Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

The Division of Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PPM&R) joined the Department of Pediatrics in the Summer of 2022.  Through the Norton Children's Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation our board-certified faculty physicians offer inpatient and outpatient physiatry and rehabilitation medicine, along with physical, occupational and speech therapies.

Children may need rehabilitation services for any number of injuries or conditions. Children and adolescents with the following conditions may benefit from meeting with our team:

• Acquired brain injury
• After amputation
• After orthopedic surgery
• Apraxia
• Articulation/speech sound disorders
• Auditory processing disorders
• Autism-related conditions
• Before and after neurological surgery, such as tethered cord and dorsal rhizotomy
• Brachial plexus injury
• Brain tumors
• Burn or scar management
• Cardiopulmonary conditions
• Cancer-related conditions
• Cerebral palsy
• Chronic pain
• Concussion
• Conditions requiring a baclofen pump
• Congenital and genetic syndromes
• Connective tissue disorders
• Developmental delays
• Down syndrome
• Functional movement disorders
• Gait abnormalities, including idiopathic toe walking
• Heart failure
• Heart transplant
• Hypotonia
• Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
• Language deficits
• Muscular dystrophies
• Muscular weakness
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Neurological disorders
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Oral motor/feeding disorders
• Orthopedic injuries, including fractures, soft tissue and sports-related injuries
• Pain management
• Phonological disorders
• Pragmatic/social interaction deficits
• Resonance disorders
• Rheumatoid conditions
• Sensory integration disorders
• Spasticity management
• Spina bifida and other spinal dysraphisms
• Spinal cord injury
• Stroke
• Torticollis/plagiocephaly
• Voice and vocal cord dysfunction