| Parents of a child with Down syndrome
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| | a stomach out and back arched, in a more
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| have their hands full just trying to get
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| | pronounced, difficult, and precarious
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| used to their child's condition. What
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| | way.
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| could get them more dubious is when
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| | While it is true that your child is going
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| someone suggests that their child should
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| | to learn how to walk eventually and that
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| have a physical therapist. Why physical
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| | what is only takes is for you wait more
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| therapy? Won't he learn to walk and run,
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| | patiently, it would still be more
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| just like other children do?
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| | worthwhile if you avoid making that wait
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| Down syndrome and physical therapy may be
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| | wasted. Physical therapy during this
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| an odd pair yet the parent should realize
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| | development stage is so powerful in
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| the inherent benefits that physical
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| | preventing impending orthopedic problems
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| therapy could offer. First of all, the
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| | in your child once he reaches his
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| arrangement of Down syndrome and physical
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| | adolescence and adulthood. Otherwise his
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| therapy offers the child one of the most
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| | physical functioning will have the
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| important services he will receive in the
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| | tendency to be impaired later in life.
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| early intervention period. It is during
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| | Physical therapy can help a child with a
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| this early phase that the Down syndrome
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| | Down syndrome by proactively teaching him
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| and physical therapy match will have the
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| | some optimal movement patterns to
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| greatest chemistry to improve the child's
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| | developed strength in particular muscles.
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| condition in the future.
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| | And aside from eliminating the
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| Although the limitation of having a child
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| | compensatory movement patterns that the
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| with a Down syndrome and physical therapy
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| | child with a Down syndrome is prone to,
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| as his early treatment is apparently that
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| | physical therapy can also help the child
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| it does not accelerate the rate at which
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| | in attaining a mastery of his total motor
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| the child achieves his total motor skill,
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| | development. His total motor development
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| physical therapy still helps the child in
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| | - rolling over, sitting, crawling and
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| avoiding his development of abnormal
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| | walking are the first challenges he will
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| compensatory movement patterns. A child
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| | meet in life. Hence this will also be his
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| having a Down syndrome and physical
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| | first area of strength. Once the both of
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| therapy deficit are nearly certain that
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| | you has learned how to walk, your team
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| they will develop the following
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| | will advance to refining the pattern,
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| compensatory movement patterns: standing
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| | ultimately allowing you to access
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| and walking with hips in external
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| | community recreation programs like
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| rotation, knees stiff, feet flat and
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| | 'gymboree', dance, gymnastics, or any
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| turned out, sitting with trunk rounded
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| | other program that you both would enjoy
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| and pelvis tilted back, and standing with
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| | in.
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