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Child Life and Therapeutic Recreation Specialists at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital focus on the psychosocial, developmental and educational needs of children and promote normal childhood growth and development.

The Therasuit® Method is a soft supportive wearable orthotic suit with a series of hooks and elastic cords that the child wears during specific therapy sessions.

Gait abnormality typically results from dysfunction of the nervous and/or musculoskeletal system. The pediatric physiatrists and physical therapists at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital provide evaluations and treatment plans for the management of a gait abnormality.

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are injuries or pain in the body's joints, ligaments, muscles, nerves, tendons and structures that support limbs, neck and back.

Damage to the spinal cord that result in a loss of function such as movement or feeling. Frequent causes of damage are trauma (car accident, gunshot, falls, etc.) or disease (polio, spina bifida, Friedreich's Ataxia, etc.).

An increasing number of children have become involved with sports. The rise of both neurological and orthopaedic injuries has also increased resulting in a need for specialized rehabilitation of these sports related injuries.

A specialized clinic to assess the common disorders of Torticollis and Plagiocephaly is held at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.

Dry Needling is a specialty strategy provided by certified therapists to specifically address pain and muscle mobility. 

An injury to nerves in the neck that control the shoulder, arm, hand and finger movement. This injury may also be known as Erb's Palsy, Duchenne's Palsy or Klumpke's Palsy.

Cerebral palsy refers to any one of a number of neurological or movement disorders that do not worsen over time but do permanently affect body movement and muscle control. The disorders appear in infancy or early childhood. Although cerebral palsy affects muscle movement, it is caused by abnormalities in parts of the brain and/or spinal cord that control motor movement.