Physical Therapy

Your child may be referred to physical therapy for various concerns, including problems associated with severe prematurity, problems with weakness, balance deficits, coordination, or posture. Some children may also need assessment for the use of adaptive equipment such as walkers, bath seats or wheelchairs. The following list of diagnoses are some of the conditions seen by our therapists:

• Cerebral palsy
• Down syndrome
• Spina Bifida
• Torticollis/plagiocephaly
• Developmental delay
• JRA
• Joint/back pain
• Muscular dystrophy
• Traumatic brain injury
• Abusive head trauma
• Hypotonia
• Scoliosis
• Brachial plexus injury
• Postoperative rehabilitation