MMPT more of it!

Hey, y'all... here's one of the GREATEST things about being a PT.... Babiiieeesss!!

This is Mr. Pearson.  He comes to see us so we can help him straighten out his neck.  And this is how we get it done. 

Someone recently made a comment that they couldn't do what I do, cause they couldn't treat those little babies like that!  They'd just want to hold them and hug them.  We do that a lot too!! 

But we also have to do what we need to do.  Lots of babies are born with a little tightness in their necks from where they were cramped in the intra uterine space during pregnancy.  Twins often have this issue.

It's called torticollis.  And it limits a baby's ability to hold their head upright or to fully turn it in one direction. See how when Mr. P turns his head to the right, he tilts it to the right as well?  Tilt your own head to the right.  (right torticollis), and now keep it there and rotate it to the right as far as you can.  See how it has the left side of your neck all stretched out?  And also see how it cramps up your right jaw and causes a tightness in the right side of your mouth?  It also kind of makes looking to the right harder.  It strains the eyes.  Try it again.  But remember, keep your head tilted far to the right.

And this big un's neck is about all worked out now.  He is doing great.  So, now we are working through developmental milestones that are age appropriate for him so that he can be symmetrical when he is on his belly, to look both ways, shift his weight both ways, and roll in both directions.  Again, if you are feeling energetic (I make my parents do these things too!) Lie on your back.  Tilt your head far to the right.  Now roll onto your left side.  Not a biggie, because you have a natural inclination to lift your head up against gravity with your "stronger" right side.  However, if you roll to your right, your left side has been all stretched out and weak and struggles to lift your ear up toward your shoulder as is the normal thing to do developmentally. Having fun yet?!

This was a fun day, because we had all those babies in the room at once, and it's always fun to have a big crew.

Plus, Keif had made homemade salsa and he was sharing with the parents!!

THis is one of the not very fun things about having a business....

keeping, sorting, and itemizing the hundreds of receipts in a year that are legitimate business expenses, but a pain to keep up with.  Any accountants out there mortified by my "fancy" system?!   At least it's getting done!
Here's sweet Lindsey.  We just LOVE her.  This girl has made some BIG TIME headway over the past year.  She never gives up, and now her hard work is paying off.

And have I told you that I do this?!  Yep.  Me and my little old lonesome self.  Noone else is interested in helping me.  But, I have tremendous success in my little neck of the woods.  Maybe I'll do a whole blog on this one day.  I help people with urinary or fecal incontinence, pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis, constipation, or dyspareunia (pain with intercourse).  Betcha didn't know I did all that too!

Cute little pictures of my girls on my makeshift desk down in the adult building.  I have newer pics, but I love keeping the older ones up where my babies were really babies!

This is Summer's planner.   I thought it deserved a spot on today's "round the clinie" post.

MK bought me this super cute little journal for helping with Camp Darby.  She said she thought it looked like me.  And I happen to love the word, "Joy".   Maybe I'll use it this weekend on my big trip to West Palm Beach.  Anybody from there?!

This is a shot of the adult office.  They are always hustling and a bustling in there!!  And please note the cute ceiling.  You can't really make out the coral stripes in this picture, but I assure you, I dragged a ladder around that room when we first moved in, dragging a paintbrush to do that ceiling all by myself.  It was NO fun!  But, I sure like the results.

Ok, as promised, Tour de MMPT contnues.

MO