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Go Chase!
Watch this video and you will quickly remember why you decided to become a pediatric physical therapist! What a great story from the Reeve Foundation. Go Chase go!
National Inventor’s Month August 2009
Did you know that August is National Inventor’s Month? Why not incorporate this theme into some therapy sessions or carry over activities for at home? Here are some suggestions to help celebrate: 1. Working together with a child, determine a task that is difficult for them to achieve. See if you can create a simple […]
Energy Expenditure with Active Video Games
Pediatrics published research comparing the energy expenditure rates, heart rate, perceived exertion and step rate during television watching, playing Dance, Dance Revolution, Wii bowling and boxing and walking at different rates. The subjects were 14 boys and 9 girls ages 10-13 years old. The results indicated that energy expenditure increased two to three times when […]
Vacation
Your Therapy Source Iinc is on vacation for the week. See you next week.
Pediatric Yoga Research
A review of the research on clinical applications of yoga for the pediatric population was published in the latest issue of Academic Pediatrics. Thirty four controlled studies were reviewed. A large majority of the studies yielded positive results from yoga although many of the studies were of low methodological quality. The researchers concluded that further […]
Independent Exercising
The Journal of Intellectual Disabilities reports on a small research study involving 4 adults with intellectual disabilities. The adults had a face to face meeting to go over the exercise regimen and follow up phone calls. The participants used a DVD at home to exercise. Seventy five percent of the participants increased their exercise frequency […]
Tying Shoe Laces
Heard about this website from @otadvantage on Twitter – Ian’s Shoelace site. This man has created an entire website dedicated to tying shoes. He provides an extensive amount of information on shoe tying. He compares knots, rates knots and demonstrates knots. He writes about shoe lacing tips for children, people with disabilities, adults and everyone. […]
5 Indoor Fitness Ideas For Kids
The days of running around neighborhoods freely and walking to school seem to be a thing of the past. Instead, children sit in front of a television or computer screen for hours a day. When the weather outside is bad, the television hours increase even more. Because of this, children lead more sedentary lifestyles than […]
Encouraging Tummy Time Handout
Came across this great hand out for parents to encourage tummy time for babies. It is 6 pages with great visual pictures to go along with the written material. It has been created by Orthomerica. Download Tummy Time Tools. A reader comment below and wanted to include the following resources on tummy time as well. […]
Task-Oriented Strength Training and Mobility for Children with Cerebral Palsy
NeuroRehabilitation published research on the effects of task-oriented strength training on mobility function in children with cerebral palsy. Five children with cerebral palsy (GMFCS I-III) were randomly assigned to an experimental group which received task-oriented strength training with a focus on the lower extremities for 5 weeks. This group also practiced functional tasks similar to […]