Physical Therapy Treatments
We use a number of treatments in your child’s physical therapy. These include, but are not limited to:
- Exercises and/or functional activities to increase muscle strength
- Neuromuscular re-education – Use of a variety of sensorimotor therapeutic techniques to restore normal movement
- Endurance training to increase heart-lung (cardiopulmonary) fitness
- Gait and transfer training to improve age-appropriate mobility
- Balance training to improve standing, walking and sitting balance
- Positioning and splinting to preserve musculoskeletal integrity and optimize function
- Patient and family training to maximize progress toward goals
- Biofeedback – Visual, auditory and/or physical feedback to address pain, anxiety, stress and movement issues
- Scar management to restore skin health after surgery or other trauma
- Developmental strengthening activities to help infants and young children reach developmental milestones
- Graded sensory stimulation – Controlled sensory stimulation to help infants be more alert or calm