06/18/2026
🌟 Flippin’ for Strength and Coordination! 🌟
In today’s session, we challenged our client to walk in swim flippers while navigating balance tasks! 🏃♂️🐬
Swim flippers are a fun and effective therapy tool that help promote:
✨ Increased ankle and foot strength
✨ Improved dorsiflexion (lifting the toes up)
✨ Better balance and postural control
✨ Enhanced body awareness and motor planning
✨ Improved gait mechanics by encouraging a heel-to-toe walking pattern
✨ Greater lower extremity strength and endurance
Adding hurdles or balance buckets takes the challenge even further by encouraging higher foot clearance, single-leg balance, coordination, and attention to movement patterns.
Most importantly, incorporating creative activities like this keeps therapy engaging while helping children build the foundational skills needed for success in everyday play and movement! 💙
👣 Let’s move, play, and grow — together!
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