Pediatric Toe-Walking: What is it and What Can We Do About it?

The Therapy Spot
20 November 2019
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Tags: Autism, Cerebral Palsy, low muscle tone, milestones, Muscular dystrophy, Pediatric Physical Therapy, posture, Spina Bifida, Toe-walking

Pediatric Toe-Walking: What is it and What Can We Do About it? What is Pediatric Toe-Walking? Know The Facts: Toe-walking is defined as the absence or inability to obtain heel strike at initial contact and during the stance phase of the gait cycle. Variability in gait pattern during development is considered typical — (we actually

Think IN the Box

The Therapy Spot
27 October 2015
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Tags: fidget box, fidget toys, low muscle tone, school box, sensory, sensory processing disorder, SPD

Your child is back in the classroom, so now it’s time for you to think in the box. Yes, you read that correctly; we do not want you to think out of the box, we want you to think IN the box. That is, in the school box, of course! Shopping for supplies is always