Physical Therapy

To Mobility and Beyond

 
 

Pediatric physical therapy focuses on facilitating children’s gross motor development and function, in order to promote independent and safe navigation of their home, school, and community environments. Children are generally referred for physical therapy when they exhibit delays in developmental motor milestones such as rolling, sitting, or crawling, deficits in age-appropriate gross motor skills such as walking, running, or negotiating stairs, or if a child has sustained an insult or injury that affects his/her previous level of function.

 

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

 

  • Gross motor development

  • Muscle tone and strength

  • Posture and body alignment

  • Head/neck posture

  • Torticollis

  • Balance and stability

 

  • Pre-gait and gait training

  • Locomotion patterns (walking, running, etc.)

  • Gross motor coordination

  • Neuromuscular function

  • Endurance

  • Safety

  • Orthotics/bracing referrals

 

Physical therapy treatment includes various playful and therapeutic activities to improve range of motion, strength, static and dynamic balance, postural control and stability, motor coordination, endurance, walking and running patterns, and safety, to assist a child’s overall gross motor development. Also, parent/caregiver training is a vital component of the physical therapy treatment in order to promote carryover to a child’s daily routine.

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We’re Mobile.

Tilton’s Therapy is MOBILE to accommodate patients in their natural environments. This allows for the incorporation of family members during therapy to allow for the greatest potential of therapeutic progression.