The intensive suit therapy session is just part of your child’s physical therapy regime. From a physiologic point of view, the child’s system must be consistently chal-lenged to yield positive cognitive and physical changes. Keeping this in mind, it is paramount to follow up treat-ment with an appropriate volume of home exercises de-signed by your Physical Therapist. Here are a few ideas of easy, yet powerful activities you can do with your child at home:
Antispastic Positioning- an easy one is sitting upright with knees straight, legs apart, and toes turned out
Prolonged Stretching –using the same antispastic posi-tion, simply turn the toes in to stretch the hamstrings and inner thighs
Ice/Heat- placing a hot pack or cold pack on a spastic area will help to decrease “tightness”
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