For the long-term patient with limited yearly visits, after the 12 weeks of strength training, how are you transitioning the child back to the community who will not be having active therapy services?
Answer
I find that once I set up a program for a child related to fitness, whether it was for strength, agility training, anaerobic or aerobic training, most of the time the child is able to perform the activity as a home program. The ultimate goal is for our children to be independent. Once we have a good program going and I can assure that the child is performing the activity correctly, I typically have the child perform that activity more as a home program. One thing I have found quite successful is having the child be the star of their own exercise movie or DVD by having the child videotaped performing their program at my office. They get to take it home and do their home program along with the DVD.
Lisa Kenyon, PT, DPT, PhD, PCS
Dr. Kenyon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Kenyon heads the Grand Valley Power Mobility Project, an inter-professional research, and service project that provides power mobility training for children and young adults who are not typically considered to be candidates for power mobility use. Dr. Kenyon presents nationally and internationally on topics related to pediatric physical therapist practice and has published multiple journal articles and book chapters pertaining to topics in pediatrics. Dr. Kenyon currently serves on the Committee of Content Experts for the Pediatric Specialty Council of the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.
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