Shriners Children's St. Louis Rehabilitation Therapy
Our Team is Ready to Serve Your Family
The rehabilitation services team shares one focus: children.
That focus dictates every piece of a patient's treatment plan. Children learn most efficiently and work hardest when they play. Our therapists incorporate play into every exercise and functional activity to distract the child from the hard work needed to be successful at physical and occupational therapy.
Physical Therapy
Our physical therapists specialize in treating a variety of acute and chronic conditions impacting children and young adults. They serve children with developmental delays, scoliosis, sports injuries, and conditions of the legs and feet. The therapists create treatment plans to support gross motor skill acquisition, flexibility, strength, return to sports, prosthetic training and post-operative recovery.
Our team will create a custom treatment plan for your child, using a multidisciplinary approach.
Diagnoses include arthrogryposis, cerebral palsy, limb deficiency, torticollis, neuromuscular disorders, developmental delay (gross motor and fine motor) and many more.
The Shriners Children's St. Louis physical therapy team also specializes in Scoliosis Specific Exercise - a non-traditional 3-D treatment approach for scoliosis. Our SSE program focuses on educating patients about body awareness while using physical therapy exercise and stretching, with a goal of creating stability around their corrected posture. The program empowers patients by providing them with an active role in their treatment.
Occupational Therapy
Our occupational therapists work closely with patients and families to evaluate and create individualized treatment plans to help patients acquire fine motor skills, and improve independence with activities of daily living, including dressing and bathing. They provide education in self-care and recommend equipment aides, as needed, for patient independence. The team of occupational therapists work in collaboration with the surgeons, prosthetists and other medical professionals to ensure successful improvements in function and established patient goals.
Beyond Clinical Care
Outside of the clinical setting, this group of occupational and physical therapists organizes specialty camps to encourage the social and emotional development of children who share similar orthopedic needs and to support parents with additional resources and networking groups.
Shriners changed our outlook on what pediatric medical care could look like: It doesn't have to be intimidating.
