Move and Play Paediatric Therapy is a local business providing friendly, professional and comprehensive physiotherapy services for children of all ages, from babies to adolescents and young adults. What We Do: Move and Play Paediatric Therapy provides comprehensive, individualised, goal directed and family friendly physiotherapy services. We offer a mobile service, providing care in your own home, or in your child's natural environments, such as their day care, school or a local park or playground. This allows your child to feel at ease, and allows them to perform to their natural ability, which can sometimes be more difficult in an unfamiliar clinical setting. Our service delivery methods are flexible in order to meet the needs of the child and family. Your child's physiotherapy program is decided in partnership with you, as their parent, and may consist of one on one treatment or small group sessions, hydrotherapy, home programs, orthotic analysis and prescription, equipment trials and prescription, and collaboration with or referral to other relevant health professionals when indicated. We provide services across Mackay, from Shoal Point to Sarina. We can also travel to the outer regions of Mackay when required for an additional travel fee. For those families who live in regional and rural areas of Mackay and the Hinterland, we can also provide Skype or telehealth appointments when appropriate. Conditions We See: Some reasons you might seek the help of Move and Play Paediatric Therapy.... Developmental concerns: • You have concerns about your child's development and progress, particularly their achievement of movement and play skills • Your baby or child feels ‘floppy' or ‘stiff' to hold • You are a new parent and would like help with learning baby handling and play skills • Your baby was born prematurely, and you would like to have their development checked • Your baby or child has a diagnosed neurological, neurodevelopmental or neuromuscular condition, such as cerebral palsy or Down's Syndrome, which is causing or may cause movement difficulties • Your child seems to have poor posture, clumsiness, frequent trips or falls, poor balance and/ or co-ordination Orthopaedic (conditions affecting the bones and joints) concerns: • Your baby has a flat spot on the back of their head • Your baby always lies with their head turned to one side • You are concerned about the alignment or position of your baby's or child's feet/ knees/ legs • Your child complains of pain in their joints or muscles • Your child needs rehabilitation following an injury, surgery or Botox injections • Your child has been diagnosed with a juvenile arthritis, and needs treatment to regain movement and strength Respiratory and other conditions: • Your child has cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, trachea- or bronchomalacia, and requires physiotherapy treatment of their condition About Us: Our highly experienced and skilled physiotherapist, Emily Hayles, is able to see children with a wide variety of conditions. She has extensive experience working with children and their families in the local Mackay area. Emily has a special interest in the treatment of children with developmental delay, movement difficulties, and/or disability, and has undertaken postgraduate education and training in this area. Contact Us: Call us today to see how we can help, or to arrange a physiotherapy appointment for your child. No referral is required.

Our business Health & Hearts integrates the speciality field of exercise physiology with a fully equipped gym for mature age clients and rehabilitation purposes. Exercise physiologists are university qualified experts in exercise. We specialise in programmes for people with osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, cancer, diabetes, depression, obesity, heart disease, hypertension, angina, emphysema, asthma, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, just to name a few. We offer expert advice and design the best exercise programme for you, what ever your goal, whatever your age, your health status, medical conditions and fitness levels. We offer individually designed and monitored home exercise programmes, hydrotherapy and gym programmes. We also offer private personal training, supervised gym sessions, group classes, speciality exercise classes for diabetes, COPD, cancer, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. We accept all fitness levels and can help you to achieve your goal whether it's running a marathon or learning to walk again. We except Medicare EPC referrals for chronic disease management plans, DVA, pre-operative and post surgery, however it is not essential to have a referral. Our exercise physiologists, Heather McFarlane and Keiran Kowalski are also available to speak to your workplace, community group or club to educate on the benefit of exercise, types of exercise; strength training, cardio and flexibility.

Physio Plus Mackay, located at the Mater Hospital Medical Suites, is your local provider of physiotherapy, exercise physiology, massage therapy, Pilates and occupational health services. Our aim as Mackay physiotherapists is to help assist with chronic pain and diseases, sporting injuries and children's injuries, as well as rehabilitation to help aid recovery after surgery. A GP referral is not required, however we do offer private health rebates through HICAPS for your convenience. Working with some of Australia's biggest companies, we assist businesses with their occupational health programs. This includes promoting work injury management and prevention. Talk to us today about providing pre-employment assessments for your workplace. We also work with students studying physiotherapy in Mackay by providing placements. At Physio Plus Mackay, we are here to help you. If you have any questions, queries or would like to enquire about our services, give us a call today.