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Gait Trainers for Children: When Walkers Aren't Enough
...alignment during each step. It guides the reciprocal pattern of walking, left foot, right foot, left foot, in a way that repetition builds into neuromuscular memory. Here's what the physical therapist is seeing when they look at your child in a standard walker: a child spending so much effort just maintaining...
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4 Paws for Ability Gives Service Dogs to Kids
...first hand what it is like to be rejected by the top service dog agencies. After she was given a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune neuromuscular condition that required her to be on a ventilator, life seemed bleak. A nurse encouraged her to consider getting a dog to help with mobility. Shirk...