

A Little Weak with the Chin Tuck? Strengthen Neck Flexors!
I love using the ball for strengthening work. Unless a child is fearful of the ball, they LOVE the ball. This makes it fun for both of...


Winged Scapulae? This exercise is a Blast!
The bigger the ball, the less challenging this is.I tie a shoe string around netting at the top of the ball to capture it inside the net...


Scoliosis? Sway with Gait? Truncal Lean? Strengthen Lateral Flexors!
I love this exercise, and fortunately my clients tend to tolerate my love. In the picture I am beside the client, but often I am on my...


Spastic Hamstring are Weak Hamstring. Ready, Aim Strengthen!
This is the classic heel slide with a scooterboard flare. I have so many of my clients with diplegic cerebral palsy who are weak in their...


Crouched Gait? Here's an Oldie but a Goodie Revamped with a Kid Twist
This is a classic quad strengthening exercise …and one that I don’t typically do.I have plenty of children who need terminal knee...


Fight Flat Feet! Strengthen Inversion
Inversion with Manual Assistance/Resistance in Supine The only down side to this exercise is my client cannot see the movement from flat...


Strengthening Hip Internal Rotators
Kicking a Rolled ball in Vault: Add a ball in and most activities are more fun.I roll the ball, and the client kicks it back.This is...


Week 9 Strengthening those Pesky Hip External Rotators
This is one of the easier external rotation exercises. Some clients need a pillow or twounder their head to be able to see their feet for...


Week 8 Hip Extension Strengthening
I tend to use this exercise on clients who have little idea or little capability of pushing with hip and knee extension.If you carefully...


Handy Tips for Strengthening Hand Grip
Most of my clients love scooterboard activities.If they don’t love it when they first come to PT, it is not long before I wear them down,...