Kaisa Porkka-Toivonen

Physiotherpist

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Hi! I’m a physiotherapist specializing in pediatrics and adolescent care, with extensive experience in both primary and special health care. I know that many aspects of a baby’s or child’s movement can understandably worry parents. Play, climbing and exploration are part of childhood—unfortunately, pain, overuse injuries and accidents sometimes too. I provide gentle, goal-oriented, family-centered rehabilitation for both motor development concerns and recovery from pain or injury.

I have broad expertise in musculoskeletal conditions, movement assessment, and supporting motor skills through physiotherapy. I have also worked at the Children’s Hospital pain clinic with persistent pain and functional symptoms. In addition, I teach future physiotherapists at a university of applied sciences, which keeps my practice current and evidence-based.

You can book an appointment with me for help with, for example:

  • Atypical or delayed development; motor assessments
  • Postural asymmetries (e.g., head-turning/position preference, torticollis, plagiocephaly)
  • Parent guidance in infant handling
  • Motor skill training for infants and children
  • Lower-limb overuse problems and persistent pain
  • Back overuse injuries and back pain
  • Neck-shoulder pain and headaches
  • Overuse injuries, accidents and fractures, and post-operative rehabilitation
  • Persistent and sensitized pain
  • Mobility, endurance and strength training

You are warmly welcome to my clinic!