Sarah
SENIOR DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Sarah makes the most of the beautiful Sunshine Coast lifestyle with her family including 2 young daughters and a Golden Retriever named Pippa. Sarah enjoys keeping active by surfing, stand-up paddle boarding, bushwalking, running and attending gym classes.
After Sarah’s eldest daughter was born extremely premature she gained an insight into the challenges, and gifts, that come with raising a child with additional medical and developmental needs. Sarah is grateful for the lesson this brought in learning to trust her own intuition and advocate for her child, and she aims to empower families she works with to do the same for their loved one.
Sarah has over 13 years experience working with babies and children with posture and movement challenges, developmental delays and disabilities. This has included children with diagnoses of neurological disorders such as Cerebral Palsy, genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome and children with musculoskeletal disorders such as plagiocephaly.
Sarah’s approach to therapy involves improving body alignment & movement patterns through a systematic and holistic framework to facilitate improved function and quality of life for the children and families she supports. Therapy is individualised to meet the goals, needs and preferences of each child and their support network. Sarah has completed post-graduate training in Neurodevelopmental Therapy (NDT). Her approach to addressing alignment and range of motion impairments is primarily based on Total Motion Release (TMR) after completing Levels 1&2 in TMR Tots & Teens in 2018. Sarah brings together the systematic TMR approach, the NDT framework and strategies and coursework on developmental orthopaedics, biomechanics, assistive technology, 24-hour positioning as well as many other Physiotherapy tools to optimise outcomes for her clients.
Sarah is registered with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).