Olga Blecharz-Stępniak

Pediatric Physiotherapy

A certified physiotherapist with an open, empathetic, and individualized approach to both the child and the parent. She provides comprehensive care for newborns just a few days old as well as older children.

Olga is a physiotherapist, NDT Bobath therapist, and massage therapist who graduated with honors from the Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum.

She gained her therapeutic and diagnostic experience while working as a physiotherapist in a psychological-pedagogical clinic, an elementary school for children with autism spectrum disorder, and through numerous internships, including in pediatric hospitals.

She provides diagnostic consultations and individual therapy for children. In her practice, she uses the NDT Bobath method, PNF, and the latest theories on the psychomotor development of children and infants. She diagnoses children according to the guidelines of the Polish Chamber of Physiotherapists and conducts individual therapy sessions for children of all ages, addressing developmental disorders in infancy and early childhood as well as posture defects.

Privately, she is the mother of little Klara, which gives her a personal understanding of pediatric patients’ challenges.

Education:

• Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, M.Sc. in Physiotherapy
• Medical University of Silesia, M.Sc. in Physiotherapy
• ELPAX Training Center, Massage Therapist

Courses and Training:

• PNF Basic Level
• NDT Bobath Basic for Children
• Infants: Examination – Guidelines for the Patronage Visit
• COVID-19: Diagnostics and Treatment, and Programming Physiotherapy for Patients During and After the Disease
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Understand, Help
• “Sensory Integration” Training
• Functional Assessment and Medical Documentation for Developmental Age Patients (0-7 years)
• Risk Child Physiotherapy
• Palpatory Anatomy
• Massage with Elements of Movement Rehabilitation