Are you looking for a children's physiotherapist near Herent? Do you want a short treatment to improve your child's writing motor skills or does your child need respiratory physiotherapy? Or are you looking for long-term guidance that stimulates the motor development of your son or daughter?

Welcome to Kindercentrum De Groeitrap, your partner specialized in physiotherapy for children and young people from 0 to 21 years old.

Children's physiotherapist Herent for tailor-made children

A short treatment to improve your child's writing motor skills or breathing? Or long-term guidance that stimulates your son or daughter's motor development? Based on a targeted question and a substantiated investigation, we work together to develop an individual course, always at the child's pace of course. The duration of a course depends on your question. Because we want to promote communication between care providers, our pediatric physiotherapists work very closely with your doctor, therapist, school or CLB.

What can you call Kindercentrum De Groeitrap for?

 PSYCHOMOTOR REHABILITATION │research, diagnosis and treatment of gross and fine motor problems, lateralization and directional problems, preparatory writing and writing motor problems, activities of daily living (ADL), coordination problems and dyspraxia, problems with spatial insight,...

RESPIRATORY REHABILITATION │ treatment of acute and chronic respiratory problems, cystic fibrosis, tracheomalacia, PCD, hyperventilation and dysfunctional breathing by teaching nasal hygiene, parental instructions, (thorax) mobilizations and stretching, PEP therapy, (assisted) autogenic drainage, teaching abdominal breathing, reconditioning and functional exercise therapy

NEUROMOTORIC REHABILITATION │ treatment of Cerebral Palsy, muscle diseases such as Duchene, FA, SMA type I and II and Spina Bifida by means of bobath therapy, functional and demand-oriented exercise therapy and reconditioning

DEVELOPMENTAL STIMULATION │ treatment and follow-up of prematurity, developmental delay during the first two years of life, preferred posture, brachi- and plagiocephaly, hypotonia, stool pushers, hyperlaxity by means of bobath therapy, parent instruction, stretching and mobilization, handling and positioning and functional rehabilitation to achieve minimum milestones

GENERAL PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION │ treatment of ASD, Down syndrome or other syndromic conditions, growth and back problems, tip walking, posture problems, postoperative problems, problems after bone fractures through mobilizations, stretching, functional and demand-oriented exercise therapy with possible exercise programs.

SWIM THERAPY | individual and customized swimming lessons for children with underlying problems, whether motor, cognitive or behavioral.

TYP10 | We regularly organize typing lessons in groups from Kindercentrum De Groeitrap. We use the Typ10 method for this and in this way children, with or without learning disabilities, learn to type blindly on the keyboard in a playful way. An essential skill in today's digital world.

We are the right hand of orthopedic workshops for equipment and adapted materials, such as bicycles and wheelchairs.

Call us: 0472/67.19.36 Contact us

Advice, research and physiotherapy tailored to your needs

Based on a targeted question and a substantiated investigation, we work together to develop an individual trajectory, always at the child's pace of course. The duration of a trajectory depends on your question. Because we want to promote communication between care providers, we work very closely with your doctor, therapist, school or CLB.

Who is the De Groeitrap Childcare Centre?

Bjorn Zwakhoven, Joke Claes, Marianne De Smedt and Stéphanie Van Gaal are the proud owners of Kindercentrum De Groeitrap, a multidisciplinary practice near Leuven. Our expertise is guiding children and their environment, but each with our own emphasis. As a coach, Bjorn explores the talents, inner and outer world of the child, as well as their environment. He is also a recognized coach at Hoogbloeier, an expertise center for giftedness. Joke, Marianne and Stéphanie are physiotherapists and literally and figuratively get children moving. By each individually, but also together, focusing on different specializations, we try to help as many children between 0 and 21 years old grow as possible.

'We like to help children reach their maximum potential. Step by step and each at their own pace'.

We know better than anyone how important it is for children to feel good about themselves. Our dream? To guide children at their own pace to their greatest potential. For this, we can count on the enthusiasm of a fantastic multidisciplinary team every day . Each and every one of them creates a safe place where children and young people can be who they are and are not constantly confronted with being different. Bobath, swimming, psychomotor, respiratory or respiratory physiotherapy ? Our pediatric physiotherapists look at your question with expert eyes.

Our mission

Using a multidisciplinary approach and in collaboration with all parties involved, we want to empower children and young people aged 0 to 21 and help them grow to their maximum potential by providing them and their environment with optimal guidance.

Your children's physiotherapist near Herent and more

In addition to physiotherapy for children, Kindercentrum De Groeitrap also performs other expertise. For example, you will find child physiotherapists as well as psychologists, coaches, sleep coaches, speech therapists, a pediatrician and experts in giftedness and high sensitivity.