Did you know Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy developed a developmental checklist to help parents and caregivers better understand age-appropriate milestones?
Have you tried it yet? Find the free checklist online here.
Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy offers pediatric speech, occupational and physical therapy services in Pooler and Richmond Hill, GA. The experts @ Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy see the benefits of early intervention in kids every day.
Find the interactive child developmental checklist here.
Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy strives to help children reach their full potential. As a part of that mission, Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy is here to provide you with the tools you need to make sure your child is meeting critical developmental milestones. You may use this developmental screening questionnaire here to see if your child is on track and to identify potential areas for improvement.
Find the interactive child developmental checklist here.
Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy strives to help children reach their full potential. As a part of that mission, Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy is here to provide you with the tools you need to make sure your child is meeting critical developmental milestones. You may use this developmental screening questionnaire here to see if your child is on track and to identify potential areas for improvement.
Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy in Savannah will offer FREE speech therapy, occupational therapy and autism screenings @ at their Pooler location on Fri. Oct 18, 2019, 9AM-Noon.
No appointments. Screenings will be on a first come, first serve basis.
Frequently-asked questions:
*What is the difference between a screening and an evaluation?
-A screening is a tool used to determine whether there is a need for further, more comprehensive assessment. An evaluation uses formal, standardized measures to determine the presence and severity of a delay or disorder.
-*What happens if my child fails the screening?
If your child fails the screening, then a full evaluation will be recommended. You have the choice to complete that evaluation completed at Chatterbox or Joye Psychology or with a different provider of your choosing.
Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy in Savannah will offer FREE speech therapy, occupational therapy and autism screenings @ at their Pooler location on Fri. Oct 18, 2019, 9AM-Noon.
No appointments. Screenings will be on a first come, first serve basis.
Frequently-asked questions:
*What is the difference between a screening and an evaluation?
-A screening is a tool used to determine whether there is a need for further, more comprehensive assessment. An evaluation uses formal, standardized measures to determine the presence and severity of a delay or disorder.
-*What happens if my child fails the screening?
If your child fails the screening, then a full evaluation will be recommended. You have the choice to complete that evaluation completed at Chatterbox or Joye Psychology or with a different provider of your choosing.
Name one of the most common reasons for a person to visit the doctor’s office?
Answer: back pain.
Around 80 percent of people will experience back pain at some point in their lives.
“In your spine, there are 26 bones stacked together and connected by ligaments, muscles, and shock-absorbing discs,” SouthCoast Health Physical Therapist Chris Curry said. “Countless things can cause any of those components to be harmed and have people in desperate need to see a doctor.”
Find out more about what your back pain means, reasons for your back pain and what you can do about it on the SouthCoast Health Web site here.
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The following is one of a series of weekly guest posts for SouthernMamas.com by Stacey McKenzie, Physical Therapist Optim Therapy in Savannah
Pelvic Health & Wellness Program
Are you having pelvic pain? Urinary incontinence? Overactive bladder? All of the above? These symptoms could be related to your pelvic floor muscles, which are basically a bowl-shaped set of muscles that support your bladder, bowel, rectum and uterus.
The good news is that physical therapy could be the answer. Yes, that’s right. There are physical therapists who specialize in treating the pelvic floor and I’m proud to be one.
At Optim Therapy’s Pelvic Health & Wellness Program, our goal is to provide a comfortable environment with excellent treatment programs individualized to make sure you receive the most from each of your visits.
At your first visit, I’ll meet with you for an evaluation in a private, closed-door environment. We’ll talk one-on-one and go over all your treatment options.
Although pelvic conditions are not life-threatening, they can have a huge impact on your quality of life. Our approach to patient care is to achieve the highest possible outcomes for you. Treatments may include:
• Manual and soft tissue techniques
• Education on proper contraction of pelvic floor muscles, posture, body mechanics, positioning, and more
Optim Therapy recently launched their Pelvic Health & Wellness Program and Physical Therapist Stacey McKenzie can work with you one-on-one to make sure you are successfully activating your pelvic floor. It can be accomplished in as little as one visit.
Stacey is one of Optim Therapy’s dedicated therapy professionals, all of whom utilize a multi-disciplinary approach to providing patients with the best treatments and outcomes. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Armstrong Atlantic State University and says that the most rewarding aspect of being a therapist is making people feel and move better.
If you are interested in improving your pelvic health, please talk to your personal physician about a referral to physical therapy. If you have any questions, or need help with a referral, feel free to contact Stacey directly at smckenzie@optimhealth.com, (912) 644-5333.
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The following is one of a series of weekly guest posts for SouthernMamas.com by Stacey McKenzie, Physical Therapist Optim Therapy in Savannah
Pelvic Health & Wellness Program
Do you notice… frequent urination day or night? difficulty emptying your bladder? a “falling out” feeling in your pelvis? trouble with constipation? difficulty controlling bowel movements?
Do you have… painful urination? painful bowel movements? painful intercourse? pain in your genitals? pain when you squat and/or stand?
Do you ever leak urine… when you cough or sneeze? on the way to the bathroom? when you stand up? during exercise?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, these symptoms could be related to your pelvic floor muscles, which are basically a bowl-shaped set of muscles that support your bladder, bowel, rectum and uterus.
The good news is that physical therapy could be the answer. Yes, that’s right. There are physical therapists who specialize in treating the pelvic floor and I’m proud to be one.
At your first visit, I’ll meet with you for an evaluation in a private, closed-door environment. We’ll talk one-on-one and go over all your treatment options. There’s significant and exciting research out there about treatments for urinary incontinence and pelvic pain.
Optim Therapy recently launched their Pelvic Health & Wellness Program and Physical Therapist Stacey McKenzie can work with you one-on-one to make sure you are successfully activating your pelvic floor. It can be accomplished in as little as one visit.
Stacey is one of Optim Therapy’s dedicated therapy professionals, all of whom utilize a multi-disciplinary approach to providing patients with the best treatments and outcomes. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Armstrong Atlantic State University and says that the most rewarding aspect of being a therapist is making people feel and move better.
If you are interested in improving your pelvic health, please talk to your personal physician about a referral to physical therapy. If you have any questions, or need help with a referral, feel free to contact Stacey directly at smckenzie@optimhealth.com, (912) 644-5333.
Optim Therapy in Savannah is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser
The following is one of a series of weekly guest posts for SouthernMamas.com by Stacey McKenzie, Physical Therapist Optim Therapy in Savannah
Pelvic Health & Wellness Program
Have you ever done Kegel exercises? Kegels are exercises that target the pelvic floor, which are basically a bowl-shaped set of muscles that support your bladder, bowel, rectum and uterus.
But even if you regularly do Kegels, you could still suffer from urinary incontinence or pelvic pain or overactive bladder. The reason could be that you’re not firing your pelvic floor muscles properly. As many as 1 out of 2 women do not properly activate their pelvic floor muscles.
As a pelvic floor physical therapist, I can work with you one-on-one to make sure you are successfully activating your pelvic floor. It can be accomplished in as little as one visit!
At Optim Therapy’s Pelvic Health & Wellness Program, our goal is to provide a comfortable environment with individualized treatment programs to make sure you receive the most from each of your visits.
Optim Therapy recently launched their Pelvic Health & Wellness Program and Physical Therapist Stacey McKenzie can work with you one-on-one to make sure you are successfully activating your pelvic floor. It can be accomplished in as little as one visit.
Stacey is one of Optim Therapy’s dedicated therapy professionals, all of whom utilize a multi-disciplinary approach to providing patients with the best treatments and outcomes. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Armstrong Atlantic State University and says that the most rewarding aspect of being a therapist is making people feel and move better.
If you are interested in improving your pelvic health, please talk to your personal physician about a referral to physical therapy. If you have any questions, or need help with a referral, feel free to contact Stacey directly at smckenzie@optimhealth.com, (912) 644-5333.
Optim Therapy in Savannah is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser
Stacey McKenzie, Physical Therapist Optim Therapy in Savannah
The following is a guest post for SouthernMamas.com by Stacey McKenzie, Physical Therapist Optim Therapy in Savannah
Pelvic Health & Wellness Program
Your pelvic floor muscles are very important. They support your internal organs, give you urinary and fecal continence, and help to stabilize your core. So why don’t we hear about exercise programs for the pelvic floor? Just like your other muscles, you need to work on getting them stronger.
Let’s use our bicep muscle as an example. When you bend your arm, your bicep muscle has to contract (or shorten) and this will lift your arm. If you couldn’t lift your arm or you had pain, you’d be very concerned, right?
Can your pelvic floor muscles contract through their full range of motion? Are you leaking urine or having pain in your pelvic region? It could mean your pelvic floor muscles might not be strong enough or you might not be firing them properly. As a pelvic floor therapist, I can examine you and teach you the proper way to fire your pelvic floor muscles.
Besides being able to contract a muscle, you also have to be able to relax it. Going back to the bicep muscle example, for you to be able to straighten your elbow all of the way, the bicep muscle has to relax. If there are any tight parts in the bicep muscle, it may hurt to straighten your arm or it may feel tight. These restrictions can lead to pain, altered movement, and further dysfunction.
Your pelvic floor muscles are just like any other muscle in your body. They have to be able to fully contract and fully relax. The overall tone and mobility of the muscles cannot be hindered or this could lead to dysfunction (i.e. urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, overactive bladder, pelvic pain, pain with intercourse, etc.).
At your first visit to Optim Therapy’s Pelvic Health & Wellness Program, I’ll meet with you for an evaluation in a private, closed-door environment. We’ll talk one-on-one and go over all your treatment options.
Optim Therapy recently launched their Pelvic Health & Wellness Program and Physical Therapist Stacey McKenzie can work with you one-on-one to make sure you are successfully activating your pelvic floor. It can be accomplished in as little as one visit.
Stacey is one of Optim Therapy’s dedicated therapy professionals, all of whom utilize a multi-disciplinary approach to providing patients with the best treatments and outcomes. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Armstrong Atlantic State University and says that the most rewarding aspect of being a therapist is making people feel and move better.
If you are interested in improving your pelvic health, please talk to your personal physician about a referral to physical therapy. If you have any questions, or need help with a referral, feel free to contact Stacey directly at smckenzie@optimhealth.com, (912) 644-5333.
Optim Therapy in Savannah is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser
Bright Life Chiropractic in Savannah invites your family to a free Kids’ Day, Sat. May 20, 2017, noon – 4PM. This free fun event will focus on children’s health, safety and environmental awareness plus will also feature fun activities like bounce houses, raffle prizes, petting zoo and food trucks.
FREE & open to the public.
Bright Life Chiropractic
2 Park of Commerce Blvd. Suite D
Savannah, 31405
Dr. Samantha Hornick and Dr. Jared Brown at Bright Life Chiropractic are Webster Technique Certified by the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association.
At Bright Life Chiropractic, Dr. Jared Brown and Dr. Samantha Hornick assist people in gaining victory in their health by offering cutting-edge chiropractic corrective care in Savannah’s most state-of-the-art chiropractic health care facility. Dr. Jared and Dr. Samantha focus on setting people free from their current conditions so they may live their lives to their fullest potential.
Dr. Jared Brown and Dr. Samantha Hornick provide specific, scientific neurologically based chiropractic care for you and you family!
You may think your child’s messy handwriting will naturally improve with time and practice. But producing legible, neat handwriting often requires skilled intervention with an occupational therapist.
Handwriting is impacted by several hand skills, including hand strength and endurance, fine motor coordination, and pencil grasp. Your child’s core strength and postural stability can also play a role.
Eye-hand coordination, visual memory and visual perceptual skills also can affect handwriting. Without refined visual skills, your child will have difficulty copying off the board, recalling a visual image from memory or writing on lined paper.
Occupational therapists often take a multisensory approach to helping children improve their handwriting. This reinforces learning and allows the child’s nervous system to integrate information efficiently. They may use scented markers, shaving cream and chalk to motivate a child who struggles with traditional paper and pencil activities.
If your child’s handwriting is a problem, talk to your pediatrician about a referral to an occupational therapist. Addressing the problem early improves your child’s chances of achieving successful handwriting skills.
Megan Valdivieso is an occupational therapist with The Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial University Medical Center (rehabinstitute.memorialhealth.com). She sees pediatric patients in the Savannah and Pooler offices. Memorial University Medical Center is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser
For more info, email Allchildrensrehab.rincon@gmail.com.
All Children’s Rehab & Specialty Clinic offers speech therapy, language enrichment and occupational therapy with two other office locations- Savannah and Hinesville.
Services offerd by All Children’s Rehab & Specialty Clinic include:
*specialized programs including Therapies in English, Spanish, or Bilingual ( Spanish-English);
*PROMPT for Apraxia of speech;
*Barton reading Program for reading difficulties;
*FREE Dyslexia Support group.
The clinic also has volunteer opportunities for high school students and college students studying education or Allied Health Professions (Speech and OT)
Other locations
9100 White Bluff Road Suite 202
Savannah, Georgia 31406
933 E. G Miles Parkway Suite 105
Hinesville. Georgia 31313
Stay connected by liking All Children’s Rehab & Specialty Clinic on Facebook here.
All Children’s Rehab & Specialty Clinic, 9100 White Bluff Road Suite 202, Savannah, 31406, www.allchildrensrehab.com 912.335.8486. On Facebook here. All Children’s Rehab & Specialty Clinic is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser
Beginning in March 2015, All Children’s Rehab & Specialty Clinic in Savannah will offer FREE language enrichment programs for children ages 3-5, 12:30-1:30PM Tuesdays & Thursdays.
The goal of the enrichment program is to help children: develop emergent literacy skills, strengthen phonemic awareness, develop important basic and content vocabulary, and build comprehension and writing skills through highly engaging activities that have an emphasis on listening, speaking reading, and writing while using high interest materials. music and literacy.
Interested in registering your child? Call the office at 912.335.8486 to reserve their child’s spot or email allchildrensrehab.specialty@gmail.com
Other services @ All Children’s Rehab
All Children’s Rehab & Specialty Clinic also offers speech therapy and occupational therapy with two office locations- Savannah and Hinesville.
Services offerd by All Children’s Rehab & Specialty Clinic include:
*specialized programs including Therapies in English, Spanish, or Bilingual ( Spanish-English);
*PROMPT for Apraxia of speech;
*Barton reading Program for reading difficulties;
*FREE Dyslexia Support group.
The clinic also has volunteer opportunities for high school students and college students studying education or Allied Health Professions (Speech and OT)
Two locations
9100 White Bluff Road Suite 202
Savannah, Georgia 31406
933 E. G Miles Parkway Suite 105
Hinesville. Georgia 31313
Stay connected by liking All Children’s Rehab & Specialty Clinic on Facebook here.
All Children’s Rehab & Specialty Clinic, 9100 White Bluff Road Suite 202, Savannah, 31406, www.allchildrensrehab.com 912.335.8486. On Facebook here. All Children’s Rehab & Specialty Clinic is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser
