Pediatric Therapy

PEDIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY

Physiotherapy for infants, toddlers, children and teenagers focuses on providing you and your child with the tools needed to optimize their potential and ability to play.

Our pediatric physiotherapist provides engaging, play based treatment plans to help tackle a variety of common conditions affecting babies, children and teens. In addition to providing you with in-clinic treatment, your physiotherapist will also provide you with evidence based education and any necessary resources, to ensure that you have the information you need to make informed decisions for your loved one.

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Conditions we treat include, but are not limited too:

Delayed motor milestones
Toe walking (and toeing in/ out)
W sitting
In-toeing
Pain and sports injuries
Growing pains
Torticollis
Plagiocephaly (flat head)
Postural issues

What to expect during your child’s pediatric physiotherapy assessment.

At Dynamic, your child’s initial visit will take approximately 1 hour. During our first visit, we will find out what’s bringing you in & learn more about your child’s current and passed medical history. This will also include a thorough prenatal and birth history. The physical assessment will provide us with an opportunity to observe how your little one is moving. As well, we may use our hands to gently assess tone, mobility, strength and reflexes. We allow for lots of breaks during the assessment to ensure that your little one is not overwhelmed. Once the assessment is complete, we will discuss our findings and create a comprehensive and tailored treatment plan that suits you and your little one if physiotherapy is appropriate. Physiotherapy treatment may include parent education, fun-play based exercise, gentle hands on treatment and ongoing re-assessment of your little one’s progress. Our goal is to help optimize your child’s function, by improving mobility, strength & balance. Ultimately, out goal is to empower your child to engage in functional & purposeful play, and help them reach their full potential.

PEDIATRIC CHIROPRACTIC

Chiropractic care for infants, toddlers, children and teenagers can help your child feel,
play and learn at their best.

Our pediatric chiropractor provides individual child-centered treatment plans to
help with common issues that babies, children and teenagers face. Using education, a
gentle, hands-on approach and play based rehabilitation, we provide a warm and
fun environment to help your child develop to their full potential.

Conditions we treat include, but are not limited too:

Breast/chest and bottle feeding issues (including tongue ties, lip ties, post release rehabilitation, TMJD)
Colic, (including increased comfort in car seat, baby wearing)
Gastrointestinal issues (including reflux)
Delayed motor milestones
Primitive reflex integration
Toe walking (and toeing in/ out)
W sitting
Bedwetting
Pain and sports injuries
Concussion and post concussion syndrome
Growing pains
Birth trauma
Torticollis
Plagiocephaly (flat head)
Postural issues
Thumb sucking and mouth breathing

What to expect during your child’s pediatric chiropractic assessment.

At Dynamic, your child’s initial visit will be approximately 60 minutes long. In that time, we will review your child’s current and past medical history, including feeding and prenatal/ birth history. The physical assessment can be done on our in-house baby pillows, in a parent’s arms/ chest, or while your little one is on the move! We look to find areas of decreased mobility and function using gentle, experienced hands. Chiropractic bodywork helps to improve your child’s function focusing on increased strength, mobility and coordination from tongue to toes as well as primitive reflex integration. We are trained to work intraorally to assess and rehabilitate babies’ tongue function to aid in co-managing feeding difficulties. We look to assess and treat the whole body to ensure proper function of your loved ones. Finally, we love educating patients and parents on ways to improve upon activities of daily living along with prescribing fun, play-based exercises they can do to support their child’s treatment plan.