PHYSICAL THERAPY

BLUEBONNET PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY

What is Physical Therapy?

Physical Therapy (PT) addresses gross motor developmental milestones as well as increase strength, balance, coordination, endurance, motor planning, body/spatial awareness, primitive reflexes, and help caregivers with positioning and stretching activities for infants with torticollis and/or plagiocephaly.

Children referred to physical therapy may be disabled or delayed by illness, accident, birth defect or complications. This may result in the child having abnormal muscle tone, impaired balance, decreased functional movement, weakness, or poor coordination.  Physical therapy services will help infants and children develop independence and safety allowing them to participate in their own environments including home, school and community settings.

Our pediatric physical therapists provide evaluation, intervention, family-centered home programs, and consultations in the following areas:

Gross motor development

Muscle tone and strength

Posture and body alignment

Head/neck posture

Torticollis & Plagiocephaly

Balance and stability

Pre-gait and gait training

Locomotion patterns (walking, running etc.)

Gross motor coordination

Neuromuscular function

Endurance

Safety

Orthotics/bracing referrals

Diagnoses Most Treated

• Developmental delays
• Congenital or acquired orthopedic impairments (i.e. torticollis)
• Genetic disorders
• Cardio-pulmonary dysfunction
• Muscle diseases
• Neuromuscular or neurological disorder
• Other mobility limiting conditions