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!
Righting Reactions
Righting reactions are an important part of balance and postural control and they begin developing as soon as the baby is born and they have to move in an environment influenced by gravity! We have … [Read more...]
Grading Muscle Control
What I am going to talk about can be related to any age, especially for learning new skills. The video I have is with a baby and talks about head control and balance. Muscle grading is when we … [Read more...]
Let’s Get Moving – Exercise Ideas and Tips to Get Your Little Moving!
We are so excited to have a guest post from Emily Heisey of @Kinesio_Kids! She is a Pediatric Physical Therapist and shares so many of her amazing ideas for kids on her instagram page which you should … [Read more...]
Tips for Torticollis Stretching
I wanted to write this post and shoot this video because I often hear from families that they have a hard time doing the stretches with their babies who have torticollis or a position preference. I … [Read more...]
What is Muscle Tone?
The term “tone” is widely used and commonly thrown around in the world of PT. Parents are often told things about their child’s “tone” and this is therefore often a common topic that pediatric PT’s … [Read more...]
Positional Preferences and Movement Asymmetries
Wow, that is a mouthful of a title... I tried to come up with something a little more fun but my sleep deprived brain just couldn't think of anything. If you watch the video I talk about noticing some … [Read more...]
10 Tips to Help with Tummy Time
Tummy time. Pediatric PT's love to talk about this and most new parents have a love hate relationship with it. They hear that it's important but their baby hates it and it's hard for them to fit it … [Read more...]
Let’s Talk About Head Control
Head control is so important for every day life. By increasing head control even just slightly for a child or adult it can mean opened opportunities for communication and mobility. It … [Read more...]
Teaching Ball Dribbling
A while ago we did a post on how to progress dribbling a playground size ball starting with two hands and working down to one hand while walking. Here is a video also explaining the process … [Read more...]
Progressing Cruising
Cruising - what is it? This older post of ours will talk about it. We may come out with another one in the future so stay tuned! Today's post is about how to progress cruising. Your child has … [Read more...]
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