Donna Fallon (Bubbles Physio Director and Senior Physiotherapist) has over 10 years physiotherapy experience with previous roles including senior physiotherapist (Paediatrics) within Queensland Health. This paediatric experience includes almost all areas from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and special care nursery (SCN), paediatric ward, outpatients, acute and subacute as well as working within the community at the Child Development Service.
Kristen Holland (Senior Physiotherapist) completed a Bachelor of Human Movement and Exercise Science (Clinical Practice) in 2012, graduating with a Doctor of Physiotherapy from the University of Melbourne in 2015. Kristen has worked the past 5years at Bayside Special Developmental School and has experience with wheelchair and equipment prescription and aquatic physiotherapy. Special areas of interest include remote health, aquatic physiotherapy and paediatric physiotherapy.
Location - Innisfail, Atherton, Cairns and monthly in Mossman
Conditions:
Developmental delays / Neurodevelopment input (regardless of diagnosis)
Plagiocephaly/torticollis
Walking patterns and feet assessment
Infant development and handling for pre-term and term babies
Gross motor delays
Low tone (hypotonia) and increased tone (hypertonia)
Coordination and motor planning difficulties
Other: by discussion
NDIS: Servicing self-managed and plan-managed NDIS participants. NOT an NDIS registered provider.
What to Bring:
Any referrals, specialist reports, imaging (Xray, MRI), letters from other health professionals or kindy teachers, any information you wish to share with your physiotherapist
NDIS plan (NDIS clients)
Medicare card
Private Health insurance card
List of goals/questions about your child
Physiotherapist has Medicare Provider number.
Mobile HICAPS provider: (Please note not all health funds eligible).