Early signs your child may need physiotherapy

Children reach milestones at their own pace, and a few weeks either side of a textbook age is usually nothing to worry about. What is worth checking is a pattern rather than a date.

Worth an assessment

• Not sitting without support by around nine months
• Consistently favouring one side of the body
• Walking on toes well past the point most children stop
• Frequent falls, or tiring far faster than other children the same age
• Difficulty with stairs, jumping or catching well beyond their peers

None of these mean something is wrong. They mean it is worth an hour with a physiotherapist who works with children, because early intervention is far easier than late correction.