ABOUT ABI PROMEDICAL
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PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION
When your child or teen experiences a serious illness or injury, your biggest hope is that they'll recover and return to a normal life. Out therapists provide complete rehabilitation care for your child. Therapists, children and parents/caregivers work together in consultation with the child's referring physician to develop an individualized treatment plan for each child.
SPINA BIFIDA
Spina bifida can happen anywhere along the spine if the neural tube does not close all the way. When the neural tube doesn’t close all the way, the backbone that protects the spinal cord doesn’t form and close as it should. This often results in damage to the spinal cord and nerves.
CEREBRAL PALSY
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Often, symptoms include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensation, vision, hearing, swallowing, and speaking.
NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS
Neuromuscular diseases are those that affect the muscles and their direct nervous system control; problems with central nervous control can cause either spasticity or some degree of paralysis (from both lower and upper motor neuron disorders), depending on the location and the nature of the problem.
ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY
An acquired brain injury is an injury to the brain, which is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma. An acquired brain injury is an injury to the brain that has occurred after birth.
SPINAL CORD INJURY
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. Symptoms may include loss of muscle function, sensation, or autonomic function in the parts of the body served by the spinal cord below the level of the injury.
LIMB DEFICIENCIES
A limb deficiency is when a child is missing part of or all of a leg, arm, hand or foot. Limb deficiencies can be congenital (present at birth) or acquired (the result of disease, an accident or other trauma).
GAIT DISORDERS
Gait" means the way a person walks. Abnormal gait or gait abnormality occurs when the body systems that control the way a person walks do not function in the usual way. This may happen duo to illness, genetic factors, injury or abnormalities in the legs or feet.
BRACHIAL PLEXUS PALSY
The brachial plexus is a group of nerves from the neck that go to the arm. ... Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy (NBPP) is a nerve injury that occurs around the time of birth. This happens when the nerves in the brachial plexus get stretched or torn during birth.
SCOLIOSIS
Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty. While scoliosis can be caused by conditions such as cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy, the cause of most scoliosis is unknown.
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TOE WALKING
Toe walking is a pattern of walking in which a child walks on balls of his or her feet, with no contact between the heels and ground. Toe walking sometimes can result from certain conditions, including cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and autism spectrum disorder.
TORTICOLLIS
Wry neck, or torticollis, is a painfully twisted and tilted neck. The top of the head generally tilts to one side while the chin tilts to the other side. This condition can be congenital (present at birth) or acquired. It can also be the result of damage to the neck muscles or blood supply.
REFLEX NEUROVASCULAR DYSTROPHY
Reflex neurovascular dystrophy is a painful condition that leads to severe pain in the joints and muscles in children. The pain may be described as sharp, burning, achy, crampy, a pounding hammer, or cutting like a knife. The pain is caused by a nerve sensitivity whereby the nerves in the body send pain signals to the brain inappropriately.
GENU VALGUM
Genu valgum, known as knock-knees, is a knee misalignment that turns your knees inward. When people with knock-knees stand up with their knees together, there’s a gap of 3 inches or more between their ankles. This is because their knees are bent so far inward.
GENU VARUM
Bowlegs is a condition in which a person’s legs appear bowed out, meaning their knees stay wide apart even when their ankles are together. Bowlegs is also known as congenital genu varum.
Bowlegs can sometimes be a sign of an underlying disease, such as Blount’s disease or rickets, and may lead to arthritis in the knees and hips.