Re: Suit therapy for global apraxia?

[Guest guest]

Hi Tara,

Which suit are you considering? My daughter has a TheraTog. I noticed in the

beginning that it helped her. She was close to walking at that point and the

suit gave her the extra stability that she needed, I think. We do still put it

on her and now I don't see as much difference as I did in the beginning, but I

do think it's helping her with her sensory issues and the low tone. If it's

posssible I would recommend having your daughter try one first. 's PT

has a sizing kit and we've been using one of those. We finally decided to bite

the bullet and buy our own. But trying one out gave us a good idea of how she

would tolerate it and whether we'd see improvement.

Nelia

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> Hello,  Has anyone had any success with suit therapy?  We're thinking of

trying it.  My daughter just turned 4 and is cruising and non-verbal.  Thanks 

Tara

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[Guest guest]

It's interesting that you mention the TheraTogs

We're looking into that for Asa right now with the PT at the CCD. His

severe intoeing is worsening, and while he DOES have 2 ortho reasons that

contribute to this, we all also know that it's a neural thing with him as well.

(a

soft sign of neural issues of course)

We noticed that the TheraTogs were great to get the HIP rotated outwards,

but we still need something to deal with his FEET. I think what we'll do is a

combination of the TheraTogs and an insert or some sort of orthotic device

that will push his feet outward, and while we're " temporarily fixing " the actual

gait/walk, this is when I need to start some serious NDT-- just not sure

which direction to take that

Becky

In a message dated 3/17/2009 4:26:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

nelia_nunes@... writes:

Hi Tara,

Which suit are you considering? My daughter has a TheraTog. I noticed in the

beginning that it helped her. She was close to walking at that point and the

suit gave her the extra stability that she needed, I think. We do still put

it on her and now I don't see as much difference as I did in the beginning,

but I do think it's helping her with her sensory issues and the low tone. If

it's posssible I would recommend having your daughter try one first. 's

PT has a sizing kit and we've been using one of those. We finally decided to

bite the bullet and buy our own. But trying one out gave us a good idea of

how she would tolerate it and whether we'd see improvement.

Nelia

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> Hello, Has anyone had any success with suit therapy? We're thinking of

trying it. My daughter just turned 4 and is cruising and non-verbal. Thanks

Tara

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[Guest guest]

I couldn't find any mention of suit therapy in the archives- that's pretty rare-

trust me just about everything comes up here! I guess you guys will let us know

if this is worth it. I mean they make it seem like it's for just about every

child with a special need.

http://www.firststepachievements.com/therasuit.html

(but mainly for cerebral palsy)

http://www.suittherapy.com/therasuit%20info.htm

It was just patented in 2002 -so it hasn't been around that long. Please do let

us know how it goes!

PS -how much is it?

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