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 San Mateo, your home, school or daycare.

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Park Time Fun!

June 6, 2018 by Stacy Menz

Now that the weather is starting to warm up a bit and rainy days are few and far between, this is a great time to head to your neighborhood park and get some fresh air. Parks provide endless opportunities to work on gross motor skills and strengthening! Here are some of our favorites: Monkey bars […]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: gross motor development, kids, physical therapy, play, playgrounds, sensory exploration, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, vestibular system

The Value of Peer Play

April 25, 2017 by Stacy Menz

I was recently at a school working with a kiddo. This child has made huge gains and is now easily able to access her school environment. The one area that is still a slight struggle is the play structure. She is able to do all points of access on all the play structures in her […]

Filed Under: Developmental Milestones Tagged With: gross motor development, kids, Motor Smart Kids, peer play, physical therapy, play, playgrounds

Monkey Bars

March 5, 2017 by Stacy Menz

We get a lot of kids who want to get better at monkey bars. Its something that their friends and classmates are doing with ease and they are struggling back at the first monkey bar, or having to have someone help them across.  Here are some ways we have found to help them: Get used […]

Filed Under: Developmental Milestones Tagged With: Motor Smart Kids, outside, physical therapy, play, playgrounds, strengthening

Playground Play

July 18, 2014 by Stacy Menz

I was browsing through instagram a while ago and saw this great photo (above) of my friends’ son playing.  It immediately reminded me (not that I needed much reminding) why I love playgrounds for kids! Besides just giving kids the opportunity to run around, play and explore, when I am working with a kiddo at […]

Filed Under: Developmental Milestones Tagged With: gross motor development, kids, playgrounds, playing, Starfish Therapies

Recipe for Playing Outside

November 27, 2012 by Stacy Menz

I had the fun the other day of spending the day with a friend from high school and her children.  We spent the day outside and the kids played the entire time without prompting from us and didn’t want to leave when it was time to go.  Looking back, here are some things that I […]

Filed Under: Developmental Milestones Tagged With: kids, outside, playgrounds, playing

Should We Wrap Kids in Bubble Wrap?

September 27, 2012 by Stacy Menz

I recently read an article on Huffington Post about a new statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) stating that kids should not jump on trampoline’s because its not safe.  Now I am sure they have looked at the numbers and seen how many injuries have occurred (its actually down in 2009 from 2004 […]

Filed Under: Developmental Milestones Tagged With: exercise, kids, playgrounds, playing, safety, sensory exploration

Gross Motor Ideas for the Park

May 22, 2012 by Stacy Menz

Now that nice weather is upon us its time to get outside and play with the kids!  Parks are a great place for kids to effectively ‘burn off’ their energy while working on gross motor skills and socialization.  Here are some of the great things about parks: There are other kids around to play with.  […]

Filed Under: Developmental Milestones Tagged With: gross motor development, outside, peer play, playgrounds, playing, sensory exploration

Bringing Therapy Home

February 14, 2012 by Stacy Menz

This is a short post to reference another article I had written that I wanted to make sure I shared here as well. PediaStaff recently featured an article that I wrote about implementing PT at home for kids with Down Syndrome.  I realized as I wrote the article that although it was specifically related to […]

Filed Under: Developmental Milestones Tagged With: education, exercise, fine motor development, games, gross motor development, kids, moms, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, playgrounds, playing, Starfish Therapies

Autism and Gross Motor Skills

January 26, 2012 by Stacy Menz

In the most recent issue of Pediatric Physical Therapy there are three articles regarding autism/autism spectrum disorder and gross motor skills.  I was actually really excited to see this because I sometimes feel that gross motor skills get put on the lower end of the priority scale for kids who are diagnosed with autism, autism […]

Filed Under: Developmental Milestones Tagged With: coordination, developmental delay, education, exercise, fine motor development, gross motor development, hypotonia, jumping, kids, moms, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, peer play, physical therapy, playgrounds, playing, posture, sensory exploration, Starfish Therapies, strengthening

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I could see the progress being made in my son’s communication...

I could see the progress being made in my son’s communication and overall disposition. Not only were the classes fun, but he also became a lot less frustrated when trying to communicate with others.”

Jason’s Mom
...my four year-old has made incredible progress...

We have been working with Starfish Therapies over the last year, and my four year-old has made incredible progress in her gross motor development. Stacy has an amazing ability to work with children. She uses her energy, humor and creativity to make children laugh and play, and at the same time work very hard.”

Caroline H.

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  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


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  (located at Sensitive Solutions)
  30 Avenue Portola, Suite 200 C & D
  Half Moon Bay, CA 94018

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