EMpower PT offers Pediatric Physical Therapy in-home throughout Manhattan!

We work with families who want to receive physical therapy 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 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.