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Intensive Therapy
Australian Allied Health Impact and Innovation Excellence Award Winner.
The team at Healthy Strides has been awarded the Australian Allied Health Impact and Innovation Excellence Award.
This is in addition to winning the Allied Health Assistant of the Year Award and multiple finalists in other categories including the Australian Allied Health Team Culture Award.
Our team had also been the caretaker of the Australian Allied Health Private Practice Excellence Award from 2019 to 2021. Our interdisciplinary team pride themselves on innovation excellence in paediatrics.
Intensive Therapy Services
STRIDE, ACTIVATE, REACH and KINDY MOVES follow the therapy 3-6-9 philosophy. 3 times per week, for a 6 week duration, following the 9 principles of neuroplasticity. We specialise in goal directed, Intensive Therapy services - research backed and evidence based services only!
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Designed for families by families.
Participate is designed to be a "one stop shop" for accessible parks, playgrounds (and soon, sporting and community facilities) across Perth and Western Australia. With reviews on parks and playgrounds - highlighting accessibility, parking facilities, play equipment, safety features, maps and location details to search near to you and a community review portal for family recommendations.
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Telethon Beneficiary
We are proud to have been a Telethon beneficiary since 2018. We are indebted to the generosity of the WA public and Telethon 7 Perth. The Healthy Strides team have undertaken world leading research projects, iStride, Kindy Moves and CPMoveTime and the "Power of One" study.
Our Intensive Therapy Programs
Individualised goal directed programs
We provide individualised goal directed intensive therapy programs (in 3 week, 6 week blocks, along with a custom duration program option) for children and young adults with neurologically based conditions and injuries. This includes people with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injuries and spinal cord injuries.
Increasingly, research supports the effectiveness of focused and specific activity based interventions. This is the basis of motor learning and neuroplasticity where it is understood that consolidated mass practice of specific tasks has the potential to change neurological pathways. Interventions based on this principle are known as Activity Based Rehabilitation.
Embracing principles of neuroplasticity through Activity Based Rehabilitation approaches has the potential to improve each person's ability as well as to importantly, increase participation in life situations whether that be at home, school or community.
Activity Based Rehabilitation Programs
All of our Activity Based Rehabilitation programs are delivered three times per week over the three to six week period. In some instances, more frequent sessions are warranted and in these cases, families do have this option if required.
The frequency of intervention is based on current research, our years of clinical experience and our own research in Activity Based Rehabilitation.
Engaging in short periods of focused programs also has the benefit of planning ahead so that therapy can fit around the person and family. Whilst intensive therapy is important for optimising skills and participation, it needs to be manageable so that families can balance work, school, family time and fun!
NB. The custom program option will provide a varied session frequency and can be discussed at the initial assessment.
5 Base Programs and a PITS option
STRIDE and STRIDE ZERO G
Locomotor Training
REACH
Upper Limb Functional Training
KINDY MOVES
Ages 2- 5 years
ACTIVATE
Individualised Task Specific Training
POST INTERVENTION THERAPY SUPPORT
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STRIDE3D
3D Gait analysis (Coming soon!)
An adjunct to our Intensive Therapy programs.
Speech Pathology is offered in a multi-disciplinary environment. Available as both a Plus or Pro option in addition to your Intensive Therapy program, we see this as another element that completes a holistic approach to therapy provision - please visit our dedicated Speech Pathology portal for all the latest information.
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KINDY MOVES
We have published the first of our KINDY MOVES papers in BMJ (British Medical Journal) Open. It's open access!
You can read the article at the link below!