Paediatric Home Visit Physiotherapy Service

“My name is Jacob and I have a very rare condition called Pachygyria. This means that parts of my brain did not develop correctly with thickened parts to the cerebral cortex of my brain. There is no medical treatment for this, only supportive treatments such a physiotherapy. I have physiotherapy at school and
Not being mobile does not need to prevent you reaching the top of the Wrekin!

Over the past few months, we have been testing and trialling various all terrain wheelchairs with the goal to be able to get to the top of the Wrekin and today this was achieved. Physiotherapy is way more than exercises! The client has said: “I couldn’t do it in any of my other chairs, so
My first time walking….

“I want to try to walk. I have never tried before.” So he did, and he mastered it. Reach Rehab helped in the provision of the walking frame through a charity funding application. We are now working on building up cardiovascular fitness: an important aspect of health often over looked with those who are wheelchair
Moving forward from chair to walker
What difference does it make?