Aimie O'Hara
Paediatric / Neurodevelopmental Physiotherapist

About

Aimie is our paediatric physiotherapist and neurodevelopmental therapist. 

Aimie graduated with a degree in Physiotherapy from the AUT in in 2008. She has worked exclusively in paediatrics since 2011,  and has worked at the world renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for children (London), Starship and Kidz First hospitals (Auckland) and sidra Medicine (Qatar) , amassing a broad range of experience in Neurological, Neurodevelopmental and Musculoskeletal paediatric  physiotherapy. Aimie enjoys helping children reach milestones and participate as independently as possible. 

Aimie has a post graduate diploma specializing in Health management, and is trained in Dynamic movement intervention and Electrical stimulation training. Aimie was an author of published guidance document Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy for Tamariki. This document is used nationwide, and is the first of its kind to support Physiotherapists working with children and young people in New Zealand.

Clinically, she enjoys working with children and adolescents and get to know them and their families, get an accurate diagnosis and work through a treatment plan. she loves to continue to expand her skills and experience, and is excited to pass this on to the rest of the team at Active Plus Taranaki.

Outside work, Aimie is an extremely busy wife and mother of 2 children, she is on the committee of the Paediatric special interest group (PSIG) of Physiotherapy New Zealand, a member of the  PSIG musculoskeletal work group and is on the clinical advisory panel for Ehlers Danlos society of New Zealand. 

My Goals

To work nationally to reduce health care inequities with paediatric musculoskeletal physiotherapy 

To work to establish Taranaki's only private multidisciplinary paediatric service