Gross motor delay
0–3 yrsNot rolling, sitting, crawling or walking near the expected window. Assessment is observational, which video suits — I watch your child move in their own home rather than in a strange room.
For Indian families in Singapore
Paediatric physiotherapy for Indian families in Singapore
Dr. Jyoti Bajpai (MPT, NIRTAR) has focused on paediatric physiotherapy since 2020. Consult by video from anywhere in Singapore, in your own language, alongside your child’s local programme. ₹1,999 per 45-minute session.
Where we fit
Alongside EIPIC and hospital paediatric services, not instead of it
Singapore supports children with developmental needs through the Early Intervention Programme for Infants and Children, alongside paediatric services at the major hospitals. Provision is structured, and places are allocated rather than open-access.
The structure is good, but the daily home programme still falls to parents, and Indian families here often want it explained by someone who shares their language and can be booked at short notice.
What this actually gives you
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Book at short notice
Allocated programmes cannot flex when something changes this week. We usually can, including same-day slots.
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Only two and a half hours ahead
Singapore sits close enough to India that after-school slots are straightforward — no awkward early mornings for a tired child.
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The home programme, explained properly
Most of the therapeutic hours in a child’s week happen at home with you. Those hours are the ones we coach.
How a paediatric session runs
It is not an adult appointment with a smaller patient. The model is different, and it is the part that makes video work for children.
You and your child, at home
I watch your child move on their own floor with their own toys. For a young child that is more representative than a clinic room, not less.
I coach you, not just them
Between sessions the therapy is delivered by you. Most of the call is teaching you the handling, the positions and what "good" looks like.
A written plan within 24 hours
Exercises, dosage, what to watch for, and what to escalate. Shareable with your local team so nobody is working blind.
Reviewed as they change
Children change quickly and outgrow a programme fast. We progress it rather than leaving you repeating month-old exercises.
What I treat in children
If your child’s concern is not on this list, ask. The free call exists partly so nobody pays for a session that was never going to be the right thing.
Torticollis and head-shape asymmetry
0–12 mthsA baby who consistently turns or tilts to one side. Handling, positioning and tummy-time coaching for parents, with progress tracked on photographs between sessions.
Toe walking
2–8 yrsPersistent walking on tiptoes past the age it usually settles. We separate habitual toe walking from a tight calf or a neurological cause, and refer where that is what is needed.
Flat feet and in-toeing
3–10 yrsVery often normal variation that needs reassurance rather than treatment. Where it does need work, it is foot and hip strengthening — not expensive insoles by default.
Hypermobility
5–16 yrsBendy joints, frequent aches, tiring quickly, poor handwriting endurance. Strength and joint-control work, paced so it does not flare.
Cerebral palsy — home programme
All agesNot a replacement for the local therapy team. A structured home programme and parent coaching for the days between their appointments, which is where most of the hours actually are.
Developmental coordination disorder
5–14 yrsThe child described as clumsy — struggles with cycling, catching, buttons, PE. Task-specific practice broken into steps a parent can run daily.
Adolescent scoliosis
10–18 yrsSchroth-based three-dimensional corrective exercise and breathing retraining, alongside whatever monitoring or bracing the local orthopaedic team has advised.
Osgood-Schlatter and growth-plate pain
10–16 yrsKnee pain in a sporty teenager during a growth spurt. Load management that keeps them playing where possible, rather than a blanket ban on sport.
Screen posture and back pain
8–18 yrsNeck and back pain in children doing long screen hours. Assessed against their actual desk, at home, over video.
When to see a doctor first, not a physiotherapist
Online physiotherapy is not emergency care and it is not a substitute for your child’s paediatrician or local medical team. If any of the following apply, get your child seen locally before booking anything with me:
- Loss of a skill your child previously had — walking, talking, using a hand
- Pain that wakes your child at night, or pain with fever
- A joint that is hot, swollen or that they refuse to move or bear weight on
- Sudden change in walking, or a limp with no injury behind it
- Weakness on one side of the body, or a marked difference between the two sides
- Any concern about your child being unwell rather than simply stiff or sore
Questions parents ask
Our child is in an early intervention programme already. What would you add?
The between-sessions work. The programme sets direction; what determines pace is how well the daily home exercises are done. That is what we coach, and we will not cut across the goals your local team has set.
Can we use MediSave or insurance for this?
No. MediSave and local insurance cover approved local providers, not an Indian telemedicine consultation. The fee is self-funded and deliberately flat.
Our daughter has been told she has hypermobile joints and gets aches after school. Is that treatable?
Usually yes, and it responds well to the right kind of work. Hypermobility needs strength and joint-control training, paced carefully so it does not flare — the common mistake is stretching, which tends to make a hypermobile child worse rather than better.
Do you see teenagers, or only young children?
Both. A good share of paediatric work is teenagers — sports injuries, growth-plate knee pain, scoliosis and screen-related back pain. Teenagers often engage better over video than in a clinic, for what it is worth.
Start with the free 15-minute call
Describe what you are seeing in your child. If online physiotherapy is the wrong answer for them, I will say so on that call rather than after you have paid for a session.