Pediatric Physical Therapy

Improving your child’s mobility and gross motor skills

Pediatric physical therapists help children move their bodies how and when they want to the best of their abilities to make everyday activities easier. The goal of pediatric physical therapy is to improve your child’s:

Flexibility
Movement patterns

Range of motion
Strength

The benefits of pediatric physical therapy for your child and your family include:

Promoting activity and participation in everyday routines
Increasing functional independence

Improving strength and endurance
Facilitating motor skills development and mobility

DMG Children’s Rehabilitative Services’ (DMG CRS) pediatric physical therapy experts will diagnose and provide specialized therapy to improve your child’s gross motor skills, including standing, sitting, and walking. Additionally, they provide expert adaptive equipment evaluations to increase your child’s strength, independence and safety. Your DMG CRS pediatric physical therapist will trial a variety of assistive technology with your child to determine the most beneficial and least restrictive option. Adaptive equipment may include:

Adaptive seating
Adaptive car seats
Forearm crutches
Gait trainers

Standing frame
Walkers
Wheelchairs

DMG CRS physical therapists are renowned in our community for their expert skills in treating young people with complex conditions, such as:

Spina bifida
Torticollis

Our pediatric physical therapists will partner with you and your child’s DMG CRS medical specialists to incorporate physical therapy into your child’s comprehensive treatment plan. Other medical specialty and therapy specialists on your child’s care team may include:

¿Qué tipo de terapias ofrece DMG CRS?

Ofrecemos fisioterapia, Terapia ocupacional y terapia de habla. También tenemos un programa de AAC. Lo que significa que evalúan y se adaptan a los dispositivos de comunicación aumentativa. Queremos que los niños se vuelvan fuertes e independientes, y eso se ve diferente para cada niño.