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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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

Coordination Round-Up

August 6, 2020 by Stacy Menz

This round-up is a work in progress of our posts on how movement develops and is learned, as well as areas of movement challenge for kids. These concepts can be applied to babies first learning to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, body awareness, coordination, education, exercise, fine motor development, gross motor development, kids, moms, motor control, motor learning, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, practice, repetition, Starfish Therapies

Fine Tuning Motor Control

June 23, 2020 by Stacy Menz

Sometimes kids know how they want to move but have a hard time getting their body to execute the movement. This can happen for a variety of reasons. One of those reasons may be a neuromuscular … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: body awareness, coordination, education, exercise, gross motor development, kids, motor control, motor learning, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, Starfish Therapies, strengthening

Grading Muscle Control

December 10, 2019 by Stacy Menz

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...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: babies, balance, body awareness, coordination, core, education, exercise, gross motor development, kids, motor control, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, sitting, Starfish Therapies, strengthening

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  • Motor Smart Kids
    • Free Play
    • Kids Action Hour
    • Yoga for Kids of All Abilities
    • Functional Movement Screen
    • Video Running Analysis
    • Youth Sports Injury Prevention
    • Concussion Screening and Management
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    • PNF 1: Introduction to PNF
    • PNF 2: Accessing the Trunk
    • Strength Training in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
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What Clients Are Saying

Starfish is truly a life changing place.
“My child has been diagnosed with hypotonia, we brought him to Starfish Physical Therapy since he was 8 months, he started from not moving at all, to crawling, to a little walker, he is now 3 years old running around everywhere with confidence and happiness. We can see his obvious improvement , that just tears us up sometimes! Every exercise he did in each session and everything the therapist thought he was applying into his daily life. Moreover, Starfish therapists are so nice and loving, the session is not just a therapy activity anymore, it becomes a part of our family life, the most important exciting activity for my son every week. Starfish is our family!! We feel so lucky to have Starfish helping our son, the endless effort you provided to him, changed his life. As a parent, nothing is more grateful than this.”

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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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