Teaching Rolling – Back to Stomach
Rolling is one of the first forms of independent mobility your child will learn how to do. This is...
Pediatric Physical & Occupational Therapy Blog & Resources
The Starfish Blog
Tips and ideas to help children develop physically and occupationally, making movement enjoyable for parents, caregivers, educators and kids of all ages!
Posts by Stacy Menz:
Single Leg Stance with a Ball and a Wall
Was walking through the clinic the other day and saw this great idea for working on single leg...
Encouraging Balance Reactions
One of our therapists was recently working on balance reactions with a child and I thought it was...
Encouraging the Non-Dominant Leg
We will often have kids who have a very strong preference for one leg over the other when they are...
Torticollis – Can I Wait and See
We have discussed torticollis a few times over the last several months.
We highlighted the ...
Ball Throws For Core Strength
One of our therapists recently used a ball activity to work on core strength. To make it even more...
Using a Therapy Ball for Torticollis
We have talked a lot about torticollis recently thanks to the new guidelines that were recently...
Crab Walking
I love when I walk around the clinic and see some of the creative ideas the therapists come up...
Progressing to Independent Walking
We seem to have a bunch of little ones right now that are working on taking independent steps....
Planks
We have been doing planks with a few kids recently. There are lots of ways to work on them to make...
Working on Functional Tasks in a Clinic
Because we do most of our work in a clinic setting we often have to get creative on how to support...