Balance and coordination Therapy

We aim to help the kids to face life challenges by providing the best physical therapy for balance and coordination.

Build Your Child's Confidence Through Better Balance and Coordination

Does your child struggle with activities like running, jumping, catching a ball, or navigating stairs? Do you worry about their safety, their ability to keep up with peers, or their confidence during play? Balance and coordination are crucial for everyday tasks, play, and even school activities. Many children face challenges in these areas, impacting their daily life and self-esteem. At Brave Bodies, we understand your concerns. We are expert paediatric physiotherapists using proven, evidence-based strategies to help children improve their balance and coordination in a fun, supportive environment. We create personalised, goal-focused plans based on the latest research, empowering your child to move with confidence and participate fully in life.

Our Evidence-Based Strategies for Better Balance & Coordination

Goal-Focused Activities (Task-Oriented Training): We focus on practicing real-life activities that are important to your child and family, like riding a bike, climbing stairs, playing sports, or improving handwriting. Therapy sessions involve practicing these whole tasks, not just isolated exercises, making learning more effective and meaningful.

Motor Learning Principles: Our approach is built on how children learn best. This includes:Making practice similar to real-world situations.
- Encouraging active problem-solving during activities.
- Ensuring lots of practice and repetition.
- Providing helpful feedback to guide improvement.
- Varying activities to help skills adapt to different situations.

Playful & Engaging Technology (Where Appropriate): We may incorporate fun and motivating tools like:

Virtual Reality (VR) & Active Video Games: Games designed to challenge balance and coordination in an engaging way. Some evidence shows these can be particularly helpful for improving balance.

Strengthening Core Muscles: Building strength in the tummy and back muscles provides a stable base for better balance and limb control during activities. This is often integrated into task-based exercises.

Hippotherapy (Therapy Using Horse Movement - If Applicable): For some children, especially those with Cerebral Palsy, the unique movement of a horse can be a powerful tool to improve balance, posture, and core control.

Exercise & Physical Activity Programs: Tailored exercises and activities, sometimes including aquatics or specific routines, can improve balance and overall motor skills, especially for children with conditions like Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Early Intervention Focus (For Infants & Toddlers): For our youngest clients (0-4 years), we focus on promoting foundational skills like sitting, crawling, and walking, using approaches that encourage active movement and integrate cognitive challenges, taking advantage of early neuroplasticity.

Family Collaboration: We believe therapy is most successful when families are involved. We work closely with you, setting goals together and providing strategies to support your child's progress at home and in the community.

Our goal is always to use the most effective, research-supported methods, tailored to your child's individual needs, to help them gain confidence and succeed in their daily activities.

Common Conditions We Support

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD): Children who have significant difficulty learning and performing coordinated movements compared to their peers, impacting daily activities like dressing, handwriting, or playing sports. Balance problems are often a key concern.
Cerebral Palsy (CP): Children with CP often experience challenges with movement, muscle tone, posture, and balance due to differences in brain development. Physiotherapy helps improve mobility, balance, and participation in activities.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Many children with ASD also experience difficulties with motor skills, including balance and coordination. These motor challenges can affect participation and interaction.
Infants and Toddlers with Motor Delays: Young children (0-4 years) who are slow to reach motor milestones (like sitting, crawling, or walking) or are identified as being at high risk for developmental delays. Early intervention can be very beneficial during this critical period.
Typically Developing Children with Balance/Coordination Concerns: Some children without a specific diagnosis may still struggle with balance or coordination, impacting their confidence and ability to participate fully in play, sports, or school activities.
Physiotherapy can help children across these varied situations improve their fundamental movement skills, leading to greater independence and enjoyment in everyday life.

🧐Why Choose a Paediatric Physiotherapist?

Choose us as we offer

Specialised Expertise in Children: Paediatric physiotherapists have specific training and experience in child development, understanding how movement skills develop from infancy through adolescence. They know how to adapt techniques for different ages and abilities.
Concern About Clumsiness or Frequent Falls: Parents may notice their child seems more clumsy than peers, trips or falls often, or struggles with activities requiring balance (like riding a bike, walking on uneven ground, or climbing).
Difficulties Participating in Activities: A child might avoid or struggle with playground games, sports, P.E. class, or even everyday tasks like getting dressed due to poor coordination or balance, impacting their social engagement and fun.
Diagnosis of a Specific Condition: If a child has been diagnosed with conditions like Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), Cerebral Palsy (CP), or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), where motor difficulties are common, a paediatric physiotherapist can provide targeted, evidence-based interventions.
Delayed Motor Milestones: Parents of infants or toddlers might seek help if their child is significantly delayed in reaching milestones like sitting, crawling, standing, or walking. Early intervention is key.
Desire for Evidence-Based Strategies: Paediatric physiotherapists utilize interventions supported by research (like task-oriented training) to ensure therapy is effective and focuses on achieving functional goals.
Focus on Functional Goals & Real Life: Therapy aims to improve the specific activities that are meaningful to the child and family – not just exercises in isolation, but skills that enhance participation in daily life, school, and play.

🥰Benefits of our physical therapy for balance and coordination

Improved Safety & Fall Prevention: Our training sessions enhance stability, increase reaction time, and reduce the risk of falls. Offering the confidence of safety to your child.
Increased Independence: With our body balance therapy, your child can master essential skills like walking, running, and stair-climbing as part of his/her routine life.
Enhanced Motor Skills: Our custom training programs develop coordination for smoother movements, better handwriting, sports performance, and playground participation.
Stronger Core & Posture: Builds muscle strength and alignment to support proper sitting, standing, and dynamic movements.
Better Sensory Integration: Improves how the brain processes vestibular (balance), proprioceptive (body position), and visual input for coordinated motion.
Faster Recovery After Injury/Surgery: Restores pre-injury movement patterns and prevents compensatory habits that could lead to future issues.
Customised for Growth & Development: Our custom exercise plans are designed for children's growth, ensuring long-term progress and age-appropriate milestones.
Fun & Engaging Sessions: Engaging your child in fun games, obstacle courses, and tech (like balance boards or VR) is the part of our balance and coordination therapy to enhance your mind capabilities.

Why It Matters?

✔ Builds foundational skills for school, sports, and life

✔ Prevents secondary complications from poor balance

✔ Empowers kids

Why is Balance and Coordination Therapy important for your kid?

Good balance and coordination are important for children to move smoothly and avoid falling or getting hurt. With good balance, children can control their bodies if they are standing on the floor or running on the ground. Similarly, coordination makes them use different parts of their body together smoothly and effectively. Those kids who appear clumsy face problems in such areas. It's hard for them to catch a ball, constantly stand, and complete tasks such as running. These problems can affect their performance in extracurricular and social activities. At Brave Bodies, we understand every child is different from others, and to meet your child's needs, we offer custom-designed coordination therapy sessions. We provide in-person therapy sessions at affordable prices to prepare every kid to conquer future challenges. Get an appointment with our expert by contacting us.

Contact us now for your kids’ therapy

Struggling with the search for the best balance therapy near me? Look no further than Brave Bodies, as our highly trained staff is ready to assist your child with our precisely designed Balance and Coordination Therapy program. Contact us now to enhance your child’s mental and physical capabilities. Talk to our expert and get an immediate quote for further progress.

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Open Hours:
Monday – Friday | 8am – 6pm

Service Area:
Bunbury, Busselton, Vasse, Dunsborough, Yallingup and Margaret River