Painter’s tape is an easy, affordable tool that can be used to practice many of your child’s physical therapy activities. Balance, coordination, and strengthening activities can all be performed with a simple roll of painter’s tape. See below for some ideas! Balance Beam Use one or two long strips of painters tape to create […]
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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of non-progressive disorders that affect movement and muscle tone or posture. It’s caused by damage that occurs to the immature, developing brain, most often before birth. CP can range in severity from very mild involvement where you see kids walking, running, jumping, performing age appropriate gross motor and cognitive
Discuss your child’s physical therapy goals with your provider! Your provider will create goals for your child to work towards. These can act as milestones that signify progress as your child moves through their physical therapy plan of care. Communicate with your provider, and work with them to set goals that are most meaningful to
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Have you ever noticed your child is walking on their toes, has flat feet, or maybe is walking on the outsides of their feet? Are they starting to vocalize pain in the feet, knees, and hips? If so, orthotics may be able to help. Orthotics are an external device that help with the alignment of
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Bilateral coordination is the ability to move both sides of the body at the same time in a controlled manner. This is needed for many activities of daily living, and many play activities! Things like dressing, tying shoes, jumping, riding a bike, climbing stairs, catching, and running all require bilateral coordination. There are several
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Make sure your kindergartener is ready for their first day of school by reviewing this checklist of developmental milestones!
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An in-toeing gait pattern occurs when a child walks or runs with feet pointing toward each other, rather than with feet pointed forward. This can happen as a result of the rotational alignment of the hip, knee, or foot. Sometimes the strength, mobility, and coordination of the hip musculature can promote a more inward rotation
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In our previous blog post, we talked about the importance of tummy time, how much tummy time your baby should be getting, and how to progress tummy time. Now that we have discussed all of the details of tummy time; it is time to discuss how we can make tummy time easier, more enjoyable, and
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Tummy time is one of the first and most important activities for your baby to do. So, what exactly is tummy time and why is it so important? Tummy time is considered the period of time during the day when your baby is on their stomach while they are awake and supervised. It is important
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Riding a bike is a complicated task that requires trunk stability, full body strength, balance, coordination, motor planning, body awareness, and spatial awareness. Pedaling a bicycle is much more difficult than pedaling a tricycle and requires much more strength and force as well as more balance and body awareness. Although learning to ride a tricycle
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