Kevin's Healing Journey: Physical Therapy

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Physical Therapy - Winter 2019

Kevin going to therapy on a mild day in January.

He's sporting his new hoodie and new t-shirt...which was a hit!
🎶You're Welcome🎶

Kevin started the new year off right by having some awesome days in therapy.

Kevin brought one of his Christmas gifts to PT - a light up basketball!

A couple months ago Kevin started keeping his left hand on the stationary handle on the elliptical. Here, Kevin put his left hand on the moving arm with no prompting and did a really good job of holding on and trying to get it back on when it came off. I guess time off for holiday break was good for him.

Video 1: Elliptical with left hand on moving arm 1/8/19

Video 2: Kevin on the elliptical again but with his left hand on the stationary handle...it's easier for his legs to go a little faster with his left hand stationary rather than moving like in the first video. 1/8/19

Video 3: Kevin walking on the treadmill. 1/8/19

Video 4: Kevin started independently bouncing a little on the trampoline. 1/8/19

Video 5: Kevin kicking the ball with right and left foot. 1/8/19

Video 6: Obstacle Course #1 on 1/22/19

Video 7: Obstacle Course #3 on 1/22/19

Video 8: Starting to ride the scooter independently with no left hand support! 2/22/19

Kevin also started riding an adult size trike bike at PT. The pedaling is different from his trike bike but he was picking it up pretty quickly. He was also doing a good job keeping his feet on the pedals without straps. He's outgrowing the trike bike we have for him so we are beginning to talk about options to replace it.

March 19 bouncing with a smile

Keeping an eye on his big toe...

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This blog was created to keep our family and friends updated on Kevin's healing journey. It is also our hope that others may find this blog to give help and hope to other delayed kids.

About Kevin

They told us Kevin would never walk or talk. But with lots of prayers, hard work, and extra hands, he began walking when he was four years old and we continue to have faith and hope as we wait patiently for his speech to develop. Kevin is now eight years old. He is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy due to a brain-injury he had before birth that was caused by a stroke. In 2006, before Kevin was 2 years old, we found Glenn Doman’s book "What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child" that had answers to help children with special needs and developmental delays. We began an individualized home treatment program for Kevin immediately and have been dedicated to our program ever since. We spent three years with the Doman family at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP) and now we are with Matthew and Carol Newell at The Family Hope Center (FHC). Twice a year we return to Philadelphia where Kevin receives a neurological evaluation to determine the progress he has made in the last six months. Then they provide us with an individualized, program that puts me in charge to help Kevin develop and reach his fullest potential.

Do You Know a Delayed Child?

The best recommendation we can give to another parent with a special needs or developmentally delayed child (brain-injured, brain-damaged, mentally retarded, mentally deficient, cerebral-palsied, epileptic, autistic, athetoid, hyperactive, attention deficit disordered, developmentally delayed, or down's) is to read Glenn Doman's book What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child and/or Dr. Coralee Thompson and Dr. Philip Maffetone's book Healthy Brains, Healthy Children. By simply reading these books, you will gain valuable information to help your child which will begin to unlock the potential your child has. And best of all you will learn that there are other options to helping your child that you can do yourself. We would also highly recommend attending the parent course at FHC or IAHP. To read how our journey began and the successful progress Kevin has had refer to the January 2010 blog archive.