Physical Therapy

Eurofitness Rehabilitation provides physical therapy to children in order to improve balance, coordination and gross motor skills such as rolling, crawling, sitting, walking, running and jumping. Our fully licensed and experienced physical therapists work with the child and the family to assess the current functioning level and create an individualized plan to help your child achieve optimal results. Using carefully planned specific motor tasks, the therapist creates a treatment plan focused on promoting developmental skills via play therapy. All of our therapists (physical, speech, and occupational) work together as well as with the family members to provide therapy activities/ideas that can be used in our facility and at home in order to optimize results.

Physical therapy can be of benefit to your child if he/she is experiencing or has experienced:

Prematurity
Torticolis/Wry Neck (head tilt)
Muscular Dystrophy
Down Syndrome
Spina Bifida
Cerebral Palsy
Stroke
Delays in developmental milestones
Hypotonia (weakness, low tone)
Hypertonia (tightness, high tone)
Gross motor incoordination
Motor planning difficulties
Gait difficulties
Orthotic concerns
Neurological problems

Physical therapy services for children may help improve a child’s:

Range of Motion - how far a joint can bend or straighten
Strength - strength against gravity
Balance - ability to maintain balance (tilting and righting responses) and to keep oneself from falling (protective responses)
Reflexes - automatic responses seen particularly in infants (palmar grasp, positive support, asymmetrical tonic neck reflex [ATNR] and labyrinthine)
Posture - alignment of the body in various positions
Tone - natural resistance in a muscle (increased tone is stiffness and decreased tone is floppiness)