Perla Epstein

About Perla

Perla is a physiotherapist whose work centres on children — and on the healing potential of water. She has spent her career building two parallel streams of practice: advanced paediatric neurological care for children with cerebral palsy and other neurodevelopmental conditions, and aquatic therapy for adults living with chronic pain.

In her paediatric work, Perla uses MAES therapy and NDT in close combination, often with aquatic work woven in. Her approach is to build a strong connection with each child she works with — she believes those relationships do half of the therapeutic work, and she will tell you that’s where she learns the most too.

With adults in chronic pain, she has seen the heated pool open a door that land-based care has not. The water creates room to move where pain has been closing things down — and that, repeated over time, is often where progress starts.

Credentials

• BSc in Physiotherapy, University of the Witwatersrand
• Advanced MAES course completion (MAES Therapy)
• WABA certified (Water-based Approach in Bobath and Aquatic therapy)
• Registered with the HPCSA (registration number above)

Perla’s professional development continues — she has spoken about pursuing postgraduate study in aquatic therapy and cerebral palsy treatment as a priority for her practice.

What Perla treats

• Children with cerebral palsy and other neurodevelopmental conditions
• Children with autism (movement and sensory aspects)
• Children with developmental delays
• Adults with chronic pain — particularly where aquatic therapy is suited

If you’d like to book a session with Perla specifically, please mention her name when you book.