Pediatric Physical Therapy in Port Chester and Mt Kisco
Helping Children build the skills essential for daily activities
Pediatric Physical Therapists are specifically educated in movement to improve the lives and daily function of children who suffer from a wide range of injuries and congenital conditions. The role of a pediatric therapist is to work with the child and their family to assist each child to reach their maximum potential in functioning independently and in promoting active participation in their home, school and community. Pediatric patients range from newborns to young adults with childhood disorders.
These conditions can be related to the following diagnoses.
We treat a wide variety of problems and ailments.
Some of our specialties include:
- Arthritis
- Balance issues
- Brachial Plexus
- Injury/Erb’s palsy
- Cerebral Palsy
- Childhood Obesity
- Clumsy Child or Frequent Falls
- Congenital Deformities
- Deconditioning
- Developmental
- Coordination Disorder
- Developmental Delay
- Down’s syndrome
- Flat Head Syndrome
- Gait disorders (excessive pronation, in-toeing/out-toeing and toe-walking)
- Genetic Disease/Syndromes
- Gross Motor Delay
- High tone/hypertonia
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Low Tone/hypotonia
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Musculoskeletal and neurological disorders
- Orthopedic Injury
- Peripheral Nerve Injury
- Post Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Therapy
- Prematurity
- Spina Bifida
- Torticollis
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tummy Time Resistance
Assessment & Plan
Will I remember everything Developmental Steps shows us at home?
The 1st step is an initial evaluation that looks at the whole child and provides parents with a complete picture of their child’s strengths and challenges.
Torticollis and Plagiocephaly
Is your Baby stuck looking to one side with a flat spot developing on the back of their head?
Torticollis is a condition in early infancy in which a child presents with a tilted position of the head and neck
Gross Motor Delays
Are you worried your child is not reaching their motor milestones?
Gross motor skills are the activities we perform in our daily lives that involve using large muscle groups. Examples are rolling, crawling, sitting, standing, walking, running, and jumping. Delays in gross motor development can occur for many reasons…
Core Strength & Conditioning
Is your child clumsy and falling a lot and you are worried that they are losing their confidence?
Our specialized treatments are offered by pediatric physical therapists, the movement experts. We will educate parents on underlying factors that may lead to their child’s clumsiness…
Motor Coordination
Help your child build a strong foundation to play sports!
Physical therapy can give kids a boost for the upcoming sports season by using obstacle courses, fitness challenges and sports specific drills to improve strength, balance, coordination, endurance and overall confidence. In order to excel at any activity your child will need to have some proficiency at Hand/Eye and Bilateral Coordination. We provide strategies and progressions in our sessions and Home Exercise programs to optimize their coordination.