Programs
Your child attends therapy every week and you know there is so much potential just waiting to emerge. The progress is slow and you wish you had a way to propel your child’s physical progress. The catalyst which you have been seeking is here at NAPA Center.
Physical Therapy
NAPA Center’s Intensive Physical therapy program is an intensive approach to physical therapy consisting of 60 to 90 hours of vigorous therapy in just 3 weeks using the NeuroSuit and Universal Exercise Units. This is highly effective method of treatment uses cutting edge methods to challenge the child and achieve new physical abilities. The NeuroSuit utilizes technology originally from the Russian space program to fight the effects of weightlessness. The NeuroSuit helps hold the patient’s body in correct alignment and adds additional weight bearing through the use of bungee type bands that are attached on the suit.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy (OT) assists individuals in achieving greater independence in all areas of life. “Occupations” include any meaningful activity of an individual’s everyday life. For example, a few childhood occupations include learning in school, being a family member, and playing with friends. An OT’s role is to assist individuals in performing “occupations” with the greatest level of independence possible.
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NeuroSuit
The NeuroSuit frames the body providing support and resistance simultaneously. It improves and changes proprioception (pressure from the joints, ligaments, muscles), reduce a patient’s undesired reflexes, facilitates proper movement and provides additional weight bearing distributed strategically throughout the body. This additional weight bearing provides strong feedback to the brain which helps create new improved patterns of movement such as when walking while the body is maintaining a more upright, correct posture.
CME (Cuevas Medek Exercise)
CME is a technique developed by Ramón Cuevas in 1972 while he was working with several young children. The basic goal of C.M.E. is “to create a method of exercises that will provoke the automatic postural responses from the motor delayed children, in spite of their neurological damage and level of awareness.”
Multifunctional Therapy Unit
With a variety of equipment in the Multifunctional Therapy Unit, the patient can experience dynamic balance activities such as transitioning from sitting to quadruped, quadruped to kneeling and transition all the way to standing with the assistance of bungee cords attached to the patient from 4 angles. While using this equipment the UEU is often referred to as the “spider cage” due to 8 bungees being used to assist the patient.
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a medical treatment in which a patient breathes oxygen at a level higher than atmospheric pressure while in a controlled total body chamber. The breathing of pressurized oxygen results in the body receiving 10 to 15 times more than normal oxygen.
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VitalStim and Swallowing Therapy
]NAPA Center is now offering VitalStim® (hereon referred to as VitalStim) services by a certified VitalStim practitioner. VitalStim Therapy is an effective treatment for patients suffering with difficulty swallowing or dysphagia. VitalStim may be used with infants and adults a like suffering from a broad range of diagnosis. It was developed in response to the 15 million Americans living with dysphagia today.
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Developmental Feeding Services
Feeding an infant or child and learning to eat independently may be difficult for some children. In such cases, mealtimes may become stressful for both the parent and child. Many times, mealtimes may turn into battles which both the parent and child dread. In these situations, feeding concerns may be addressed with occupational therapy services.
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Speech Therapy
Anyone at any age can have a speech, swallowing and/or language problem. The earlier the problem is diagnosed and therapy begun, the better the chances of successful treatment. Speech and language development is not a separate function but a continuous process involving every aspect of the individual — intellectual, motor, emotional, and social.