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Du du du du.... Nate the Podcaster! 🎶\n\nDu du du du.... Nate the Race Driver! 🎶\n\nDu du du du... Nate the richest person in the world! 🎶\n\n*apologies to the Max Verstappen song* #sorryNotSorry\n\nThis week on TheraBytes, w...

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We're joined this week by special guest, Taj and his mother, Danica!

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This week, we continue the conversation on the F-words framework, focusing on Fitness.

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This week we continues the discussion on the topic of family, reflecting on our previous conversation with Jen Prior!

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Jen Prior, mum to Emily, opens up about the early days after Emily’s cerebral palsy diagnosis.\n

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This week we catch up with Emma! An incredible advocate and parent, she describes herself as a big kid and a perfect example of this week's F-word, F.U.N, in action!

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Why FUN matters so much in therapy and everyday life!

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📷 TheraBytes is back! This time we get to interview the incredible Emily Prior !

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It was a privilege to have Rynae share her incredibly valuable insights as a mother new to the journey of raising a child with a neurodisability. This episode continued our exploration of the \"F-word friends,\" and Rynae’...

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As a parent, it can be easy to miss the importance of incorporating friendships and social-emotional development into your child's therapy goals much earlier.... In the beginning, there's such a strong focus on early int...

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I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Kellie about FUNction and the F-words, and I learned so much. Kellie shared her experiences raising her son, Nate, who also has cerebral palsy, and how she helps him navigate ...

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This week we welcome back Noraishah!

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We introduce our first F word of the season, FUNCTION. The definition of function is what people do and luckily for children, play is what they do.

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Episode 1

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It can be so hard to figure out exactly what's going on with our kids, especially when they have cerebral palsy. It feels like everything gets put under that one umbrella, even when we know there might be more to the sto...

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On our last podcast episode “how to ask for a second opinion” I mentioned a therapy we tried when our son was younger, saying I wished I had done more research and asked for second opinions from our medical team. This br...

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Getting a 2nd opinion...

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As a parent of a child with a neurodisability, I'm always looking for ways to make therapy more effective and meaningful, and the concept of the \"six Fs\" really resonated with me.

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I am so glad that a listener asked about the link between preterm birth and neurodisability!

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When should therapy the put on hold? It's a question that every family asks at some point in time.

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Dayna and the whole Healthy Strides team recently attended the AusACPDM conference in Cairns QLD. I sat down with Dayna to ask the important questions and the key takeaways were:

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Professional sporting and paralympics

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What is the perfect balance of therapy and school? On today's podcast Dayna and I discuss what the ideal balance could look like once your child starts school or daycare.

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This was another really important topic we discussed today as it's a question we get a lot in the clinic and that is about sending a child with a neurodisability to daycare. There are many reasons a family will send a ch...

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Today's question for Dayna is very topical in the winter season and something that gets discussed often amongst caregivers to children with neurodisabilities and complex medical conditions.

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How to troubleshoot when something is wrong with a non verbal child.

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What is too much screen time and when is screen time a bad thing? This has been a common question and topic not only within the neurodisability community but also the families and carers of neurotypical children.

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GMFCS - When to expect a GMFCS score and can this change over time?

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How do we know whether developmental behaviors differ from a child with a neurodisability to a neurotypical child? Every parent must be pondering on this question when they are facing instant emotional changes that escal...

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Taking medication, when should I contact my medical team if things don't look right?

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Goal Setting - Why do you set goals? Is it realistic, is it achievable?

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What to do if you feel like your child is not making the right amount of gains in their skills or you believe you are seeing some skills being lost.\n

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","url":"https://healthystridesfoundation.com/podcasts-1/f/therabytes---using-equipment-to-encourage-movement","title":"TheraBytes - using equipment to encourage movement","date_modified":"2024-06-17T02:00:00Z"},{"id":"therabytes---early-introduction-to-walking","html_content":"

The first 1000 days is a hot topic of conversation these days. It's really all about early intervention, but it's more than that. It's about providing opportunities to enhance development and when we talk about developme...

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Muscle strengthening is now core business when it comes to paediatric physical therapies. However, this was not always the case over 20 years ago. The original thinking was that muscle strengthening would increase spasti...

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Dysphagia means that an individual may have impaired swallowing. It is an impairment that can be observed in people with cerebral palsy or neuromuscular diseases. It occurs when the individual isn't able to safely swallo...

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This week on TheraBytes we cover the topic of Dystonia - what it is, the causes, the symptoms and treatments.

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All about high tone - Spasticity - describes something that happens to our muscles when we have an upper motor neuron injury.\n

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An episode that highlights how important those hip X- Ray appointments are, as a standard monitoring program for children with CP. It makes us understand why we wander through the hospital corridors every 6 or 12 months ...

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Is it OK to be in pain during therapy? We've all heard of \"no pain, no gain\" in the gym but is it true for children with neurological conditions and injuries?

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This week we cover the \"magic\" of stem cells.

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For parents of a child with a neurodisability, we can be faced with so many decisions we never thought we had to make! For me and my child, I find that he is wanting to make a lot of decisions on his own but I can see no...

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Have you ever wondered about the effectiveness of therapy?

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From Dayna's desk:

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From Noraishah's desk:

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From Noraishah's desk:

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This week we are launching the Therabytes podcast!

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Applications for internships open today and close January 20, 2023.

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What is CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder?

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