Before Your Child Tries Therapeutic Listening…
Intended to support individuals who have trouble with communication, attention, listening and sensory processing dysfunction, therapeutic listening came to fruition as an evidence-based auditory intervention. You should note that it is not a stand-alone program. Think of it as a tool (one that’s based in sensory integration) that’s part of a bigger-picture therapy program. Here’s […]
What You Need To Know About Gait Training in Pediatric Population
A child requires a functional range of motion in both legs, endurance, bilateral coordination, core strength and good balance to develop a healthy walking pattern. If there is some form of deficiency in any of these areas, gait training may be the solution to help a child achieve a more functional walking pattern. If you […]
The Benefits Of Kinesiotaping For Your Child’s Sports Injuries
Whenever you attend sporting events, you might have noticed the colorful tapes that many athletes wear across their backs, legs and shoulders. These things are called kinesio tapes and they are used by Olympians, NFL players, and many other sports athletes to cope with muscle weakness and pain. However, do you know that the kinesio […]
Great Ways To Improve Handwriting For Kids
If you look at occupational therapy programs in CT, it is not hard to find children who have been referred to such programs because of the difficulties they are having with proper handwriting. Occupational therapists will usually assess the affected children in a few key areas, including cognition, visual perception, visual motor integration, and fine […]
Occupational Therapy Strategies to Improve Feeding Habits
Are you having problems expanding your child’s diet? It is quite common for children to have feeding challenges at a young age. Your child may be a picky eater who struggles at mealtimes. You should know that eating is a developmental process. Diets change over time as your child gets more comfortable with food. Statistics […]
Understanding Injury Prevention In Young Athletes
There are a number of benefits to any non-academic activity that children are involved in that may help them develop socially and also has the potential to teach important life values. This includes participate in youth sports. The downside to this is that the child may encounter sports-related injuries, and according to professionals specializing in […]
How Parents Can Achieve Better Tech Time Management For Their Kids
Today, the average child uses at least 3 tech devices for entertainment and social development. These include gadgets like computers, tablets, video games, and smartphones. Tech time management is becoming a common topic to discuss and parents need to know how to manage this without making them backdated on the up-and-coming technological advancements in today’s […]
Therapeutic Diagnosis And Treatment Of Abnormal Fine Motor Skills In A Child
Fine motor skills in children occur when the hands use smaller muscles to perform simple tasks such as doing up buttons. They influence the general quality of one’s body outcome and the speed of the task performed. To call fine motor skills efficient it requires that a number of independent skills be performed together to […]
Making Use Of Kettlebells To Assist Physical Therapy Patients
Kettlebells are weights that look like tea kettles and they have a handle on them. They come in different weight options and they are slowly becoming popular with people who love using weights to exercise. Many practitioners specialized in physical therapy in Connecticut have adopted the use of kettlebells in their programs and patients with […]
Aquatic Therapy: Effects On The Joint Strength And Muscle Strength For Hemophilia Patients
Hemophilia is a congenital genetic disorder a condition whereby patients lack particular proteins in plasma which make blood clotting possible. This means that patients suffering from hemophilia tend to bleed more in the case of an injury and it mostly affects the joints that facilitate movements like the knee and hip areas. The continuous bleeding […]