Left Like The Right

Is the left doing what the right is doing? This is the primary factor that is important when looking at a child's posture. Symmetry is key.

Aderet Therapy Weekly is a weekly paediatric physiotherapy podcast for parents of babies and young children, made by Aderet Therapy in Campbelltown, in the Macarthur region of NSW. Each episode mixes short talk segments with original songs written for the week's topic. This is a song from the episode "What does a physio look for in a child's posture?".

This has been created with the help of AI.

Links

• Aderet Therapy
• Listen to the full episode (Aderet Therapy Weekly, 14 September 2026)

Read more from Aderet Therapy

• Posture Check
• Backpack Safety

Lyrics

Verse

No perfect way to stand

there's no one shape for everyone

we come a hundred ways

and you're a one and only one

Chorus

Is the left like the right

that's the one thing I'm looking for

so stand there, let me see

just stand the way you stood before

Verse

A shoulder sitting high

a hip that is dropped on one side

a lean through the middle

or an arm with a gap left wide

Chorus

Is the left like the right

that's the one thing I'm looking for

so stand there, let me see

just stand the way you stood before

Verse

It wasn't the school bag

it wasn't the couch or the chair

you'll ache if you slouch there

but that is the whole of the scare

Bridge

We look while you are small

while every bit of you can bend

the bones go hard in time

and early's the easier end

And the playing's the work

it is not a break from the day

it's the strength and balance

and you find your edges that way

Chorus

Is the left like the right

that's the one thing I'm looking for

so stand there, let me see

just stand the way you stood before

Outro

Is the left like the right

just stand the way you stood before

Disclaimer

This song and this video are general information. Every child is unique, and nothing here is medical advice or a substitute for a conversation with your GP, your child and family health nurse, or your physiotherapist. The episode this song comes from says what can and cannot be supported by evidence; the song does not make clinical claims.

About Aderet Therapy

Paediatric physiotherapy for newborns to 18 years: gross motor development, assistive technology, communication physiotherapy, aquatic physiotherapy, key worker early intervention, school holiday programs, and the free Little Movers League community sessions. NDIS, Medicare and private health.

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