Jr Physiotherapy …junior physiotherapy…. …just right….
Personal, professional and playful, a place where your child and family will truly feel cared for.
Welcome to Jr Physiotherapy
Our Philosophy
At Jr Physiotherapy, we believe that every child is unique and deserves the best care tailored to their individual needs. We create a fun, safe and engaging environment to help children flourish, move and play in their best way.
Our Work
We provide kids physio for babies and infants, toddlers and preschoolers, school aged children, and children with disability and movement difficulties.
Physio for Juniors
About Us
Toddlers and Preschoolers
Babies and Infants
Physio for babies and children!!
Located in the heart of Woonona, Jr Physiotherapy provides a physiotherapy service for the children and their families of the community and surrounding suburbs.
At Jr Physiotherapy we believe that children deserve to move and play the best way that they can. We value that each child is unique and one size does not fit all. Working with children and everyone within their world to achieve a child’s goals in a fun, safe, compassionate, and child and family centred way, is at the core of Jr Physiotherapy.
Jr Physiotherapy isn't just therapy; it is personal, professional and playful, a place where your child and family will truly feel cared for.
Bringing nearly 20 years of experience, we look forward to helping your young person be the best they can be.
Babies and Infants
Toddlers and Preschoolers
Babies and Infants
We provide physio for babies and infants.
Please contact us if you have concerns about your baby or infant around:
- Head shape – flat, tilted, different shape.
- Feet- position, appearance, how they use them.
- Hips
- Rolling
- Crawling
- Sitting
- Standing
- Stepping
- Moving
Toddlers and Preschoolers
Toddlers and Preschoolers
Toddlers and Preschoolers
We provide physio for toddlers and preschoolers.
Please contact us if you have concerns about your toddler or preschooler around:
- Walking
- Running
- Moving
- Skipping
- Hopping
- Jumping
- Playing
- Legs and feet
- Balance
- Trips and falls
School Aged Children
Disability, Movement or Functional Needs
Toddlers and Preschoolers
We provide physio for school aged children.
Please contact us if you have concerns about your school aged child around:
- Running
- Jumping
- Using stairs
- Hopping
- Balance
- Coordination
- Keeping up with peers
- Hypermobility
- Legs and feet
- Joint pain
Disability, Movement or Functional Needs
Disability, Movement or Functional Needs
Disability, Movement or Functional Needs
We also work with children from a strengths based perspective with:
- Developmental delay
- Low tone
- Hypermobility
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Cerebral palsy
- ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
- Down Syndrome
- Neuromuscular conditions
- Orthopaedic concerns
- Limb deficiencies
- Chromosomal duplications, deletions, and disorders.
Make an Appointment
Disability, Movement or Functional Needs
Disability, Movement or Functional Needs
There a number of ways to make an appointment with us:
Phone: 0403411073
Email: janelle@jrphysio.com.au
For non-NDIS participants clinic appointments, online bookings are available here:
Book now: https://jr-physiotherapy.splose.com/booking
For NDIS participants, please get in touch to discuss your requirements
Funding and Referral Options
Where We Are and the Places We Go
Where We Are and the Places We Go
We offer physiotherapy services to clients with Medicare Chronic Disease Management Plans (gap fees apply), self and plan managed NDIS participants, private health fund and private paying clients.
No referral is required to see a physiotherapist.
If Jr Physiotherapy isn’t the best fit for your child or family, we will do our best to find an appropriate service to meet your needs.
Where We Are and the Places We Go
Where We Are and the Places We Go
Where We Are and the Places We Go
At the clinic:
7/383-387 Princes Highway, Woonona, NSW, 2517
Pram and wheelchair accessible.
People function in different places, and function differently in different places.
Please enquire if you require a review or therapy at:
Home
Pre-School
School
Meet Our Team
Where We Are and the Places We Go
Meet Our Team
Janelle Roby
BPhysio(Hons), MHLM(Dist), MAPA, JP
Janelle’s values are at the heart of Jr Physiotherapy - family, compassion and integrity. Janelle wants everyone that comes to Jr Physiotherapy to feel cared for, safe, to have fun, and to be awesome together.
Janelle believes that everyone deserves to move the best way that they can. Children deserve to play and explore, and people deserve to actively participate and connect with and in their communities.
Janelle works with a person and family centre approach, meeting people where they are at and using their strengths and empowering them to ensure the best chance of achieving their goals.
Janelle graduated from the University of Newcastle in 2006 with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Hons). She has worked extensively in the public health system, as well as with government disability agencies in the Northern Territory and NSW, and private practice; maintaining a mix of paediatric and adult caseload since graduating.
Janelle has undertaken tertiary study and additional training in Trauma Informed Care and Practice. Providing a safe environment for all people to access, and providing care that is appropriate and responsive, is important to her. She has also completed a Masters of Health Leadership and Management (Dist).
Janelle has completed substantial professional development across a broad and diverse range of paediatric (and adult) areas. This includes NSMDA, HINE, APA Level 2 Paediatrics, FINE as well as courses covering but not limited to neurological, musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, respiratory, orthopaedic, hypermobility disorders, 24hr positioning, autism, cerebral palsy and much more.
When not at work Janelle spends time with her family including 3 children and fur child.
She enjoys supporting young children to play sport and is actively engaged in League Tag, Surf Lifesaving and cricket. She is a Level 1 Sports Trainer, Surf Lifesaving sports official, junior league tag coach, and community cricket coach. She believes in
supporting grass roots community participation in sport, with a passion for levelling the playing field for girls and women, and inclusion for all abilities.