Please don't come at me—but I'd like to provide some background on THIS child

Hi, I’m Dana and I have been a pediatric physical therapist for 25 years. You can read more about my practice at the top of my channel.
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I see kids for a lot of different disabilities including developmental delay, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, genetic disorders, dystrophies, and more. I cannot give individualized medical advice on social media and you need your doctors permission to try any exercises with your child. A therapist needs to be trained in order to perform these highly skilled exercises.
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I see kids for intensives in Cary, North Carolina for 1,2, or 3 weeks for 2 visits per day. We are able to show a lot of progress with our little patients and I share that to bring hope to other parents around the world. You can find booking information at the link at the top of my channel. I don’t share diagnoses or personal info of each child on my page because kids are not defined by their diagnosis. It’s my philosophy and you can read more about it on my website which is linked at the top of my channel.
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These are CME/DMI exercises for balance and stability. I am allowing him to experience standing while I compensate under him because he does not know how to stand independently yet. Immobilizers can be found in my other videos with instructions on how to order.

I don’t share diagnoses or personal info of each child on my page because kids aren’t defined by their diagnosis. It’s my philosophy and you can read more about it on my website which is linked at the top of my channel.

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Please don't come at me—but I'd like to provide some background on THIS child. If your child's private physical therapist is focusing solely on gait training with a walker, and your child can already independently walk with one, I suggest asking them about their goals for your child.
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It astonished me when someone advised this mom that the next step was a wheelchair.In just five days, his confidence has significantly increased, and his stability has improved. He has some vestibular issues, and fear plays a major role because he always had his walker to rely on for support. I am not addressing all children who use walkers or gait trainers. If children can be independent with a gait trainer, it's certainly a cause for celebration. I'm simply pointing out that a goal for this dear child should be achieving independent gait without the need for an assistive device.
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Compensations are learned behaviors. Therefore, let's remove them from the gait trainer during physical therapy sessions and ensure we're billing for skilled services.
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A huge shout-out to his school's physical therapists, who are already implementing this!
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This sweet pea’s confidence and demeanor transformed in just five days. What a little charmer 🥰, and I can't wait to see how much further he'll progress!I'd love to hear about your experiences with a gait trainer—the good and the not-so-good ⬇️
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