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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...

Just what you KNEED! Terminal Knee Extension with Short Arc Quads

This of course is a classic quad strengthening exercise.I am not sure why…but I rarely do this exercise with my clients.I probably...

InversionStrengthening in Sitting with Manual Resistance/Assistance Email Week 29

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

Stamping 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 stamp the same...

Windswept? Internally Rotated Gait? Cavalry to the Rescue!

This is one of the easier external rotation exercises. When my client needs the visual feedback, I position her so she can see herself by...

Hip Hip Hurray: New Variations on a Classic Hip Extension Exercise

Sometimes I have to block the knees with my chest and help the client lift her hips with my hands on her hips/lower back. I have some...

Handy Tips for Making Hands Stronger --Week 23

My clients love the scooterboard. I always start out prone…because I think it is harder, and I can always bribe them with the sitting to...

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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