What is pediatric physical therapy?
Pediatric physical therapy helps children improve their posture, strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and quality of movements to reach their developmental goals and foster independence at home and in the community. At Milestones At Play our goal is to educate and empower parents to play with purpose to help their child move effortlessly, play, explore, and become the best version of themselves.
Common concerns we can help with at Milestones At Play:
- You have been told to "wait and see" yet you are looking for a proactive approach
- Your child struggles with tummy time
- Your child resists rolling
- Your child has a preferred side
- Your child looks one direction and has a flat spot
- Your child flings backward in sitting or does not use their arms for balance
- Your child crawls with one leg up or scoots on their bottom
- Your child skipped major motor milestones, such as crawling on hands and knees
- Your child does not support themselves in standing
- Your child continues to fall as soon as assistance is released when walking
- Your child frequently W-sits
- Your child prefers to walk on their toes
- You feel your child is clumsy, unsteady on their feet, and frequently trips and/or falls
- Your child has a difficulty time keeping up with their peers on the playground
- You have any concerns about your childs gross motor skills, at Milestones At Play all concerns are valid.
A referral is not necessary to get started and in order to keep your child developmentally on track we highly recommend scheduling a pediatric physical therapy evaluation if your child:
- Does not tolerate tummy time by 3 months of age
- Is not yet rolling by 6 months of age
- Is not yet sitting independently by 8 months of age
- Is not yet crawling on hands and knees by 10 months of age
- Is not yet standing at furniture by 12 months of age
- Is not yet walking along furniture by 14 months of age
- Is not yet walking by 16 months of age
We take a team approach, working closely with you, your pediatrician, specialists, orthotists, equipment providers, therapists and teachers to help your child reach their highest potential.
At Milestones At Play we are on your side. It is our goal to address your concerns, prevent gross motor delays, take the guess work out of developmental milestones and to give you the tools necessary to create gross motor confidence in your child.
