2025-01-03
Transitioning from a stroller to a self-propelling wheelchair is a significant milestone in a child's journey towards independence. As therapists, we play a crucial role in facilitating this transition, ensuring that children not only adapt to using a wheelchair but thrive in doing so. Developing wh
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2024-02-02
Willow is working hard on her hip muscle strength in therapy sessions, at home, and at school, but can find it challenging. In therapy sessions, she works with her physical therapist on activities such as side-stepping in the parallel bars but needs hands-on guidance to achieve the correct movement.
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2022-12-12
Learn more about the evidence-based CanChild ‘F-Words’ framework for supporting childhood development in this infographic created by Leckey, part of the Sunrise Medical Family. This family-friendly downloadable PDF resource can help professionals working with children with special needs to communic
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2022-04-29
As a pediatric physiotherapist, one of the most frequent questions parents ask me is, "Is my child going to walk?" Naturally, it's up there as one of the most emotive topics. The dream of seeing their child take their first steps is something that all parents hope to witness. It's a highly emotive t
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In many cases, recommending a mobility device for an infant who is dependent on a caregiver to be moved from place to place is straightforward. After all, a six-month old with or without a neuromuscular disorder is expected to need a buggy for mobility in the community. As babies grow into toddlers,
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2022-01-17
When reviewing the intake information of a new patient, it is common for one of the first questions the evaluating team seeks to answer is, "Will the client need a manual wheelchair or a power wheelchair?" Depending on a number of factors such as age and diagnosis, determining a suitable mobility so
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This quick guide will provide early developmental activity ideas to help promote physical, social, perceptual, and cognitive development in a variety of positions. These activities are ideal to be completed with the Leckey Early Activity System. However, if you do not have this equipment, you can
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For many therapists, it is incredibly frustrating when, after providing a productive therapy session, we set up a child with non-typical development in "optimal" seated posture only to find shortly after that the child looks nothing like how they were first positioned. We slowly notice that the pelv
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2021-09-13
24-hour postural management is a planned program that considers all relevant positions a child uses throughout the day and intervenes to improve or maintain body shape while promoting the child's functional development. A postural management plan tries to incorporate a neutral body position into the
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2021-08-18
Most physical disabilities have no physiological impact on a woman's sexual and reproductive capacity. In fact, if you want to be a mother in a wheelchair, you can achieve a smooth pregnancy, have an uncomplicated vaginal delivery, and have a postpartum recovery as satisfactory as any other woman.
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