Intensive Therapy Program

This intensive therapy program consists of 4 hours a day of physical therapy. The patient’s therapy schedule and activities are personalized to meet his or her individual needs. What makes our program so effective is the time we spend with the patient to target their deficits and enhance their strengths. This is done through massage, stretching, strengthening, repetitive exercises, use of the NeuroSuit™ and its methodologies, Universal Exercise Unit, and other methodologies which have been used in Russia for over 14 years. The first day will be an evaluation of 2-4 hours. Once the therapist has attained needed information you will have the rest of the day off so that the therapist can begin looking at data and establishing treatment plan and goals. During the last 2-3 days of therapy one session will be a time to re-test to determine amount of progress made.

Our staff of licensed and trained therapists are dedicated to creating and carrying out a therapy program that will produce results!

The NeuroSuit™, designed by an occupational therapist from the United States, incorporates thick elastic bands used to correctly align the body as the individual is put through exercises to experience “normalized” movements.This retrains the brain and simultaneously strengthens the appropriate muscles through the placement and resistance of the bands. The intensive training our therapists have received gives us the ability to know where to place the bands, which order to train the muscles, and the amount of resistance needed.

All of the above normalizes afferent vestibulo-proprioceptive input (information arrives to vestibular system). The vestibular system is tremendously important because it processes, integrates and sends back all the information that arrives from the muscles, joints, tendons etc. It influences muscle tone, balance and position of the body in space.

The more correct the proprioception from the joints, ligaments, muscles, tendons, the better the body’s alignment. This cycle can be interrupted and new and correct information can replace incorrect information. To do this, a patient diagnosed with cerebral palsy, or other neuromotor disorder, requires hundreds of repetitions of any particular movement.

The NeuroSuit™ and its methodologies can help correct proprioception and accelerate the progress the patient is able to make. Thanks to the NeuroSuit™ and the intensive physical therapy schedule, the skills practiced will require less and less effort.

This unit is known as the “monkey cage” and the “spider cage”. This unique device uses a system of pulleys to isolate muscle groups and allow for strengthening without allowing other muscle groups to over-compensate. The “spider cage” is a system of bungee cords which allows each individual to experience more independent movements; weight-bearing and shifting, and assisted movements–such as sit-to-stand, quadruped, squats, and even jumping!

The therapist guides the patient through exercises to strengthen muscles and allows the patient to experience precise and controlled movements.