade. The department started as part of the general physiotherapy department in 2007 with basic materials and instrumentation. The total number of treatment sessions was approximately 500-600 sessions then. Today we have an independent 2000 sq. ft. area, with 4 times the instrumentation. Today we have provision for sensory integration therapy, visual stimulation and computerized hand rehabilitation. We treat an array of conditions including cerebral palsy, meningomyelocoele, bowel and bladder incontinence, syndromes, brachial plexus injury, oromotor problems, etc. Also the average age of reference for therapy has come down to 6 months as compared to 3 years before. We plan to expand our department and venture into virtual reality and gait laboratory in future. Today we cater to children not from all over North Karnataka but also other parts of Southern and Western India, children from Saudi Arabia, Sharjah, Canada and Egypt. We want to see the department as the best when compared to any center anywhere in the world.