Pediatric Physical Therapy in Tempe, AZ

Muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder where individuals experience extensive muscle weakness. A loss of muscle mass also marks it. Our pediatric physical and occupational therapy solutions help to improve flexibility, motor skills, range of motion, and remaining muscle strength for babies and toddlers. Early intervention is key and is seen as the best way to slow down the progression of muscular dystrophy. If your child is school-aged or beyond, we will also help manage these symptoms and provide you with the necessary equipment and transfer techniques to keep you and your child safe while reducing muscle strain.

Torticollis in a child is marked by the tilting or turning of a child’s neck in a given direction. Often experiencing difficulty turning their head and looking in other directions, torticollis is sometimes hard to notice for parents. What is often a more reliable giveaway of torticollis is when you find yourself noticing this in pictures, that one ear looks closer to the shoulder than the other, or that you’re only able to convince them to look at you when you call their name on one side, or that they are harder to nurse on one breast because they can’t turn their head in the other direction.

Cerebral Palsy is a condition within babies and toddlers marked by an inability to move certain limbs, as well as possible learning disabilities and difficulties with speech production. Whether a child with cerebral palsy has hypertonia or hypotonia, therapies are a crucial part of intervention to help them develop age-appropriate skills. A disorder that affects a child’s nervous system, toddlers with cerebral palsy benefit from pediatric physical and occupational therapy, helping them accept and understand their physical limitations while enhancing their current strengths and abilities.