When parents are first told that there might be a problem with their child’s brain or nerves, most are hopeful that with hard work and the right help there will […]
Quick Fixes for 2014 – Stabilize the Wrist and Thumb
Happy New Year. I am starting off the year with some tips and tricks to get you the “biggest bang for your buck” in the shortest possible time. It is […]
Intensives In Puberty: Take Advantage of Neuroplasticity
Puberty can be a second chance or a complete disaster – the outcome depends on the choices you make during this important period. Unfortunately, to take advantage of this period […]
Botox, Orthopedic Surgery, Posterior Rhizotomy and/or a Baclofen Pump?
What do you need to know to make the best choice(s)? I have both good news and bad news. The good news is that there are a wide variety of […]
A New Way Of Thinking About AFO’s – Spasticity Series #6
The boy on the left with a ball is wearing a set of standard issue AFO’s that block the spastic tendency to plantar flex at the ankle. The boy on […]
Back to Basics – Alignment Comes First
The basic rule “Alignment Comes First”, applies to hands as much as it does to the legs, yet in my experience, very few children with brachial plexus injury (BPI) and/or […]
Core Support Options
As I have discussed last week, every pediatric therapy intervention that I am aware of aims, in part, to strengthen the core. And the exercises used should strengthen the core. […]
Minimize Maladaptive Motor Habits
Whatever you do, your body will learn to do better. If you are walking badly, your body will learn how to do badly better. Over a long period of time […]
Movement Starts With The Core
The overwhelming majority of small babies with damaged brains have perfectly normal posture during sleep. When they are awake and attentive, looking at you, but not moving, they are similarly […]
Billi Cusick’s Thoughts on Managing Children with Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
The following is a guest blog from Billi Cusick, PT, MS, COF, President of Progressive GaitWays, LLC and Developer of the TheraTogs System. Billi wrote this informative letter for her […]