The Department of Physical Therapy at Boston Children's Hospital aims to provide comprehensive evaluations and treatments for children who have congenital/developmental conditions and who have experienced disabling diseases or traumatic injury. We offer physical therapy services to improve movement, strength, coordination, and balance on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Our team is dedicated to providing a lifetime of care to patients with complex physical therapy needs.
Learn more about physical therapy:
Our specialties
- Developmental conditions and birth-related injuries
- Inherited and congenital limb conditions
- Pre- and post-operative care for patients with complex medical needs (such as organ transplants)
- Equipment solutions: such as positioning equipment, wheelchairs, or other adaptive needs
- Sports-related injuries
- Trauma
- Orthopedic: such as scoliosis, congenital hip dysplasia
- Neurologic: such as stroke, Chiari malformation, moyamoya, myelodysplasia, brain tumor, tethered spinal cord
- Pulmonary: such as cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, pulmonary hypertension, pneumonia
- Oncologic: such as leukemia, osteosarcoma
- Cardiac: such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome, coarctation of the aorta
Treatment plans
Following initial evaluation, the physical therapist will create a treatment plan that may include:
- Activities to decrease pain and encourage movement
- Exercises to improve flexibility, strength, balance, coordination, and endurance
- Instructions for home exercise programs
- Recommendations for adaptive equipment to promote independent movement
- Patient, family, and caregiver education