Simon P. Paget is a Pediatric Neurologist based in Sydney, NSW, Australia. He looks after children with brain and nerve conditions that affect movement, pain, and daily life. In paediatric neurology, families often need a steady guide, not just quick answers. Simon’s clinic work centres on helping kids stay as comfortable and as functional as they can.
Simon works with children who have movement and muscle tone problems, including cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia. He also supports families dealing with spasticity, where muscles feel stiff or tight. In some cases this links in with spastic paraplegia types, including type 2 and type 7.
There are also rarer conditions he sees, such as Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome. This can bring a mix of neurologic symptoms that change over time, so the care plan has to be practical and realistic for school, home, and everyday routines.
Some children need help managing pain. Simon treats acute pain and chronic pain that can come with neurologic conditions and long-term muscle tightness. He also looks at movement disorders, including drug induced dyskinesia, where medicine can cause unwanted movement. When this happens, the goal is to reduce the problem while keeping the rest of the treatment on track.
At times, care may involve procedures and longer-term options. The kinds of approaches listed for his practice include rhizotomy and deep brain stimulation. These options are considered when a child’s symptoms are not controlled well with other measures, and the team wants to improve comfort and movement.
Simon also works with feeding and stomach-related issues in infants, including gastroesophageal reflux and hyperemesis gravidarum, though the focus will still be on the child’s overall neurologic health and what’s safe for them. He may also see movement and colour-related skin findings such as dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria, depending on the full picture.
Over time, his approach stays grounded in what helps kids cope day to day. He brings together the neurologic side of care with support for the things families notice most—tightness, pain, movement changes, and the day-to-day impact on life at home and at school.
