Discover some tips to help your child learn fundamental movement skills.
Learn about the exercises your child can perform to help minimize swelling and maintain their range of motion and muscle strength after limb lengthening and reconstruction with a femoral frame.
Find out how engaging your child in meal time tasks can help them develop good eating habits.
Physiotherapy can help with pain, weakness, limited range of motion, and reduced physical ability. Learn how a physiotherapist can help your child or teenager with JIA management.
Learn about the exercises your child can perform to minimize swelling after limb lengthening and reconstruction with a tibial frame.
Discover how physical activity can improve your child's physical health, brain function and mood.
After heart surgery, your child can practice a series of exercises to help them improve their posture and range of motion. Review the photos and instructions below to help your child perform each exercise correctly.
Learn about the important role physical activity plays in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a lung transplant.
Learn about the different treatment options for coping with trauma including psychotherapy, medication and coping mechanisms.
Find out why physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a heart transplant.
Tummy time is an important activity to help strengthen the muscles your child needs to develop more advanced movement skills such as sitting, crawling, standing, and hand and finger skills.
Learn about visuomotor skills, which are the control of small muscles in the fingers. Vision and movement work together to produce actions.
Find out how you can use the 3P approach to support your child in acute pain.
Learn about dystonia, a brain disorder that causes muscle stiffness and abnormal postures.
Eating healthy foods, being physically active and sleeping well are important parts of a healthy lifestyle. Read about tips for keeping healthy as you navigate puberty.
Occupational therapy can be beneficial for children and teenagers with JIA. Find out what an occupational therapist does and about common occupational therapy services, such as assistive devices and splints.
Discover the different types of psychotherapy and lifestyle changes that can help a child or teen with bipolar disorder.
Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a liver transplant.
Learn about how to support your physical, mental and social health when you have a chronic condition.
Developing positive eating habits can be difficult. Find out what your teen can do every day to develop a healthy attitude toward food.
Learning to hold their head and trunk up is one of the earliest movement skills your child will develop.
Learn how you can support your child to understand their condition and manage it independently over time.
Learn about complementary and alternative therapy for children with heart conditions. Art therapy and aromatherapy are among the therapies discussed.
Learn stretches and strengthening exercises and about proper shoes to help your child if they walk on their toes beyond three years of age.
