"Caring and Progressive Therapy for Children"

4721 W. Midlothian Tpk, Ste. 25
Crestwood, IL 60445
(708)371-7007

Our Services Include:

Physical Therapy:

• Alignment - a necessary prerequisite to achieving balanced muscle control. Requires careful attention to joint structures, muscle lengths and habitual postures. Allows the child to enjoy adulthood as free of orthopedic problems as possible.

• Mobility & Balance - Essential for active exploration of the world. Involves much more than just walking. It is how a child gets from one place to another-in and out of bed, up from the floor, into a car and out into the community. Enables a child to call upon a variety of movement patterns to safely and efficiently meet situations like being jostled in a crowd, slipping on the bathroom floor, or even trying to dress independently.

• The Foot - Our vital support base against the ground. Immensely high in tensile strength, yet surprisingly supple and flexible. Becomes the first defense against uneven and slippery terrain. Allows a child to fulfill his inborn desire to be upright.

Occupational Therapy:

• The Sensory System - Our window to the world. Becomes enhanced through early exploration of the senses: touching and being touched, smelling, tasting, hearing, seeing, feeling a sense of balance and body position. Enables the child to perfect such skills as eye-hand coordination and visual perception-essentials for math, reading, and writing.

• The Hand - Intricate in structure, complicated in function. Depends on the shoulder girdle as its stable base, its anchor. Functions as our instrument of daily living in play, music, art, work and school. allows a child to practice early self-care, promoting his sense of responsibility for other areas of life in the future.

• Play - The job of a child, as he learns how to learn. Fun-makes a child want to practice new skills. Enables the child to master his environment, and become a "doer" not a "watcher". Allows the child to feel success and strive to be independent in the world.

Speech and Language Therapy:

• Communication - The most important psychological need. Can be done with eyes, gestures, voice or even computers. Requires concentration, whatever the method. Entails the ability to receive information, make it meaningful and respond to it.

• Feeding - The oral-motor precursor to speech. Involves ability to chew, swallow and rink safely, without coughing, choking or fatigue. Requires superb coordination between breathing patterns and movements of the mouth and tongue. Becomes a valuable social outlet for the child once successfully achieved.

• Speech - A method of communication using the voice. Involves the ability to sustain a long, effortless exhalation as the words are spoken. Requires the fine muscles of the face, tongue and jaw to move with absolute control. Should be easily understood by all.

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