Dr Indira Brundavanam is a senior paediatric physiotherapist working at Yashoda Hospitals, Hitec City.
Services offered
- Perform extensive patient evaluation- in neuromuscular conditions and pre-botox evaluation
- One of the few physiotherapists in India to be certified and trained in evaluating children with spinal muscular atrophy.
- Design a structured exercise programme for children with SMA. (after gene therapy or who are on spinraza)
- Devising a detailed therapeutic plan in post-surgical patients – VATS, liver transplant, hamstring/adductor tenotomy, neurotisation, muscle/tendon transfers, and post-neurosurgical procedures.
- Acute care paediatric physiotherapy management – focusing on early mobilisation, chest clearance and positioning.
- Experienced in performing Chest Physiotherapy and orofacial stimulation in preterm and extremely preterm babies in the NICU.
- Evaluating the gross motor functional status in children with motor development delay and prescribing an exercise protocol
- Gait re-education
- Combining various interventions – exercise protocols and use of modalities: electrical stimulation, functional electrical stimulation, and biofeedback in the management of spasticity.
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation – Giving a detailed respiratory muscle training protocol based on evidence for children with cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, recurrent pneumonia, and primary ciliary dyskinesia and using advanced equipment like cough assist, physio assist, and VEST therapy and prescribing respiratory training devices appropriately.
- Orthotic prescription