So, Your Child Isn’t on the Move Yet? We Can Help Fix That! Teaching your child to walk and get them moving is an experience that will stay with you for a lifetime. For so many parents, those first steps are part of a fleeting moment. After months of being entirely dependent on you for
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Is Your Child Lagging Behind With Walking? Physical Therapy Can Help Get Them Moving
August 20th, 2021
Help Your Child Master Handwriting with These 3 Tips!
August 10th, 2021Is Your Child Struggling with handwriting? We Can Help! It’s every parent’s dream to set their child up for long-term success. Who hasn’t seen a doctor’s ridiculous scrawl and thought to themselves, “Oh, my gosh, who taught this person how to write?!” Handwriting says a lot about an individual, and the absolute best time to
Did You Know Therapeutic Exercise Could Help Prevent Muscular Dystrophy?
July 20th, 2021Is Your Child at Risk of Developing Muscular Dystrophy? Our Pediatric Therapy Services Can Help For a parent, the only thing worse than facing a chronic health issue is seeing your child have to face one. Muscular dystrophy is a scary diagnosis; one that is typically filled with a lot of questions and uncertainty about
If Your Child is at Risk of Developing Muscular Dystrophy, Therapeutic Exercise Could Help
April 20th, 2021Our Therapeutic Exercise Treatments May Be Beneficial for Your Child When faced with a chronic diagnosis, it is common to want to take a seat and wallow in the things that have gone wrong, but this is the wrong approach to take. Taking early steps to help your child succeed with pediatric physical therapy can
Discovering the Best Treatment Methods for Your Child’s Gross Motor Concerns
December 20th, 2020Did You Know Physical Therapy Could Help Improve Your Child’s Gross Motor Skills? Growing up is hard work. Children are born into the world with barely any skills to their name. With their first breath they develop the ability to cry out for help, and quickly develop the skills necessary to drink milk and seek
Understand The Importance of Proper Nutrition for a Child with ADHD
December 10th, 2020Did You Know that Something As Simple as Nutrition Could Change Your Child’s Life? It is estimated that Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects three to five percent of all preschool and school-aged children, yet the role nutrition plays in managing a child’s ADHD symptoms is not as cut and dry as you might think. Even
Core Strengthening Tricks to Do With Your Kid Today
September 20th, 2020When parents come home with a newborn, the importance of “tummy time” comes up repeatedly. Colorful toys promise endless hours of tummy time enjoyment for your little one. Yet if you’re like many parents, the reality looks more like this: Place Baby on the floor on his tummy; listen to him scream; shake toys in
What’s the Deal with W-Sitting?
August 20th, 2020There is a great deal of controversy over a sitting position common for young children, called W-sitting. W-sitting, so named because the legs splay out to form a W pattern, has been associated with causing several developmental orthopedic problems and doctors have warned to discourage children from assuming this position. Though there are some pediatricians
Handwriting without Tears: Tips for Practicing Handwriting with your Child
August 10th, 2020Handwriting is a multifaceted process of coordinating hands, arms, eyes and body posture. While it is undoubtedly important for writing– in fact, K-5 teachers indicate that 24 to 58 percent of classroom time is spent writing on paper — it is also a building block for many other skills. Being able to print letters clearly
Helping Your Child Cope with a Traumatic Event
July 10th, 2020Traumatic events can happen to anyone, however, children lack the coping mechanisms that adults have developed and are especially vulnerable to the effects of trauma. As a parent, you may feel powerless to help your child pull through a traumatic event such as a serious accident, a violent attack or the death of a loved
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