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Topic: broken leg

Posted By: MICKY JOE100
Subject: broken leg
Date Posted: Jun 04 2010 at 10:00am

how can you assist a child whose 5 years of age and just came off the plaster of 6 weeks, to be able to walk again?

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Posted By: Ask a PT
Date Posted: Jun 09 2010 at 2:47pm

What was the injury and where was the injury? If a cast was just removed, you can have the child practice parts of walking by holding onto something for support (ie. table, etc.) and having the child perform play activities such as partial lunges with reaching, or sidestepping holding on to support, or partial squats, etc.. You can then put the parts together and have the child work on walking with hand held support and than no support. Hope this helps.

Posted By: Stephen
Date Posted: Sep 28 2010 at 11:53am

If its motivation he/she is lacking i would try to make it into a game, so its fun for them to exercise. For example: go outside and see who can not step on a crack the longest. Giving support if its needed

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