Our blogs are inspired by our passion for enhancing childhood development and pediatric physical therapy. We write for both parents and professionals and work to provide a mix of education, activity/treatment ideas, and our favorite toys. Because we write for you, we would love to know what topics you are interested in or what questions you have that we can answer!
Looking at the Big Picture
When we provide physical or occupational therapy to kids, we are often asking parents about their child’s participation in life. Are there areas that they aren’t able to participate in fully or things that are really important to the child or family? For instance, if they go to a playground, will they readily […]
Vision and Balance
We recently talked about using eye masks to work on balance in one of our instagram stories. Here is the you tube video of that story: We have three systems that help us to maintain our balance: Vision, Vestibular, and Proprioceptive. We go into more detail about these systems in this post. Why would we […]
Halloween Spider Web
In the spirit of Halloween we decided to revisit one of our previous activities that we have written about before. We laid down a tape spider web using floor tape and we are leaving it out all month! The great thing is that we can vary the way that we use it. Here are a few […]
Guest Post: Speech, Language, & Feeding- An Easy Activity to Support All Three
In my practice, I see many little toddlers and preschoolers who come to me and aren’t speaking or aren’t speaking as clearly as they should for their age. Many times I find out that this little one is also a picky eater, meaning they limit their diet to a few favorite foods, most of them […]
Using a Walker to Improve Balance
We have a young man who has been working on walking his whole life. Recently due to growth spurts and other factors, he’s become more fearful of falling and having even more trouble with his balance when he walks. Using a walker has not been something he is interested in, and his parents have […]
Muscles – Stretching to New Lengths
I love being able to come up with analogies to help explain concepts that may be hard to visualize. I recently came up with this one for my dad who is doing some rehab on his knees. He wanted to know why when he worked on his stretching and was able to finally bend his […]
Working on Balance Reactions
I was walking around the clinic yesterday and noticed a therapist getting a child to stand in a bucket. I of course had to stop and see what they were doing because I was intrigued. I had all sorts of ideas in my own mind as to why they were doing this but I wanted […]
Favorite Toys: Bright Beats Smart Touch Play Space
Okay, this toy is new to us. One of our therapists had it for her kids and she brought it in for us to use. I’ll admit, it sat in the corner for a while, partially because it needed new batteries. It came out when we were looking for something, besides the various activity tables […]
Favorite Toys: Infant Gym
It’s been a while since we’ve done one of our favorite toys! I wanted to talk about the infant gym. Here are some of the traditional ways I have used this toy: Encouraging tummy time Propping on forearms while in tummy time – reaching for toys Works on weight shifting and trunk control Reaching while […]
Bingo Yoga
We love yoga! We talked a little about some of the ways we do yoga with our kids in this post. Warning – it may look different than any yoga practice you’ve done! In addition the benefits for the mind, we love the way yoga impacts the body. We utilize it to help kids work […]
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