Below are some links which we have put together for you which we hope you will find helpful for adults, children and young people.
NHS LibraryCoronavirus resources for children and young people, and older people. Information provided in accessible formats
Axel Scheffler - Books for older children
Emerging Minds - For children and young people with worries and anxieties
COVID-19 Resources for Children, Young People and Families Contains a variety of resources to aid understanding and support for children and young people during the coronavirus outbreak
Video to explain social distancing to children A video, aimed at children and young people, explaining the importance of social distancing.
Keeping Your Kids Safe During The Coronavirus Outbreak An informative video, aimed at parents advising ways of keeping their children safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
Covid-19 resources for parents and carers - produced by Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Paediatrics
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General Health Resources
General information on Children’s Health A Parents website giving advice on children’s health, behaviour and growth.
Six week postnatal check during Covid 19 Advice from Health Visitors and Paediatricians for parents about the six-week postnatal check during Covid-19.
Routine screening reviews at 6-8 weeks during COVID-19 Tips for parents about physical examination of a baby 6-8 weeks postnatal produced by Institute of Health Visiting.
British Society of Children’s Orthopaedic Surgeon. Resources on the Covid-19 Pandemic from the British Society of Children’s Orthopaedic Surgeons.
General Exercise Resources
NHS UK Fitness Guides Physical Activity recommendations and guides for different child age groups from the NHS UK.
The Body Coach Joe Wicks Body Coach YouTube channel featuring a variety of workouts for family, children and young people.
Under 5’s NHS UK physical activity guidelines for children under 5 years.
Five to Eighteen Years NHS UK physical activity guidelines for 5-18 year old.
Cosmic YogaThese YouTube videos offer loads of different options. Shorter sessions for younger children to longer sessions for older children
YMCA Health and Fitness videos Youth, children and young people, health fitness and activity videos.
Yoga YouTube channel releasing daily yoga workouts for families, children and young people.
Couch to 5k Couch to 5k programme. Links include: watching a video or listening via podcast.
Imove – General home activities and mental health support
Pilates for Beginners
Low-Mid Level Exercises
Low Level: Seated Exercises
Area/Diagnosis Specific Advice
Lower limb Exercises
Knee Pain Advice Leaflet Knee Pain information leaflet from the Paediatric Orthopaedic Service.
Lower leg strengthening/Balance Exercises – Older Child/Young Adult Physiotherapy Exercise programme aimed at lower leg strengthening and balancing exercises for older children and young adults.
Lower limb stretches Physiotherapy exercise programme aimed at lower limb stretches for children and young people
Lower limb exercises - videos videos produced by Royal Free London NHS Trust
Toe walking information leaflet Information sheet from the Cambridgeshire NHS trust on toe walking, what it is and how it can be treated.
Finding Your Baseline - Hypermobility Exercises YouTube video showing hypermobility exercises. It also gives advice on identifying individual baselines for activity to reduce flare ups and progress.
Symptomatic Hypermobility
Clubfoot
Tickle and move - For infants before casting A video demonstrating different ways of encouraging your baby to move their feet during a temporary break in casting treatment, or before treatment starts.
Movements to keep the foot mobile - For infants following casting A video demonstrating simple movements you can do for your baby's foot to keep it mobile if casts have been removed during casting phase.
Back Pain:
Pilates Physiotherapist Pilates workout for teenagers with lower back pain.
Pilates for Pain Management - A 15 minute video to do at home Pilates video aimed at managing pain.
Balance and Co-ordination – Primary School age Fizzy and Clever Hands – Developed by the Community Trust. This link takes you to different information leaflets, games and activities focusing on balance and coordination for primary school aged children.
Spinal exercises - videos videos produced by Royal Free London NHS Trust
Persistent Pain:
Management of Persistent Pain (Pacing) Tool kit and information on pacing for children managing persistent pain
Pain Bytes Pain Network Website giving information and advice on chronic pain in leaflet and video format.
Moodspark- A place where young people aged 10-16 can learn how to look after their emotional and mental health and find ways to help them bounce back when life gets tough.
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and managing pain
Painbytes
Live Well With Pain
Understanding Pain
Well-being
The Kent Resilience Hub - Resources to support 10-16 year old to cope better with the pressure of everyday life.
Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids | 1. Balloon
Advice and Exercise after Pregnancy
Fit following Gynaecological Surgery
Fit for Birth, Exercises and Advice
Fit for the Future, Exercise and Advice Following Pregnancy
Maternity Booklet
Pelvic Girdle pain and other common conditions in pregnancy
Pilates in Women's Health Physiotherapy
Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain Patient Information Pack
Promoting Continence with Physiotherapy
The Mitchell Method of Physiological Examination
The Pelvic Floor Exercises - A Guide for Women
Versus Arthritis
Pilates for Beginners
Pilates
Pain Toolkit
'Body in mind the role of the brain in chronic pain'
Understanding Pain in 5 Minutes
Subacromial shoulder pain - exercise and information
Shoulder Doc rehab protocols
Critical Care Unit Rehabilitation Programme
Rheumatoid Arthritis:
NHS
NRAS
NRAS exercise during lockdown
Myositis:
NHS
Myositis
Coronavirus and Myositis
Myositis exercise videos
Bridges Self Management
Spondyloarthrits / Ankylosing Spondylitis:
NHS Ankylosing Spondylitis
NASS
NASS Back to Action
Polymyalgia rheumatica - upper limb/lower limb general strengthening if there isn't anything specific:
NHS
PRMRGCA
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Coping with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Arthritis - Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Hypermobility / Ehlers Danlos Syndrome:
NHS
Hypermobility
Living with Hypermobility Syndrome
NHS Ehlers Danlos Syndromes
Ehlers Danlos
Hypermobility Exercises