Patient information
Individual videos
This video demonstrates some basic exercises that will help improve your lower limb strength
This video contains some advanced lower limb exercises, these should be completed if you have been advised to do so by your Physiotherapist or Consultant
This video contains some simple exercises to help improve your balance
This video demonstrates some simple stretching exercises that will help improve your lower limb mobility
This video contains some simple exercises that will help you strengthen your core muscles
This video demonstrates how to safely use elbow crutches and mobilise non weight-bearing, partial weight-bearing and full weight-bearing
This video demonstrates a safe way to transfer to the edge of the bed following spinal surgery
This video is useful for parents / carers preparing to care for their child following hip surgery when they will be fitted into a Toronto Brace
This video is helpful for parents / carers preparing to manage their child in a Hip Spica following hip surgery
Patient leaflets
- Paediatric Pre-Operative Assessment Clinics - Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery (pdf)
- Caring for your child in a hip brace after hip surgery (pdf)
- Caring for your child in a hip spica after hip surgery (pdf)
- Hip displacement in children with cerebral palsy (pdf)
- Preventing Pressure Ulcers: Information for parents and carers (pdf)
