Physical Therapy
Children are active naturally. They are often moving to learn and explore their environments. Pediatric Physical Therapists (PTs) can evaluate how children move and coordinate their bodies while in motion including: rolling, crawling and creeping, standing, walking, jumping and climbing.
At Assential Therapies our PTs offer parent education about each child's challenges and diagnosis. We then help the families to learn new strategies to help support their child's motor development. Our PTs have access to our multi-disciplinary team to help to coordinate care and to treat the whole child and family. We also help families to make appropriate choices for them about adaptive equipment which may include orthotics, wheelchairs or other seating devices, walkers or other devices to assist with mobility, etc. We work with a variety of medical professionals and specialists including pediatricians, orthopedic surgeons, orthotists, school district staff, etc.
Many parents and families have questions about how their children move and achieve their motor milestones. Some of the children who may benefit from an evaluation and treatment may include:
- Infants born prematurely
- Children born with a known genetic condition or syndrome
- Children with high, low or fluctuating muscle tone (hypertonicity or hypotonicity)
- Children with orthopedic issues
- Infants with torticollis or suspected torticollis
- Children who have delayed motor milestones or seem to have difficulties with coordination
- Children who use one side of their body better or more than the other
