Do you know anything about developmental movement therapy? My son saw a
practitioner in Seattle. Naturally, I can't remember her name, but there is a
ton of information online. Good stuff. Brenda




> To: gsitalk@...; Structural_Integration@yahoogroups.com
> From: bevinkeely@...
> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:00:17 -0700
> Subject: [Structural_Integration] Fwd: Looking for new PT-like therapies
>
>
> Bevin Keely, LMP
> Rolf Method of Structural Integration
> www.bevinkeely.com
> 206.343.9653
> Hello, all. A client forwarded this email to me, wonder what you all
> have to offer? Any experience with situations like this? Best, Bevin
>
> > _____________________________________________
> > From:
> > Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:45 PM
> > To: MS Parents with special (needs) children; Autism Info Exchange
> > Subject: Looking for new PT-like therapies
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > My son is nearly 6 and in addition to some developmental delays
> > we’ve been working through he’s suffering from very tight hamstrings
> > and also a “cavus” foot which is also very inflexible. Both of
> > these issues are worsening over time. He’s been in PT for nearly 3
> > years at this point (2x per week) and they’ve been trying to do
> > stretches with him all along to limited effect. He’s capable of
> > walking/running/and very limited jumping but he has difficulty with
> > his coordination, and in cases such as swimming it becomes obvious
> > that his bilateral capabilities are suffering from his issues as
> > well as obvious problems dye . We’ve tried some traditional massage
> > and there seems to be some benefit but it disappears pretty quickly
> > if we stop plus with no insurance support for this it gets expensive
> > over long periods of time. My wife has been to Russia with my son a
> > couple of times and they have done basically a deep tissue massage
> > on him and while it’s painful for him we’ve seen pretty decent
> > responses but once again the effect is short lived and obviously the
> > trip is pretty long to do this. It seems the ideal therapy would be
> > a combination of techniques for a lasting effect. For instance does
> > anyone have any experience with the various therapies
here:www.therapies4kids.com
> > ? Or with Rolfing or anything else that may be of help with these
> > sort of issues? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rob
> >
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