Physical Therapy - Day one

Siena had her first physical therapy visit this afternoon. She was a great sport and only got mad at Dan (her therapist) a few times. The good news is that Siena does NOT have Torticollis!!! He said that her problem is lack of muscle strength in her shoulders and trunk. I was so happy to hear this. He thinks the head tilt happens when she gets tired which does make a little sense and would explain why the head tilt changed directions.

So this "lack" of strength comes from her "limited" amount of tummy time. That of course is my fault but Cole has always been pretty unpredictable when is comes to sudden movements and after he stomped her a few months back it made me scared to leave her on the ground. Anyways, Dan gave us some different things to work on with her to help build strength and loosen up her legs. She is 2 months or so behind on consistently rolling over. She can do it but chooses not to. The reason she is not rolling over is because she is actually making it difficult for her to get over because she is not using her top arm to direct her body. Instead the arm is going the opposite direction limiting her movement.

To experience what she is going through sit with your back up straight and try to pinch your shoulder blades together. Now try and turn and reach for something while keeping your shoulder blades in the same position. Not to comfortable huh?

Her therapy routine at home so far will consist of no less than 3 hours of tummy time a day with exercises on getting her to roll over both directions and getting up on to her knees in an all fours position. She is already loving the all fours stuff. He said we should be seeing results pretty quickly!