LET'S MOVE MOUNTAINS
Why Families Choose Us?
✓ Pediatric PT + OT under one roof
✓ Weekly & intensive therapy
✓ Experienced pediatric specialists
✓ Advanced equipment & treatment techniques
✓ BCBS insurance participation
✓ Family-centered, individualized care
How can we help?
Physical Therapy
Movement, strength, mobility and independence.
Weekly Therapy
Consistent individualized care toward long-term goals.
Occupational Therapy
Helping children participate more independently in everyday activities.
Intensive Therapy
Focused blocks of therapy designed to accelerate progress toward specific goals.
Meet the Team
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Owner/Physical Therapist
Dana Thomsen PT, DPT, PCS
Dana is the founder/owner of Let's Move Mountains. She has worked in a variety of settings over the past 15 years and along the way fell in love with the intensive model for children with neurological impairments. She saw a need in the area and decided to create Let's Move Mountains.
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Physical Therapist
Jordan Back PT, DPT
Jordan has always loved working with children and prior to becoming a physical therapist taught adaptive swim lessons to children of all ages. She currently holds advanced certification in DMI. Along with this she has experience treating children with AMPS (Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome) and previously was treated for this condition as a teen in an intensive program where she gained extensive knowledge on treatment methods for AMPS.
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Occupational Therapist
Morgan Wescoat MS, OTR/L, CNS
Morgan spent her time as an occupational therapist primarily working with pediatric patients of varying ages, backgrounds, and complexities. Morgan has continued to expand her knowledge and treatment approaches by obtaining further training in methods such as DMI, TASES, sensory processing, feeding therapy, and vision based disorders with specific training in cortical visual impairments (CVI).
Treatment Techniques
We use a variety of evidence-informed treatment techniques selected according to each child's individual needs and goals
Dynamic Movement Intervention (DMI)
Dynamic Movement Intervention (DMI) is a therapeutic technique used in physical and occupational therapy to treat children with motor delay by improving automatic postural responses and promoting progress towards developmental milestones. The goal of DMI is to provoke a specified active motor response from the child in response to defined dynamic exercises prescribed by the therapist. This comprehensive intervention incorporates current research on neurorehabilitation, technologies, and methodologies. DMI stimulates neuroplasticity to facilitate new neuronal connections and development of motor milestones.
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Electrical Stimulation
Electrical stimulation is a targeted input to a specific muscle that provides sensory input and awareness to the client. Allowing for increased muscle awareness and contraction resulting in improvement of motor patterning and functions. It can be used to help decrease tone, improve range of motion, and increase strength and alignment within the body. We use techniques knowns as Task Specific Electrical Stimulation (TASES) and Non Invasive Spinal Electrical Stimulation (NISE)
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Universal Exercise Unit
Also known as the "Spider Cage" It provides 2 different opportunities for clients. (1) strength through weighted pulley system targeting and isolating specific muscle groups. (2) body weight support system through bungee and harness allowing the child to experience more hands free postural control without hands on support
Whole Body Vibration
This intervention tool targets signals being sent through the spinal cord to either enhance or inhibit certain messages. There are specific protocols to target specific messages. Through use of the protocols benefits seen are increase in strength, decrease in muscle tone, and improvement of proprioception.
Certified TheraTog Fitters
TheraTogs are a garment that is typically worn underneath clothes. It helps to promote stabilization, proprioception, and alignment in the individual that is wearing the garment through a strapping system. Typically it is worn as an adjunct to therapy activities and exercises. At the clinic we are able to trial them during sessions as well as fit your child for one to order for home use and recommend appropriate strapping set ups for therapeutic carry over at home.