Teaching Taking Weight Through One Arm Sitting: Pediatric Physical Therapy for Babies #21

This video instructs families with a baby with upper body weakness or mild tonal abnormalities how to work with their baby. My name is Amy Sturkey, PT. I am a pediatric physical therapist in the US. I'd like to give some ideas to families who want to help their baby with Microcephaly due to the Zika virus. This video teaches a simple technique in how to help a baby work on weight bearing on one arm in sitting. I taped this video specifically for families with a child with Microcephaly; however, this technique could be used with any child with a developmental delay who has arm weakness. Please note that this activity is only appropriate for a child who has skills similar to Colton in this video. This suggestion would not be appropriate for a much weaker child. I hope you find this idea useful and simple to follow through.
My website is www.pediatricPTexercises.com. My Facebook page is Pediatric Physical Therapy Exercises. My informational books, "A is for Autism," "C is for Cerebral Palsy," "D is for Down Syndrome," "Pediatric Physical Therapy Strengthening Exercises for the Hips" and "Pediatric Physical Therapy Strengthening Exercises for the Knees" are available on Amazon. "A is for ADHD" should be available shortly. Do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] with questions, concerns or favorable reviews! Please note I am unable to provide treatment recommendations for a child I have not personally evaluated.

I am so honored to have people from all over the world watch my videos. I have reviewed and corrected the closed captions for this video so that you might understand what I am saying even if you don't speak English. I hope the directions below are helpful to you.
To turn on Captions, click CC in the bottom right corner of the video.
To choose a different caption language:
At the bottom right, click Settings. It looks like a wheel.
Click Subtitles/CC.
Select a language.
If the language isn't listed when you click Subtitles/CC:
Click Auto-translate.
Select a language.

Of course, if the captions are in the way of viewing the details in the video, you can always turn them off in the bottom right-hand corner of your video screen.

Here are the links for my books on Amazon:
"C is for Cerebral Palsy"
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088TSJCYP

"D is for Down Syndrome"
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079P8HH49

"A is for Autism"
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071F4FFTB

"Pediatric Physical Therapy Strengthening Exercises for the Hips"
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0998156736

"Pediatric Physical Therapy Strengthening Exercises for the Knees"
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0998156760