Pediatric physical therapy assists in early detection of health problems and uses a wide variety of modalities to treat children. Rochester specializes in congenital, developmental, neuromuscular, skeletal, or acquired disorders. Our physiotherapists will asses your child’s development, movement, strength and balance in order to produce a structured program.

Our therapists can provide pediatric rehabilitation for babies with neurological conditions that have difficulty with physical development (mobility, muscle strength, range of movement and balance).

Children with developmental problems may have difficulty reaching developmental milestones by the age that is expected. Developmental milestones are tasks that most children learn or develop that commonly appear in certain age ranges. For example, head control, rolling, crawling, walking and talking.

The physical therapist will work on all of the following with your child:

Stretching

Strengthening (lower extremities and trunk muscles)

Re-educating normal movement patterns

Balance training

Improving standing and quality of walking

Milestone development

Working on fine and gross motor skills

Motor planning