Posts tagged baby
Improve Your Home-Based Skills: My Recipe for Delivering Excellent Pediatric Services

With over 13 years experience, providing home-based pediatric PT and wellness is my bread and butter. I love the autonomy of making my own schedule, the daily challenges creating fun and exciting exercises, and the joy I feel when I see a child thrive at home with his family…If you are thinking about becoming a home-based therapist, check out my personal recipe for delivering excellent pediatric services:

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My baby hates Tummy Time. Now What?

The problem arises...

When I am getting background information on a baby, I typically ask the parent about Tummy Time.  How often they do it with their baby, how their baby handles being on their stomach, ect.  This information gives me as a physical therapist insight into the child’s ability to move in positions other than supine (on his back), into neck and shoulder muscle strength, and possible indications of medical problems including acid reflux that would require physician follow-up care.

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