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...
Abduction Side Lying with Knee Flexion
This is a hard exercise. It takes a very cooperative and/or motivated client (preferably both) to perform this accurately.Sometimes I do...
Lateral Trunk Righting with the Child Sitting on Your Lap
Granted this child is a little big and a little too highly skilled for this exercise. I still use it with a child who is this size who...
Need a Super Fun Way to Strengthen Knee Extensors?
The model pictured can perform knee extension here to make the swing go forward and back without support otherwise.Many children need me...
Flat feet? Sprained Ankles? Poor Balance? Strengthen Invertors!
I usually use manual resistance, but sometimes I pull out the theraband, especially if I think the child (with parent’s assistance) might...
