Pediatric Physical Therapy

Rehabilitation in the outpatient setting can provide many benefits for infants, children and young adults with a variety of illnesses, injuries or conditions. Our program is designed to help children achieve or regain as much function as possible, through the most cutting-edge therapeutic approaches.
Physical therapy focuses on core stability, extremity function and gross motor ability. After an individualized assessment of each child’s current level of function, physical therapists use specialized techniques to address everything from complicated or intricate limitations to meeting developmental milestones like sitting, standing, crawling or walking. Commonly used techniques include:

• Gait training
• Strengthening
• Balance/coordination training
• Flexibility exercises

Our physical therapists utilize evidence-based practices and patient-centered treatment plans to address the following areas:

• Gross motor skills
• Developmental milestones
• Balance and coordination/body awareness
• Motor learning and motor planning
• Strengthening and conditioning
• Tone management
• Torticollis
• Orthotics fittings and prosthetic management
• Wheelchair assessments
• Adaptive equipment fittings
• Toe walking
• Lower extremity pain
• Scoliosis
• Movement and mobility
• Weight management and health promotion