We relaunched our Developmental Playgroup this week and we broke it into smaller groups so that we could better direct our education and play activities. The first group is pre-crawlers and the … [Read more...]
Educational vs Medical Based Physical Therapy
If my child is receiving medically based physical therapy, why don’t they get physical therapy at school? This is a question we are asked all the time. While some children may have both an … [Read more...]
Priming the Muscles
I was giving a presentation the other night on Strength Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder and it led to an interesting conversation with the attendees. It was actually a … [Read more...]
Power vs Control (or why going up stairs is different than going down stairs)
Muscles can work in several ways: they can get shorter, they can lengthen, and they can stay the same length. Generally when a muscle shortens it is generating power. For instance, when you … [Read more...]
Participation and Children with Coordination Challenges
I was recently at our Combined Sections Meeting for the American Physical Therapy Association and I sat in on a talk called 'Developmental Dyspraxia: Sensory Considerations for Motor Skill … [Read more...]
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