Hip Flexion Standing
Pelvis disassociation is almost always tricky with my clients with quadriplegic or diplegic cerebral palsy, so this is a great exercise...
Hip Extension -Stamping in Bridge
Stamp in Bridge This is a good activity to work on strength but also balance and weight shift for some clients. You can have your client...
Fun Ways to Improve Hand Strength? No Puzzle to me!
I set this picture up in a way that would allow a photo. This is not really how I do this activity in the clinic. I have the parent sit...
#59 Eversion Strengthening Sitting with Heel Down
By having my client stabilize his foot on the floor, I get less cheating with hip flexion and hip internal rotation. Place the target...
Dorsiflexion Strengthening with Balance Reactions on a Rockerboard
Don’t forget righting reactions extend all the way down to the feet. It is worth trying rockerboard work to see if you can get some...
Chest and Triceps Strengthening with Dynamic Upper Extremity Weight Bearing
Prone over a Ball, Weight Bearing and Reaching: This is a wonderful weight bearing activity. By positioning myself behind the child here,...
Airplanes with Hip and Trunk Support
I have to admit, I usually perform this activity with a smaller child…but this was the model I had. Here I am providing hip and trunk...
Adduction Hook Lying with a Squeak Toy
I have several squeak toys of different sizes. Different ones require harder or softer squeezes to squeak as well. I use the auditory...
Abdominals: Small Bench Sit ups with Arms Straight
I often have to help a child in the initial parts of this range, and then she can do it independently. I always stabilize the legs so the...
Emphasis on Plantarflexors with Squat to Stand
Squat to stand works hip extensors, quadriceps and plantarflexors concentrically on the way up and eccentrically on the way down.I’ve...
