In physiotherapy, we treat in a goal-oriented way, individually adapted to the patients` needs and abilities and taking their environment into account. We are guided by the current Bobath concept, the ICF (international classification of functional ability of the WHO) and the current evidence base in neuro-paediatric physiotherapy.
In addition to a precise diagnosis, we offer a therapy that is oriented towards the needs of the patients and their social and material environment. Parents and caregivers as well as care institutions are involved in therapy decisions. We also try to achieve positive effects for the children's everyday life beyond their stay in the clinic through parent counselling and the provision of aids.
An exact diagnostic assessment is the basis for all our therapy decisions.
In order to be able to understand the motor problems of the patients in their everyday life, it is necessary for us to take a close look at the activities in which the problems occur in the sense of a functional analysis. In this way, we can determine which areas of the body are causing the problem and which sub-functions are impaired as a result.
In developmental diagnostics, observation of the child and its environment plays a major role, especially with younger children. With older children and adolescents, neurological, orthopaedic and sensorimotor aspects are increasingly added. We use scales, tests and assessments for meaningful documentation.
Physiotherapy on a neurophysiological basis has been a standard in the treatment of people who have movement disorders with neurological causes for many years.
The treatment methods are individually adapted to the respective situation and include the caregivers, the current and home environment as well as possible aids.
We use the Bobath concept and the Vojta method as well as other approaches or combined treatments. The decision is made according to the current evidence, also based on objectives and the prospects of success in the individual case. This applies both to the area of developmental support for smaller children and to neurorehabilitation for children, adolescents and young adults.
Physiotherapy has a much more lasting effect if elements of it can be integrated into the children's everyday life.
We therefore offer various possibilities to plan, try out and possibly adapt aids. But also the transfer of positioning, positioning and transfer possibilities into the post-clinical everyday life plays an important role. To enable these transitions, the involvement of caregivers in the therapeutic process is particularly important to us."
The aim of therapeutic riding is to find one's own centre on the swaying back of the horse, to remain balanced, but also to experience one's strengths and weaknesses in dealing with the animals.
In the process, as in hippotherapy, work is done on the prerequisites for walking. The three-dimensional movements of a horse at a walk train posture control and adaptability, which are also needed for walking. In addition, therapeutic riding is also open to non-walkers. They benefit for their posture while sitting and their locomotion in a wheelchair. This offer is made possible through the kind support of donors and is carried out in cooperation with local professionals. Information on how to donate can be found here.
Water therapy in warm water has a relaxing and tonus-reducing effect.
This releases reserves of movement, which can be implemented better in water than on land due to the reduced force of gravity. In water we have very good conditions for active or passive mobilisation of the torso and extremities. Due to the buoyancy on the one hand and the resistance of the water on the other, water therapy can also be used excellently in gait rehabilitation. Individual and group movement in water is often easier than on land.
We follow the McMillan method (Halliwick method) when learning how to move around in water. In a step-by-step plan, we first work on breathing in the water, then on "letting the water carry you" and finally on locomotion (swimming).