Kids Center physical therapists provide interventions to address motor and postural control for the improvement of gross motor skills, balance and coordination, mobility and overall activity and participation in all environments.
Physical therapy (PT) focuses on strength and mobility to help children be as independent as possible. Our physical therapists evaluate each patient, then set up a treatment plan and goals specific to each child’s needs. This includes strength, joint mobility, muscle tone, skeletal and structural health, gross motor skills (rolling, sitting, crawling, walking, etc.), balance, coordination, and adaptive equipment. Our physical therapists work with the family/patient to address their goals and set up a home program to work towards those goals. Patients are scheduled within the model of care that best meets their needs based on clinical assessment by the physical therapist.
Our physical therapists evaluate each patient, then set up a treatment plan and goals specific to each child’s needs. The evaluation assesses:
The PTs work with patients in a shared treatment space including two separate gyms with access to a large array of intervention tools and adaptive equipment for maximum progress. Kids Center offers aquatic PT on a limited basis at the pool at Home of the Innocents.
Patients are scheduled within the model of care that best meets their needs based on clinical assessment by the physical therapist along with parent contribution on family/patient goals.
Our therapists are very experienced in assessing and determining adaptive equipment needs for you child. These include wheelchairs, walkers, gait trainers, bath chairs, standers, etc. We are fortunate enough to have an array of equipment to trial before purchasing to determine best fit.
Kids Center is fortunate enough to have the equipment/technology necessary to offer specialized treatment activities, including the FreeStep overhead support system which offers freedom of movement to children of all levels of involvement. We also have several Universal exercise units (UEU), Therasuits, Litegait, climbing walls, E-stim units, motomed, powerplates and other vibration plates available to use in treatment sessions.
Kids Center physical therapists (PTs) have extensive experience in pediatrics and the deepest of passions for helping kids live to their full ability.
Our therapists complete a variety of continuing education courses including Dynamic Movement Intervention (DMI), neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT),GMA, Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP), Therasuit, theratogs, myofascial techniques.
PTs at Kids Center also participate in our Intensive Program, Spasticity Clinic, Orthopedic clinic, and Feeding Clinic.
To learn more about our physical therapy program, please contact us at (502) 635-6397.
