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 get asked about! Here is a general break down of tone, and the impact differences in tone can have on […]
Growth Spurts
When working with kids, growth spurts are always something we have to take into account. I can remember as a child feeling like I had these arms and legs that weren’t connected to me making me even clumsier than I already was. On top of that I think I was hungry all the time too. […]
What does High Tone mean?
I wrote a post a while back describing low tone so I thought I would try to do the same with high tone. Tone is the resting state of your muscles. When someone has high tone it means that their muscles are getting more input than is necessary, even when they are at rest. Where […]
Growth Spurt
Since Spring is a time of growing I thought I’d talk a little bit about kids and growth spurts. Many of you may remember your adolescent years when all of a sudden you seemed to be all arms and legs and were tripping over your own feet. Well that was because your body grew a […]
Tight Muscles and The Importance of Stretching
As adults I know most of us have experienced tight muscles because we don’t stretch as often as we should, or there are those that just tend to have tighter muscles than most. For example, one of my friends on the soccer team had the tightest hamstrings regardless of how much she stretched. Well, believe […]