Intensive Suit Therapy for Children Now Offered in Orlando, Florida

Released on = August 10, 2005, 12:53 pm

Press Release Author = Trevor MacLaren, MS, PT

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = Intensive suit therapy, an innovative and exciting form of treatment for children with neuro-muscular disabilities is now available in Orlando, Florida at Innovative Children's Therapy, Inc.

Press Release Body = Orlando, Florida -- August 10, 2005 -- An innovative and exciting form of treatment for children with neuro-muscular disabilities is now
available in Orlando, Florida! Innovative Children’s Therapy, Inc. offers intensive suit therapy using the Therasuit™ and universal exercise unit. Three weeks in an intensive therapy program can bring about progress in a child’s motor skills which normally take six to eight months with standard therapy.

According to one patient’s mother, “No, this isn’t a magic pill. It’s great therapy, done by fantastic therapists. Therapists who are dedicated to seeing children maximize their potential. They bonded with Gaven and discovered his interests, then used this to inspire and motivate him to push himself to a new level. Gaven still talks about them and asks when he’ll see them again. Intensive Suit Therapy is hard
work, but with these therapists it’s more like child’s play!”

Innovative’s intensive therapy program involves four hours of therapy per day, five days per week for three weeks. The customized therapy program includes use of the Therasuit™, universal exercise unit, Neuro-Developmental Treatment, unweighted gait training, hippotherapy, and other effective treatments to maximally benefit each child.

Innovative Children’s Therapy believes that it is essential to incorporate play into therapy to get the maximal effort out of each child. “We strive to make therapy fun through play, music, laughter, and silliness,” says co-founder and occupational
therapist Ariana Watson. The combination of fun and hard work is what sets Innovative apart.

Suit therapy developed from the original Penguin suit used in Russia to rehabilitate the cosmonauts’ atrophied muscles after returning from long periods in space. It has since been refined into a model which helps children with cerebral palsy and other neuro-muscular disorders. The Therasuit™ is effective in aligning the child’s body, providing deep proprioception, increasing strength, facilitating correct
movement patterns, improving endurance, and improving sensory integration.

The universal exercise unit is used to isolate and strengthen specific muscles, allow independent standing, improve transitions between positions, and give vestibular stimulation.

Intensive therapy is beneficial for children with cerebral palsy, developmental delay, athetosis/ataxia, spina bifida, Down syndrome, post stroke, hypertonia, and hypotonia. Innovative Children’s Therapy offers free screening to determine whether your child
may benefit from their program. Call them at 407-679-STEP or visit their website at www.innovativechildrenstherapy.com.

Web Site = http://www.innovativechildrenstherapy.com

Contact Details = Contact:
Trevor MacLaren, MS, PT
Innovative Children’s Therapy, Inc.
5423 Lake Howell Rd.
Winter Park, FL 32792
www.innovativechildrenstherapy.com
phone: 407-432-7149
fax: 407-679-7837
info@innovativechildrenstherapy.com