LifeScape’s physical therapists are experts in movement across the lifespan. Our therapists help children and adults build the strength, balance, and coordination they need to move more easily and participate fully in the activities they enjoy.
Common Conditions We Treat:
Our therapists work to improve a child’s ROM, strength, mobility, posture, balance, coordination, and endurance for independent function.
LifeScape offers specialized services for assessment of patients who use wheelchairs for mobility in their home and community. An experienced team of physical and occupational therapists, equipment specialists, and equipment technicians, provide thorough evaluations of wheelchair seating and mobility/positioning needs.
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Torticollis, tightness in one or more of the neck muscles, is one of the most common diagnoses seen in infants today. With early intervention, torticollis is manageable, and infants have an excellent prognosis. LifeScape offers comprehensive and skilled physical therapy services to address torticollis, no matter the cause.
Our therapists use range of motion exercises, positioning ideas to discourage the child’s preferred position, and strengthening to decrease asymmetry that may be occurring. We work in conjunction with orthotists to decrease the need for a cranial helmet.
Advantages of Early Intervention (before three months of age):
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Our therapists are trained to evaluate an individual to determine the equipment that will best meet their needs and promote optimal positioning, mobility, independence, and overall function. We help people of all ages learn to walk or relearn to walk following a surgery or illness. We utilize special equipment that further helps patients walk and improve gait pattern. Each individualized equipment will help them better access their environment at home, school, and in the community.
Equipment that provides upright positioning for patients who are unable to actively stand without support.
Equipment that facilitates development of pre-requisites for ambulation and improves walking ability and gait patterns.
We provide specialized care for children with neuromuscular disorders and other related conditions in order to improve their activities of daily living. We use a variety of therapy interventions to improve a child’s functional mobility and to promote the development of new skills. Physical therapy sessions may include use of the Universal Exercise Unit, SoloStep, or additional therapy equipment and tools at our outpatient therapy clinics.
Our physical therapists address impairments related to a variety of bowel and bladder concerns, including:
Our physical therapists address bowel and bladder concerns with interventions designed specifically for each patient. Therapy may incorporate relaxation and strengthening exercises for the pelvic floor muscles using biofeedback therapy, core strengthening, coordination of breathing exercises, and home program recommendations.
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Use of repeated lower extremity castings to improve ankle flexibility and alignment for correction of toe-walking and reduce the risk of contracture and lower extremity pain.
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Following an orthopedic surgery, inpatient rehabilitation stay for neurological and/or orthopedic concerns, or after an accident, illness, or injury, our physical therapists are ready to help patients work towards meeting their goals and returning to their prior level of function. We have a variety of equipment available and the knowledge to help patients advance their skills and transition to less restrictive equipment with a goal of returning to family, peer, and community activities.
Our intensive therapy program is designed to provide physical therapy services at an increased frequency over a shorter duration of time than traditional physical therapy, applying the principles of neuroplasticity to improve a child’s functional mobility. On average, patients are seen 3-5 times per week over a 3 to 6-week duration. The time and duration of each patient’s intensive program depends on that individual patient’s needs, endurance, tolerance, and age.
Our therapists work with patients and caregivers to identify specific goals that are meaningful to the patient and family, and these goals are addressed over the course of therapy. Additional physical therapy at a decreased frequency may be recommended at the end of an intensive to continue to address a patient’s ongoing goals. During a child’s course of intensive therapy treatment, the child may receive physical therapy, occupational therapy, or a combination of both.
A typical intensive physical therapy session may include:
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