Skills Addressed in Physical Therapy

Mobility or Physical Developmental Skills

• Gross motor developmental skills such as holding up head, rolling, crawling, pulling to stand, cruising, standing, walking, climbing, running, stair navigation, jumping
• Joint pain with movement
• Ease of movement
• Walking on toes or atypical gait patterns
• Atypical postures – torticollis, scoliosis, in-toeing/out-toing
• Inability to keep up with peers
• Endurance

Bilateral Coordination Skills

• Stair navigation
• Jumping
• Skipping
• Ball skills

Rehabilitate Post Injury or surgery

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction – Incontinence

Joint movement

Muscle

Posture/Alignment