Occupational Therapy

Don’t Wait – Evaluate! Early intervention can be greatly beneficial to development, as delays in gross motor skills, fine motor skills and speech can all be addressed using therapy techniques and education. We as therapists understand that therapy is not always the obvious treatment option, but our goal is to change this mindset. Therapeutic interventions […]

Seeing Different Therapists “Are you going to be our therapist for every visit?” Connecting with our families and patients on day one is something we strive for – it’s the beginning of our journey together! With this in mind, we completely understand how there is a certain comfort felt with the therapist who completed the

Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month As we have noted in previous posts, March was Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. Here at Crawl Walk we work with a large population of individuals with Cerebral Palsy; so it’s important that we put some inspirational stories into the spotlight! In my research, I was able to come across too many

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month Did you know the month of March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month? In the spirit of awareness, I wanted to focus our blog this week on developmental disabilities; starting off with a wonderful story of a past patient of mine. Last year during a treatment session, I had been telling one

Get creative with your home exercise program It is no secret that children, or anyone for that matter, don’t always love the idea of running home and doing the exercises recommended by their therapist after a busy day. As your therapists, we understand that it is difficult to fit everything in, and sometimes there just

What’s the difference? I cannot tell you how many times I hear, “What is the difference between physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy?”