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Eversion Sitting with Manual Assistance/Resistance

I do a lot of this exercise with children who have weak evertors. I like the position I am in here in this picture. I can rest the...

Toe Tapping Happy Feet with Dorsiflexion Strengthening

I do a lot of this exercise with children who have weak dorsiflexors. I like the position I am in here in this picture. I can rest the...

Wheelbarrow Sit ups from Sitting on a Ball

I always try to make activities more dynamic. A ball really helps meet that goal. I remember that a pole can statically weight bear....

Wait a Minute! Back UP! Email 38

In this exercise I consider the child strong enough to lean down and up without support. If the child needs more help, then I use an...

Hip Abduction Sidelying

I try side lying in the middle of the floor only with my most reliable clients or with the ones who are too heavy to move. I may also try...

How to Strengthen Abdominals

I do a lot of bench sit ups. I like the bench because there is no obvious place to roll to the side and push up from...but kids still...

Don't Take This News Sitting Down!

This exercise encourages all round lower extremity muscle activation. Sitting lower on the bench means more initial hip flexion, more...

Pull Yourself to a Stronger Middle Back!

In this exercise, the child sits on the scooter board and pulls himself hand over hand down the rope toward me as I anchor the other end...

Lateral Flexion Supine Reaching Hand to Heel Hooklying

Supine is an often forgotten place to work on Lateral Flexion. It discourages trunk flexion and rotation substitutions. In supine, the...

Kneed More Help with Knee Flexion Strengthening?

Supine Knee Flexion with Theratubing This one always seems tricky to me to get the angle of the theratubing right so it resists knee...

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#105 Stepping Over: Exercises for a Baby with Low Tone

#104 Getting down from Standing: Exercises for a Baby with Low Tone

#103 Taking Your First Steps (or not): Exercises for a Baby with Low Tone

#102 Ball Sit-ups: Exercises for a Baby with Low Tone

#101 Sitting Balance on a Ball: Exercises for a Baby with Low Tone

#100 Teach Your Child Standing and Walking Balance: Exercises for a Baby with Low Tone

#99 Teach your Child Standing Balance: Exercises for a Baby with Low Tone

#98 Teach your Child Standing Balance: Exercises for a Baby with Low Tone

#97 Teach your Child to Stand on Her Own: Exercises for a Baby with Low Tone

#96 How to Help Your Child Walk: Exercises for a Baby with Low Tone