Pediatric Rehabilitation
At LHMPTI, we understand that children have different needs when it comes to rehabilitation. Whether your child is recovering from an injury, managing a developmental delay, or living with a chronic condition, we’re here to provide exceptional pediatric rehabilitation services. Our specialized programs are designed to support children in reaching their fullest potential, improving their functional abilities, and enhancing their overall quality of life.
Pediatric rehabilitation focuses on the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of infants, children, and adolescents. Our dedicated team of pediatric physical therapists is trained to address the unique needs and challenges of children across a wide range of conditions and developmental stages.
Our clinic is designed to create a welcoming and child-friendly environment, equipped with age-appropriate equipment and therapeutic tools. Your child’s pediatric rehabilitation sessions may include a combination of the following approaches:
Orthopedic outpatient physical therapy offers numerous benefits. Working with our skilled therapists, you can expect:
Developmental milestone achievement: If your child has delays in achieving developmental milestones, we'll provide targeted interventions to address those areas and support their progress.
Gross motor skill development: We'll focus on improving your child's strength, coordination, balance, and overall gross motor skills through play-based activities, exercises, and games.
Fine motor skill development: Our therapists will work with your child to enhance their hand-eye coordination, dexterity, and fine motor skills necessary for activities like writing, drawing, and self-care.
Balance and coordination training: We'll guide your child through exercises and activities aimed at improving their balance, coordination, and postural control, helping them move with confidence and ease.
Orthopedic and sports-related rehabilitation: For children recovering from orthopedic injuries or sports-related conditions, we offer specialized physical therapy interventions to facilitate healing, restore function, and safely return them to their desired activities.
Education and family involvement: We'll provide you with valuable education on your child's condition, offer guidance on home exercises and activities, and involve you in their therapy journey to maximize progress and promote carryover of skills outside of therapy sessions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes typical movement and physical developmental milestones by age. These milestones include:
2-3 months: holds their head up when on tummy, moves both arms and both legs, and opens hands briefly.
4-5 months: holds head steady without support when you are holding them, holds a toy when you put it in their hand, control their head and neck when pulled to a seated position, uses their arm to swing at toys, brings hands to mouth, lifts their head and upper shoulders off the surface when laying on their back or tummy in preparation to roll, pushes up onto elbows/forearms when on their tummy, stands with support.
6-8 months: rolls from tummy to back and back to tummy, pushes up with straight arms when on their tummy, leans on hands to support themselves when sitting, holds toy with both hands, and grabs and reaches to hold a toy.
9-12 months: gets to a sitting position by themselves, moves things from one hand to the other side of their body, uses fingers to “rake” food towards themselves, bang two things together, lift two hands to be picked up, pass an object from one hand to the other, and sits without support.
12-14 months: pulls up to stand, walks by holding onto furniture, drinks from a cup without a lid as you hold it, places objects in containers, and picks things (such as smalls bits of food) up between thumb and pointer finger.
15-18 months: takes a few steps on their own without holding onto anything, uses fingers to feed themselves some food, claps when excited, points to ask for something o to get help, stack at least two small objects like blocks, and pick up small objects between thumb and pointer finger.
18 months to 2 years: stand up from a sitting position on the floor without using hands/arms or furniture to support them, walks without holding on to anyone or anything, scribbles, drinks from a cup without a lid and may spill sometimes, feeds themselves with their fingers, tries to use a spoon, and climbs on and off a couch or chair without help.
2 years: walks steadily on their own, walk up a few stairs with or without help, runs, kicks a ball, uses two hands for different parts of a task at the same time (for example, holding a container and taking the lid off), eats with a spoon, and tries to use switches, knobs or buttons on a toy.
2 and a half years: uses hands to twist things such as turning doorknobs or unscrewing lids, takes some clothes off by themselves, jumps off the group with both feet, turns book pages one at a time.
3 years: copy a circle, string items together such as large beads or macaroni, use a fork, get dressed without help, stay balanced when running.
4 years: catch a large ball most of the time, unbutton some buttons, grip a crayon between fingers and thumb (not a fist), serves themselves food or pours water with adult supervision.
5 years: button some buttons, hop on one foot. At LHMPTI, we’re dedicated to providing exceptional pediatric rehabilitation services in a child-friendly and compassionate environment. Our experienced team of pediatric physical therapists will work closely with you and your child, providing personalized care, motivation, and support throughout the rehabilitation journey.
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