Physical Therapy Services
I help infants who are struggling with their movements and regulation so they can dominate their early development.
What do these movement and regulation struggles look like in an infant?
Torticollis with restricted trunk movements
keeps head turned to one side or tilted to one side; showing a preference (torticollis)
mis-shapened head / flat spot forming on their head (plagiocephaly)
irritability, reflux, colic
decreased desire to move, roll, pivot while playing on the floor
poor tolerance to tummy-time
decrease coordination to feed, breast preference
tongue/lip/cheek restrictions and even post release; tension in their body
Learn more about common infant struggles and how a holistic approach to physical therapy can help.
What does Physical Therapy look like for Babies?
Jenny will complete a thorough assessment on your child or baby. Movement facilitation through gentle handling techniques to assess restrictions and your baby’s chosen patterns will be used. Based on your concerns and the assessment results, your active involvement is recruited in both developing the plan of care and implementation in your child’s daily play. A home program will be created after each session to ensure progression of skills during the week and between visits. Sessions will be individualized based on the needs but they typically run 45-60 minutes. In-home and Telehealth options available upon resquest.
Baby Bodywork - Addressing the Whole Body
Baby Bodywork encompasses a range of gentle and effective techniques that can benefit your child. These therapeutic techniques include infant massage, craniosacral fascial therapy, myofascial release, reflex integration and reflexology. Manual therapy can address various conditions in babies, such as muscle tension, head-turning preference, torticollis, cranial molding, tongue tie restrictions, reflux, colic, and body asymmetries.
Are you interested in getting bodywork for your baby? I am trained in a variety of infant manual and developmental therapies that can improve regulation, balance body tension, and functional movement.
These include:
Infant Massage (Infant Massage USA)
Infant/Child Craniosacral Fascial (Gillespie Approach) and Myofascial Release Therapy (John Barnes)
Infant Reflexology
The TummyTime! Method
Reflex Integration
Do you think your baby would benefit from bodywork? Schedule an evaluation with Dr. Jenny.
I specialize in infants and babies. It is my interest and my passion!
Our children develop through movement and touch. When an infant has a restriction in their movement, obvious or not, they might struggle in their development. I connect with your baby through movement to help them heal and move more freely. Through various modalities of Physical Therapy, I coach and provide holistic tools to help parents find ways to facilitate growth and motor development.