Additional Pediatric Services

Keep Moving Forward, Inc. provides a variety of options to meet the needs of your child. We are able to combine skills of traditional therapy and intensive therapy to maximize the goals set before us. We are able to influence children as early as birth so they can reach and excel in thier gross motor developmental milestones.

Services We Provide Include:-

  • Pediatric Physical Therapy
  • Early Intervention
  • Aqua Therapy

We are confident in the ability to help your child become the strongest they can be at an influential stage of development.

Services We Provide

PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY

PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY

Pediatric Physical Therapy is typically recommended by doctors for individuals who demonstrate a delay in achieving motor milestones, have been injured or have movement impairments from an illness, disease, or disability.

Doctors may recommend PT for individuals with:

  • Orthopedic conditions
  • Neurological disorders
  • Muscle diseases
  • Acute trauma
  • Head injury
  • Limb deficiencies
  • Genetic disorders
  • Cardiopulmonary conditions
  • Developmental delays
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Birth defects (such as spina bifida)
  • Effects of in-utero drug or alcohol exposure

What do Pediatric Physical Therapists do?

Pediatric physical therapists use a variety of treatment techniques and various equipment tools to help build strength, facilitate movement, and improve skills needed to complete daily activities. Pediatric physical therapists help individuals to achieve:

  • Flexibility to increase range of motion
  • Strength gains
  • Decrease in pain
  • Increased balance and coordination
  • Functional positions such as sitting and standing
  • Developmental milestones such as crawling and walking
  • Improved circulation around injury through modalities
  • Safety to prevent injury

Promoting independent movement is our biggest goal!

EARLY INTERVENTION

EARLY INTERVENTION

Our physical therapists are NYS Early Intervention service providers. We treat 0-3 year olds at our facility with access to all tools and equipment. Please contact your service coordinator or call us for more information.

AQUA THERAPY

AQUA THERAPY

Aquatic therapy provides a non-weight bearing intervention to enable an individual of varying levels of mobility the ability to move freely. This low-impact environment can help achieve one’s goals by working one-on-one with a trained therapist to maximize functional independence in a fun, interactive way

 Benefits to Aquatic therapy include:

  • Improved muscular strength
  • Improved muscular tone
  • Increased cardiovascular endurance and efficiency 
  • Improved Range of Motion
  • Improved balance and coordination
  • Improved Sensory processing ability