| 1. Do I need a referral? |
| ....Physical therapy is direct access in idaho meaning that you do not need a doctors referral, but you may need a referral depending on your insurance coverage. Some insurances, including medicaid/medicare need a referral from a medical doctor. If your insurance accepts direct access or if you are planning on private pay for therapy you can call and make an appointment with primary therapy source without a referral. |
| 2. How can I or my child benefit from oral motor therapy by an occupational therapist at Primary Therapy Source? |
| ....Muscles of the lips, cheeks, and tongue work together to control the food we eat so that we can manage food safely. Weak lip muscles may result in increased drooling or poor ability to maintain suck on a bottle for an infant. Weak cheek muscles may result in pouching of food or poor chewing patterns, creating difficulties in adequately chewing food. The tongue also assists in the manipulation of food for chewing and positioning it before swallowing. Occupational therapy can assist in strengthening and training these muscles to allow for better control of food and liquids in the mouth, as well as the ability to eat a wider variety of foods. Strengthening of the facial muscles has also been shown to diminish the results of facial drooping following a stroke or stroke like symptoms. A related concern of poor eating in children may not be related to facial muscles, but rather due to texture intolerances. The team of occupational therapists at Primary Therapy Source can also work with you to increase your child’s tolerance to a wider variety of foods, which in turn will increase their overall health and happiness. |
| 3. How can my child benefit from Sensory Integration Therapy? |
| ....Sensory Integration refers to the brains ability to take in a wide variety of sensation from the environment and from the body and make use of it in a positive and functional way. Children with sensory integration dysfunction may seem clumsy, seem to tire easily, have difficulty in paying attention, or become frustrated or upset with a wide variety of experiences. Lights, sounds, the movement of others around them, making friends and playing with other children, or even staying organized and making sense of the world around them can all be difficult for a child with a sensory integration dysfunction. Most often, children with sensory integration are of average intelligence, but simply cannot seem to pull all the pieces of the world around them to enjoy life completely. The team of occupational therapists at Primary Therapy Source can assist your child in fitting the pieces together to participate with success in his or her life. A child may benefit with increased confident, ability to concentrate, engage in a wider range of activities, make friends, and tolerate changes in normal routines and activities with greater success. |
| 4. Do you only treat children? |
| ....Currently there are 4 Certified pediatric therapists in idaho and PTS employs 2 of them, so yes we see a lot of children at our office. But we also employ 8 PTs and 1 PTA that all have different areas of interest. We contact with a few home health agencies in the area and recently opened a new wing of our office that is specifically for adults. We treat adults with all types of diagnoses from sport injuries to spinal cord injuries to low back pain. Having many different therapists is beneficial to each patient so that we can match everyones wants according to their needs. |
| 5. What should I do if I think that my child may have a speech or language problem? |
| ....If you think your child may have a speech or language problem, you can contact an ASHA-certified Speech-language pathologist -speech-language pathologists (SLPs) help people develop their communication abilities as well as treat speech, languages, swallowing, and voice disorders. Their services include prevention, identification, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation. |
| 6. What Is Language? What Is Speech? |
Language
is made up of socially shared rules
that include the following:
When a person is unable to produce speech sounds correctly or fluently, or has problems with his or her voice, then he or she has a speech disorder. Language and speech disorders can exist together or by themselves. The problem can be mild or severe. In any case, a comprehensive evaluation by a speech-language pathologist (SLP) is the first step to improving language and speech problems. |
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