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The Spider Cage / Ability Exercise Unit / Universal Exercise Unit
A powerful investment for your clinic, your therapists, and your patients.
Why is a Spider Cage a necessary tool in a clinic today?
The Spider Cage is no longer optional, it’s become a must-have for modern paediatric rehabilitation. With growing demand for intensive, evidence-based, and family-funded therapies, having a Spider Cage positions your clinic as relevant, competitive, and future-focused.
• Families actively seek clinics with Spider Cages; without one, you may lose clients.
• Expands your ability to treat a broader range of diagnoses (CP, autism, genetic syndromes, developmental delays).
• Supports intensive therapy models such as PediaSuit, TheraSuit, and DMI.
• Provides advanced rehab options aligned with current best-practice therapy principles.
• Shows parents you are committed to innovation and leading-edge care.
• Creates safer therapy environments compared to floor-based intensive work.
• Offers a unique selling point that few clinics invest in, so it sets you apart immediately.
• Increases clinical outcomes that drive referrals and reputation.
• Therapists can deliver more functional, goal-driven therapy with better tools.
• Demonstrates your clinic’s commitment to NDIS-funded, outcome-focused programs.
• Supports integration with other key equipment (vibration plates, suit therapy, suspension systems, and more).
• Helps retain clients long-term by offering progressive programs as the child grows.
How to get the most out of your Spider Cage?
To maximise the Spider Cage, clinics must invest in the proper training, accessories, and structured programming. A cage is only as effective as the knowledge and creativity behind its use.
• Attend accredited training courses to ensure therapists use it safely and effectively.
• Attend the Spider Cage 2 Day Comprehensive course as your first step, then the PediaSuit Suit Therapy Protocol Course.
• Invest in a complete accessory kit (bungees, belts, pulleys, harnesses, swings, bolsters and more) for maximum versatility.
• Establish an Exercise Guide for your clinic for consistency and onboarding new therapists.
• Build structured intensive therapy programs (2-3 hours/day, 2-3 weeks) to maximise NDIS funding.
• Integrate therapy approaches (OT, PT, speech) for cross-disciplinary programs.
• Use bungees for partial weight-bearing to enable safe gait and standing practice.
• Incorporate vestibular tools (spins, swings, tilts) for sensory integration sessions.
• Plan group or sibling sessions for efficiency and engagement.
• Track patient progress with measurable outcomes to demonstrate effectiveness to parents and funders.
• Market “Spider Cage Intensive Blocks” as a premium service offering.
• Rotate exercises frequently to keep children engaged and challenged.
• Combine with suit therapy protocols for amplified outcomes.
• Host open days and demonstrations to showcase the cage to potential clients.
How can a Spider Cage grow your clinic?
A Spider Cage isn’t just equipment it’s a business growth engine. It attracts new families, increases billable services, and creates programs that deliver long-term financial returns.
• Differentiates your clinic in a competitive market.
• Attracts families from outside your local area (they’ll travel for cage therapy).
• Creates premium services like intensive blocks that can be billed at higher rates.
• Generates repeat business through ongoing progress-focused programs.
• Boosts reputation being “the clinic with the Spider Cage” makes you the go-to provider.
• Increases therapist retention by providing advanced tools.
• Encourages referrals from specialists, hospitals, and schools.
• Expands your scope of practice to include neuromotor rehab, vestibular therapy, and gait training.
• Enhances NDIS funding opportunities by aligning with functional outcome goals.
• Allows you to host training courses and workshops, creating an additional revenue stream.
• Strengthens your brand identity as an innovative leader in pediatric rehabilitation.
• Increases clinic visibility through marketing, social media, and testimonials.
Some of the benefits to your patients when you have a Spider Cage!
The Spider Cage transforms therapy from difficult and exhausting into fun, safe, and empowering experiences. Children achieve more, faster, and with greater independence.
• Builds strength, coordination, and balance through functional movement.
• Promotes neuroplasticity with intensive, repetitive, task-specific practice.
• Provides safe exploration of new skills without fear of falling.
• Enhances independence in sitting, standing, walking, and transitions.
• Boosts sensory integration through vestibular and proprioceptive input.
• Encourages confidence and motivation with playful, engaging setups.
• Allows earlier intervention for younger children with motor delays.
• Delivers measurable improvements that families can see and celebrate.
• Supports children with severe disabilities by making therapy accessible.
• Reduces compensatory patterns and promotes proper alignment.
• Increases participation in daily activities like dressing, eating, and mobility.
• Provides hope to families by opening up new therapy possibilities.
Benefits for your therapists working within a Spider Cage!
The Spider Cage isn’t just for patients it makes therapy safer, more efficient, and more rewarding for therapists. It improves job satisfaction and reduces burnout.
• Reduces physical strain therapists no longer need to manually support heavy children.
• Improves safety therapists feel secure while challenging patients’ skills.
• Allows therapists to focus on clinical skills rather than physical lifting.
• Increases creativity thousands of exercise combinations are possible.
• Boosts confidence in delivering advanced therapy programs.
• Creates opportunities for career growth through specialized training.
• Enhances collaboration between OTs, PTs, and speech therapists.
• Delivers faster results, improving therapist satisfaction.
• Promotes therapist retention staff feel valued with access to premium tools.
• Makes therapy sessions more engaging and enjoyable for therapists and patients alike.
• Expands therapist expertise and credibility in the rehabilitation community.
• Helps therapists market their skills to families and funders.
Purchasing the right cage and the right equipment!
Not all Spider Cages are equal. Safety, compliance, durability, and versatility are critical. Buying the right cage protects your clinic’s reputation and ensures you deliver safe, effective therapy.
• Choose a cage manufactured to meet the requirements to the various Suit Therapy Protocols, PediaSuit, TheraSuit and others and is engineered and tested to Australian Standards.
• Ensure certified load ratings to handle dynamic suspension safely.
• Confirm accessories are high quality, harnesses, belts, pulleys, bungees.
• Only use equipment designed for use within the cage, i.e. don't use just standard bungees, use bungees with carabiners for patient safety.
• Purchase from suppliers who solutions, provide training, not just equipment.
• Look for local support, spare parts, and service availability.
• Consider future programs (vestibular, suspension therapy, suit therapy) when choosing accessories.
• Invest in the full setup of a cage and all accessories, half set ups and not purchasing all accessories limits versatility and ROI.
• Partner with a supplier who offers marketing and business support.
• Check warranties and after-sales service agreements.
• Remember: a high-quality cage is a 10+ year investment, not a short-term purchase.
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