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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Search Results for: balance

Dynamic Standing Balance Activities

January 13, 2019 by Stacy Menz

We had a request for more dynamic balance activities. Here are a few that focus on standing. They are all similar but can all be modified to make them easier or harder. In addition the activity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, exercise, gross motor development, kids, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, Starfish Therapies

Advanced Spots (for balance and precision)

January 9, 2019 by Stacy Menz

As I wrote the last blog post, we also turned it into an insta-story (check out our instagram account) and while doing that I had ideas for ways to progress the activities we were talking about. Here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, coordination, exercise, games, gross motor development, kids, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, visual motor

Using Spots for Balance (and so much more…)

January 7, 2019 by Stacy Menz

We recently had a child come in who needed a lot of work on balance (static and dynamic). In addition to the balance deficits, the following areas were also challenging: body awareness, weight … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, coordination, exercise, gross motor development, kids, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, Starfish Therapies, visual motor

Vision and Balance

October 25, 2018 by Stacy Menz

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: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, education, exercise, gross motor development, kids, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, play, Starfish Therapies

Using a Walker to Improve Balance

October 14, 2018 by Stacy Menz

  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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, coordination, education, gross motor development, kids, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, walking

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...The therapists are patient, enthusiastic, and know how to motivate the kids to do their best...
Our family moved to the bay area 6 years ago, and Starfish Therapies have been a part of our family ever since. Everyone at the clinic is caring and warm. The owner always looks for ways to improve the clinic and the services provided. The therapists are patient, enthusiastic, and know how to motivate the kids to do their best. Even after moving more than an hour away from the clinic, we kept going back to Starfish for intensive therapy sessions every summer! We cannot thank Starfish Therapies enough for helping my daughter to get stronger and to become more independent over the years!”

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  1541 Old Bayshore Highway
  Burlingame, CA 94010

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