We work with families who want to receive PT in a safe and flexible environment. We ensure each babe is comfortable, engaged, and happy.
Consultations
Consultations are completed via phone call or virtually. Consultations help answer your questions regarding treatment frequency, duration, options for intensives, rates, etc.
Initial evaluations
Initial Evaluations are 60 minutes - this includes taking a detailed social and medical history, as well as objective measures. I will then provide you with a simple home exercise program to get you started until we can build upon this program at your follow up treatments. An initial evaluation is required before follow up treatments. All initial evaluations are completed in home.
Follow Up Treatments
Follow Up Treatments are 45 minutes. These 45 minutes may include any combination of the following interventions: manual therapy, body work, strengthening exercises, neuromuscular re-education, transfer training, gait training, wheelchair training, home exercise practice, etc. All therapy appointments are in home.
Pediatric/Childhood diagnoses I treat:
Amputations
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Brachycephaly & Head Shape Concerns
Brachial Plexus Injuries
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Chronic Ankle Sprains
Concussion Rehabilitation
Congenital Disorders/Birth “Defects”
Congenital Heart Conditions
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Developmental Delay
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Flat Feet
Hypotonia
Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
Joint Pain: Back, Knees, Hips, Ankles
Plagiocephaly & Head Shape Concerns
Post-Operative
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Scoliosis (Schroth Method)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Toe Walking
Torticollis
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Tumors/Cysts
Pre-Natal, Partum and Post-Partum Diagnoses I Treat:
Abdominal/Core Weakness
Diastasis Recti
Hip Pain
Low Back Pain
Lifting Mechanics
Muscle Tightness/Pain
Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
Pelvic Pain
Perineal Massage
Return to Running/Sports after Pregnancy
SI Joint Pain
Scar Tissue Massage
Sciatica
Urinary Incontinence/Leakage
Interventions Offered:
Manual therapy
Soft tissue manipulation, scar tissue massage, targeted stretching.
Strengthening
Personalized strengthening programs to improve muscle strength, endurance, and power to aid in functional movements.
Neuromuscular re-education
Trains the somatosensory, proprioceptive, and vestibular systems to improve balance, posture, and trunk/head control during functional tasks.
Transfer Training
Teaches you and your family members how to promote safe transfers from floor to stand during play, from bed to chair to eat breakfast, from wheelchair to shower chair for hygiene, etc.
Gait Training
May or may not include the use of orthotics, prosthetics, braces, or assistive devices.
Home exercise Programing
Develop personalized programs for you to complete at home on the days you don’t have physical therapy. I keep all home programs under 30 minutes per day so they are easy to get done!
Dynamic Movement intervention (DMI)
Utilizes dynamic exercises developed by Jake Kreindler M.Sc.PT and Jo-Anne Weltman B.Sc. PT, MRSc to improve postural righting and balance reactions while providing significant vestibular and proprioceptive input that helps train the neuromuscular system. Used with pediatric patients only.
Infant Bodywork
Use of hands on techniques to calm your child’s emotional state, release fascial tension, and improve function.
Task Specific E-Stim (TASES)
Utilizes electrical stimulation to activate muscles that are weak or do not activate appropriately during functional activities.
Tongue and Lip Tie Therapy
Oral motor and breast feeding/bottle feeding assessment. Followed by therapy which may include stretching of the oral tissue and body work to reduce fascial tension
Purposeful play
Encourage patients to choose their therapy activity - then we make it therapeutic! Whether they choose a puzzle, drawing, crafts, video games, or soccer, I assure you we can make it a therapeutic intervention that will benefit them in the long run. Used with pediatric patients only.
Schroth Therapy for Scoliosis
Treats Scoliosis and Scheuermann’s Kyphosis before or after surgery or when surgery is not indicated. Aims to reduce pain, halt curve progression, improve cardio-pulmonary function, mobility, and postural stability.