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20 November 2019
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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
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09 October 2019
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All About Tummy Time What is tummy time? Tummy time involves any activity that avoids having your baby lay flat on their back and involves any time you play, position, or carry your baby while on their stomach. When can I start tummy time? Tummy time should be started immediately when you are settled back
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27 August 2019
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Back Pack Safety It’s time to start thinking about going back to school! This hand out provides tips and tricks for back pack safety in order to help prevent injury. Children who improperly wear back packs or carry too much weight in their back packs have an increased likely hood for back, neck, or shoulder
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12 August 2019
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Does My Baby Really Need to Crawl? Crawling on hands and knees is an extremely important developmental milestone that should not be skipped. Crawling is important for a baby’s cognitive development, social-emotional development, gross motor development, fine motor development, and speech-language development. Here is how: Crawling uses core muscles and therefore helps to strengthen
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27 August 2014
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When my daughter was a baby she was diagnosed with torticollis. Although this may seem scary when you first hear this diagnosis, therapy is usually effective and relatively short, often depending on how early the torticollis is diagnosed. What is torticollis? Torticollis is a condition where one’s neck is turned consistently to one side, with
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