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Treatment Techniques

We use a custom combination of techniques listed below that best suits your child's needs based off evaluation of how best to work towards your goals.  Both OT and PT may incorporate a variety of these techniques in the session. 

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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

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DMI (Dynamic Movement Intervention)/CME (Cuevas Medek Exercise)

DMI is based off of similar philosophy of CME.  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,

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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.

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Occupational Therapy

In addition to the above, our occupational therapy sessions may incorporate techniques to address vision, self feeding, reflex integration

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Intensive Therapy

Intensive therapy is a block of time where your child would receive a burst of increased frequency of therapy services.  Sessions can be physical therapy only, occupational therapy only, or a combination of physical and occupational therapy.  You would come for therapy 5 days a week anywhere from 1-3 weeks at a time.  Each individual day would comprise from 1-2.5 hours of consecutive therapy hours.  The intensive burst of sessions has been proven through research with children with neurological conditions to allow for greater progress towards goals versus weekly therapy alone.   

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