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Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy & Speech Therapy
Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy & Speech Therapy
Mag. Catja Grieshaber
Elective physiotherapist, cranio-sacral therapy
Language skills: German, English
About me
I have been a paediatric physiotherapist for more than 30 years, with a great deal of love and passion for this work.
It matters to me to always see the child as part of the family system, to strengthen parents and, where it helps, to raise awareness at school and kindergarten.
Supporting and encouraging motor development is my special field.
It starts with early infant competencies such as sucking, swallowing, digesting, breathing and sound sleep, and continues to the motor milestones of sitting, crawling and walking.
Motor development and psychological development are connected, so experiences such as moving house, separation, a stay in hospital or bullying can strongly influence how a child develops. Psychosomatic aspects have therefore always had an important place in my treatment and are included where they help.
Services
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Physiotherapy
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Cranial and visceral osteopathy
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Lymphatic drainage
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Psychosomatic trauma treatment
Professional experience
- Self-employed physiotherapist in Vienna since 1998
- 2008 degree in health management
- 1994–2004 paediatric physiotherapist in rehabilitation, hospital and outpatient settings, including Katharinenhöhe, St. Anna Children’s Hospital, Haus der Zuversicht and the Centre for Developmental Support
- 2003/2004 Wiener Festwochen: therapy and training for performing artists
- 1997 and 2003 dolphin-assisted therapy in the USA and Cuba
- 1994–2004 therapeutic groups for children in psychomotor work, climbing and swimming
- Lecturing in continuing education for physiotherapists since 1994
Additional training in therapeutic methods
- Neurophysiological therapy
- Brunkow, Vojta and paediatric Bobath therapy
- Cranio-sacral therapy
- Manual therapy
- Lymphatic drainage according to Földi
- Psychomotor work
- Sensory integration therapy
- Regulatory disorders in infants and their treatment
- Children’s feet: treatment and assessment
- Trauma therapy and psychosomatic treatment
Physiotherapy for newborns and babies
Physiotherapy can be necessary and helpful even for babies. We treat and support:
- Babies after a difficult birth or a caesarean section
- Infants with difficulties sleeping, breastfeeding or taking a bottle
- Children who find it hard to settle
- Infants with a head tilt and helmet therapy
- Foot deformities
- Babies who were in intensive care after birth
- Children with a congenital condition, a heart defect or a syndrome
- Children with muscle weakness
- Children with spastic disability
- Developmental delay
- Sports injuries or surgery
Physiotherapy for toddlers up to the age of three
In paediatric physiotherapy the child and the child’s scope of movement are at the centre.
Therapy takes place through play and is adapted individually to the age and the needs of the child. In the first months we accompany sensorimotor development and support the milestones of movement: lying on the tummy, grasping, rolling, crawling, sitting, standing and walking.
With toddlers we also practise more complex sequences of movement such as climbing, swinging, sliding, jumping or balancing. Parents receive specific exercises and a training programme for home.
MEDINO – one address for prevention, diagnostics and therapy
At the MEDINO Medical Centre, doctors from numerous specialties hold their consultations – on a freelance basis and in their own practice. Examination, laboratory and therapy are right next to one another, complemented by independently practising therapists.
Specialties represented
- General medicine
- Cardiology and internal medicine
- Thyroid and nuclear medicine
- Gynaecology
- Urology
- Fertility
- Pregnancy and obstetrics
- Paediatric and adolescent medicine
- Psychiatry
- Oncological prevention and supportive therapy
Therapies represented
- Pelvic floor training
- Occupational therapy
- Nutritional counselling
- Midwifery care
- Speech therapy
- Osteopathy
- Physiotherapy
- Psychotherapy
A small blood count, urine analysis and CRP are determined directly on site – the results are available immediately. All further parameters are processed promptly by an external institute.