Mrs. Brenda Steegman

Specialist Pediatric Physiotherapist

Mrs. Brenda Steegmans is a Pediatric Physiotherapist with more than 20 years of clinical experience in Belgium and Dubai. She completed her physiotherapy training in Brussels in 1997 and has since supported families through a wide range of developmental, neurological, and musculoskeletal challenges affecting infants and young children.

She has completed extensive postgraduate training in Bobath NDT and NDT Baby, psychomotor therapy, neonatal intensive care physiotherapy, cranio-sacral therapy, myofascial release, tummy time methods, newborn movement assessment, and specialized programs related to autism and early motor development. Since relocating to Dubai in 2013, she has continued to provide compassionate, evidence-based pediatric physiotherapy with a strong focus on empowering parents, supporting early development, and addressing each child’s unique needs.

Areas of Expertise

  • Breastfeeding support: latch, coordination, sucking, breathing, and swallowing

  • Challenges related to difficult birth

  • Tongue-tie (pre- and post-release care)

  • Digestive concerns (colic, reflux)

  • Infant irritability and unsettled behavior

  • Postural asymmetry: preference for one side, torticollis

  • Developmental delays linked to muscle tone (hypertonia / hypotonia)

  • Developmental delays due to premature birth

  • Developmental delays of neurological or genetic origin

  • Brachial plexus injury


Languages

  • English

  • French

  • Dutch