Home Therapy Services
MedCare Pediatric Therapy, LP, offers physical, occupational and speech therapy services to children throughout the Houston metropolitan area, aged birth through 21 years old. Home services are ideal for patients with no access to transportation, who are homebound, or for other extenuating circumstances are unable to attend therapy at an outpatient center.

Some of the diagnosis that our therapists are experienced in working with are ADD/ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delay, Muscular Dystrophy, Sensory Integration Disorders and more.

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Physical Therapy
Our Physical Therapists are experienced in treating a wide range of pediatric patients, from sports rehabilitation to developmental delays. Some of the reasons a child may need physical therapy are:

• Delayed Milestones: Infants-rolling, sitting up, crawling, standing, walking.
  Toddlers-climbing stairs, running, jumping, riding a tricycle, galloping, skipping, hopping.
• Clumsiness/Poor Coordination: (Ataxia, Apraxia/Dyspraxia, Developmental Coordination Disorder) Tripping, frequently loses balance, difficulty coordinating both sides of the body for an activity (skipping, riding a bicycle, etc.)
• Weakness: (overall weakness, specific muscle weakness, poor posture, Torticollis) Poor strength of abdominals/back muscles, specific weakness following surgery or casting (broken bones, knee surgery, etc), generalized strengthening
• Abnormal Muscle Tone: (Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, Autism/PDD, ADD/ADHD)
  Hypotonia-low muscle tone, Hypertonia-high muscle tone
• Poor Balance: Difficulty transitioning between different surfaces, difficulty maintaining balance on uneven surfaces, difficulty maintaining balance to perform skills like hopping, jumping, skipping.
• Orthopedic Abnormalities: (Scoliosis, Club Foot, Hip Dysplasia, Osteogenesis Imperfecta)

Occupational Therapy Our Occupational Therapists all have extensive pediatric training and have experience working with children with a variety of diagnosis and/or delays. Some reasons a child may benefit from occupational therapy are: Sensory Regulation: Problems with unexpected touch, problems in circle time, difficulty with crowded places, seek rough and tumble play, enjoy falling from high places or who tend to play isolated from a group. Fine Motor/Visual Motor Skills: Difficulty with manipulating small objects, stringing beads, stacking blocks, orimitating writing skills. Oral Motor skills: Child who tend to leak milk from the corners of lips while nursing, unable to drink from a straw, unable to tolerate new textures introduced, children with a very limited diet. Cognitive/Attention Tasks: Difficulty attending to tasks during school, identifying letters and/or colors.

Speech Therapy
Our Speech Language Pathologists all have extensive pediatric training and have experience working with children with a variety of diagnosis and/or delays. We also have numerous SLPs with specialty certifications to treat more advanced patients including cleft lip/palate and augmentative speech devices. Some reasons a child may benefit from speech therapy are:

• Articulation/Phonological Processes: Problems pronouncing words correctly, omitting or using incorrect consonants from words, such as saying wabbit instead of rabbit, ca instead of cat, etc.
• Receptive/Expressive Language Delay: Difficulty following directions to complete a task, lack of words/vocabulary, inability to communicate basic wants and needs.
• Fluency Issues: Repeating words or parts of words, twitching and blinking eyes while speaking, frustration and embarrassment which often decreases child’s desire to speak.
• Voice/Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Child has a very nasal sounding voice or loses voice for days after excessive use, apraxia – unable to use vocal communication.
• Pragmatic Delay: Child doesn’t make eye contact, use greetings, respond to questions, express emotions, or interact appropriately with adults or peers.
• Oral Motor/Feeding Issues: Underweight with coughing, vomiting or tearing eyes while eating, picky eaters, trouble chewing certain foods, upset by having a dirty face and trouble speaking clearly.
• Reading Problems: Unable to read and spell words at the same level as peers, teachers have suggested child might be dyslexic or learning disabled, trouble hearing the difference in words that are similar.

Let us help you
If you think your child would benefit from our therapy services, call us at 713-779-9300. With our network of physicians, therapists and community agencies, we can help you get the services your child needs efficiently and professionally, with help every step of the way. All of our therapy services are available in the following counties:

• Harris
• Fort Bend
• Waller
• Montgomery
• Brazoria
• Galveston
• Liberty
• Austin
• Chambers