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Pediatric Physical Therapy
What does a Physical Therapist Do?
Pediatric Physical Therapists help children improve their movement, strength, coordination, and balance so they can participate more fully in everyday activities—whether that’s climbing stairs, playing on the playground, or learning to ride a bike. Our pediatric physical therapists assess and treat children who have difficulty with physical movement and mobility. They work closely with families to evaluate motor development, posture strength and balance. THey work with children to enhance coordination, endurance and flexibility as well as reduce physical limitations caused by illness, injury or developmental delays.
How Can Physical Therapy Help?
Children benefit from physical therapy when they show delays or difficulties in:
- Walking, running, or jumping
- Sitting or standing with proper posture
- Navigating stairs or uneven surfaces
- Participating in sports or playground activities
- Keeping up physically with peers
- Recovering from injury or surgery
- Tiring quickly or showing poor endurance during active play
Common Diagnoses Physical Therapists work with:
Our team has experience working with a wide range of diagnoses and physical challenges, including:
- Developmental delays or hypotonia (low muscle tone)
- Gross motor coordination disorders
- Cerebral Palsy
- Spina Bifida
- Down Syndrome
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (with motor planning or balance issues)
- Torticollis and Plagiocephaly
- Genetic or neurological disorders affecting movement
- Toe walking or abnormal gait patterns
- Orthopedic Injuries
- Musculoskeletal injuries (e.g., sprains, fractures)
Types of Treatment
We believe that therapy should feel like play while delivering meaningful progress. Each child’s plan is different, but treatment might include:
- Gross motor skills and Development: Skills needed to move and explore and engage with family and community! Such as sitting, crawling, walking, running, jumping, skipping, climbing stairs and playground readiness
- Strength and Endurance Building: Working on areas of the body to help your child improve stamina for play, school and other daily routines through strengthening exercises.
- Motor planning and body awareness: Knowing where your body is and how to move it! ALlowing your child to be able to sequence and execute muti-step movements.
- Gait Training and Motability support: Improving walking patterns and the help and support to families through the use of orthotics, adaptive equipment or mobility aids if needed.
- Therapy is fun and play based, individualized and family-centered!
