The main objectives of Physical Therapy are to promote body strength, function and mobility and prevent future physical injury. Physical therapy is a dynamic health profession, which utilizes both scientific knowledge and evidence based clinical. A course to focus on prevention of impairments, functional limitations or disabilities by identifying disablement risk factors and providing educational intervention to facilitate a positive change in the health behavior of patients. Physical therapy focuses primarily on those individuals whose potential or actual impairment is related to musculoskeletal, neuromusculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and integument (skin) systems.

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physical therapy chino hills

Thanks, Collin, for spelling this out for us, particularly in your other posts in this section regarding types of therapy, etc. These can be helpful for brand new parents; just about anyone with a child with DS becomes familiar with PT, OT, ST, EI, EI-EI-O pretty quickly. That last one isn't real, don't google it.

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Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.
-Goethe

Jeff, you crack me up every time. Your awesome.

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~Christine~
Mom of 6
Brandon ADD/ADHD 18, Chelsea 15, Connor 13, Logan 8, Cody 5 & Austin 3 ( DS & Hirschsprungs pull through 12/8/08 ) diagnosis 10/28/10 Colonic Neuropathy
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I think I can, I think I can.
Climb the highest hills in all the land.
(If you think you can, you can.)
He could and he did !

I say CHEESE !