Physiotherapy

The Physiotherapy Department provides assessments and re-education therapies with tailormade techniques for each child. The physiotherapists adopt a global approach that takes relational, sensorial, motor and cognitive aspects into account at each stage of the patient's development, as well as their organic dysfunctions.  They are also involved in prevention, therapeutic education and parental guidance. 

The Physiotherapy Department responds following a medical request, treating outpatients and hospitalised patients.  

For outpatients, the Physiotherapy Department offers re-education pathways in the following fields:   

• Respiratory 
• Neurology / Relational Psychomotricity  
• Surgery / Orthopaedics / General Psychomotricity / Pain  
• Urology 
• Obesity / Junior Weight Clinic 

Within the hospitalisation teams the physiotherapists act in 4 areas:   

• Respiratory (medical, intensive care and neonatology units) 
• Neurology/ Relational psychomotricity 
• Orthopaedics / Surgery / General Psychomotricity / Pain 
• Oncology 

Also included in the hospital's INAMI conventions:   

• Ventilation 
• Cystic fibrosis 
• Neuromuscularity 
• Reference Interuniversity Centre for Cerebral Motor Infirmity – CIRICU 
• Haemophilia reference centre - Hemowab

Physiotherapists are in demand in very diverse fields, this explaining both their specificity and interdisciplinarity. The physiotherapist works with parents, close contacts, professionals within or outside the hospital (GP, paramedics, orthesist, teachers...) and within multidisciplinary consultations to best integrate the reality of the child's life.