Health Blog Category: Pediatrics
If Your Child is Struggling to Walk, Physical Therapy Can Help Them Become Mobile
Physical Therapy Can Help Your Child Get on the Move!
When a child is a late walker, feelings of excitement are often truncated by feelings of anxiety and dread. Questions regarding proper development outweigh the appreciation of having your infant remain an infant for just a little while longer.
Teaching your child to walk is an experience that will stay with you for a lifetime. For so many parents, those first steps are part of a fleeting moment.
Read full blogEncouraging Outdoor Play can Greatly Benefit Your Child!
Is Your Child Getting Enough Outdoor Play Time?
Playing outside with your child offers them some developmental challenges that many kids are lacking today. It’s not simply a cliché to think that children benefit from playing outdoors.
There’s a growing body of scientific research that has found some incredible advantages for a child’s development if you engage them in outdoor activities.
As your child’s physical or occupational therapist will tell you, your child will learn more about the world around them and their body when you get them off the couch and outside for some play.
Read full blogPediatric Injuries Can Be Difficult – Here are Some Tips for Avoiding Them
Help Your Active Child Avoid Injuries with These Tips and Tricks!
Pediatric injuries typically fall into one of two categories: acute or overuse injuries. According to the National Library of Medicine,
“Acute injuries are usually physeal or avulsion fractures relating to a single traumatic event. Overuse injuries are the result of repetitive stress and include the common traction apophysitis, osteochondritis dissecans, and stress fractures. Sports-related injuries most frequently involve the lower extremity with injury patterns and frequencies relative to the athlete’s age, size, and type of sport.”
As proud as you are of your child’s bravery on the playground or playing field, a part of you still frets over the potential for injury.
Read full blogDid You Know Pediatric Physical Therapy Could Help Enhance Skills in Children with Autism?
Help Your Child Be the Best They Can be With Physical Therapy!
Children on the autism spectrum face a range of challenges in school and daily life.
Working with a pediatric physical therapist can help your child with autism to develop many skills required for daily life.
Sometimes referred to as “occupational therapy,” this type of physical therapy focuses on sensory and neuromotor skills to help children become more functional and independent.
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Read full blogAutism Symptoms: Early Recognition
It’s important to be aware as parents if you are concerned or believe you see symptoms of autism. Some of these symptoms can be detected as early as an infant. While some symptoms can be seen in infants for others these same behaviors become more obvious at around 2 or even 3 years old. However, a display of these symptoms does not always mean that your child is autistic. Some children with autism may never show signs while some children who don’t have autism show symptoms.
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