Starfish Therapies

A pediatric therapy company operating in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. We provide physical, occupational, speech and aquatic therapy services in the most beneficial and convenient setting for you and your child, including our clinic, currently located in Burlingame, your home, school or daycare.

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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!

Teletherapy – A Few Basic Tips

August 28, 2020 by Stacy Menz

For the therapist's benefit: -Plan out ahead - write down a plan -Have notepad with you during session to be able to track things that you've done/how much time was spent on each task (has really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: education, exercise, fine motor development, games, gross motor development, imagination, kids, moms, motivation, Motor Smart Kids, occupational therapy, physical therapy, Starfish Therapies, telehealth, teletherapy

More Tips for Ball Skills

August 27, 2020 by Stacy Menz

Ball play can be hard to get a little one to focus on. Even if they love balls, they may only want to do it on their own time and in their own way. This might even include just putting it in their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: ball skills, bilateral coordination, body awareness, coordination, developmental delay, education, games, gross motor development, imagination, kids, peer play, physical therapy, play, playing, Starfish Therapies

Gross Motor Skills and Sleep

August 27, 2020 by Stacy Menz

We wanted to take some time to talk about how your little one's sleep may be impacted as they hit their gross motor milestones. I mean let's face it, we don't want anything to impact their sleep, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: babies, back to sleep, developmental delay, education, exercise, gross motor development, kids, moms, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, sleep, Starfish Therapies

Getting out of Standing

August 27, 2020 by Stacy Menz

When your little one can stand it is so exciting! But what do you do when they don't know how to get back down? There are a few ways you can help them learn! First, know that plopping back onto … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: babies, balance, coordination, developmental delay, education, gross motor development, kids, moms, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, standing, Starfish Therapies, strengthening

Early Ball Skills

August 24, 2020 by Stacy Menz

We often have parents ask when their little one should start throwing a ball. The answer is, we generally we don't start tracking ball milestones until they are around 12 months old. Before that age … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: babies, balance, ball skills, education, games, gross motor development, kids, moms, motivation, Motor Smart Kids, peer play, physical therapy, play, playing, Starfish Therapies, toys

Games for Virtual Therapy

August 20, 2020 by Stacy Menz

Since virtual therapy seems like it will be here for a while, we wanted to share some ways we have been motivating our kids to participate and keep the same exercises fresh! Also check out our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: animals, balance, coordination, core, education, exercise, games, gross motor development, imagination, kids, moms, motivation, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, play, playing, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, telehealth, teletherapy

Teletherapy Ideas Round-Up

August 16, 2020 by Stacy Menz

Teletherapy isn't going away and some of us may be looking for more ideas! We have shared a few that we have done and decided to bring them all together in one post! We will slowly add to this as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: education, exercise, games, gross motor development, imagination, kids, moms, motivation, Motor Smart Kids, occupational therapy, physical therapy, play, playing, Starfish Therapies, telehealth, teletherapy

Virtual Pirate Treasure Hunt

August 16, 2020 by Stacy Menz

Some kids are really over the novelty of telehealth and the activities that have been successful, even if they were creative at masking the amount of work involved, are becoming uninteresting. This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: education, exercise, games, gross motor development, imagination, kids, moms, motivation, Motor Smart Kids, physical education, physical therapy, pirates, play, playing, Starfish Therapies, telehealth, teletherapy

Learning How to Bike Ride

August 13, 2020 by Stacy Menz

This can be a tough topic to discuss in writing but we are going to do our best! One question we get regularly is if it's better to start with a balance bike or with a pedal bike and training … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, bike riding, bilateral coordination, body awareness, coordination, education, exercise, gross motor development, kids, moms, motor control, motor learning, motor planning, outside, physical therapy, play, playing, Starfish Therapies, strengthening

Fun with Water Games

August 12, 2020 by Stacy Menz

How is it already August?? We hope that this month brings a little sunshine and lets us get some fun time outside! With overall limited options available this year, we wanted to provide you with some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: fine motor development, games, gross motor development, kids, moms, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, outside, physical therapy, play, playing, sensory exploration, strengthening, water

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...my four year-old has made incredible progress...
We have been working with Starfish Therapies over the last year, and my four year-old has made incredible progress in her gross motor development. Stacy has an amazing ability to work with children. She uses her energy, humor and creativity to make children laugh and play, and at the same time work very hard.”

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Locations

  BURLINGAME / MAIN CLINIC
  1541 Old Bayshore Highway
  Burlingame, CA 94010


  SAN FRANCISCO
  (located in KidSpace)
  3401 Mission St.
  San Francisco, CA 94110


  PALO ALTO
  (located in Agile Physical Therapy)
  3825 El Camino Real
  Palo Alto, CA 94306


HALF MOON BAY
  (located at Sensitive Solutions)
  30 Avenue Portola, Suite 200 C & D
  Half Moon Bay, CA 94018

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