Today picked up where yesterday left off, PT. All of the patients we saw were under three years old which really surprised me since I didn’t even know that you could really do PT that young. Lots of today was spent building different obstacle courses based on what each child needed to work on (balance, running, skipping, ect,).
*example of an obstacle course we set up*
Every kid also got to pick a puzzle or game that they could complete a part of each time they made a lap through the course. Some of my favorites included Mr.Potato Head, a Cars puzzle and a “make your own pizza”.
Another popular motivation is bubbles. This sounded odd to me at first but Mrs.Nixon explained and demonstrated how kids could lift their legs or knees or arms (through exercises) and aim to pop the bubble. This was a technique I would have never thought of so it was cool to see it in action.