Chris Smith is a paediatric physiotherapist who runs a private children’s clinic in Essex. It offers specialist therapies to children from birth.
He says, ‘Many people think physiotherapy is something you receive after breaking an arm, but actually the profession has massive scope.
‘I started my career working in a hospital paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) where we helped babies on ventilators to breathe. In ICU, physiotherapists make sure babies get good oxygen to the lungs by checking their lying position.
‘I set up Kids Works in 2010 when I realised families were choosing to have more physiotherapy than the NHS offers. I employ six physiotherapists, who provide treatments you can’t get in other UK clinics.
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