What is Pediatric Rehabilitation?
Pediatric rehabilitation is an area of medicine that specializes in children with delays in motor development. Children with prematurity, cerebral palsy, stroke, spina bifida, brain or spinal cord injury, spasticity, dystonia or other neurological diseases may benefit from rehabilitation.
A pediatric rehabilitation doctor is called a pediatric physiatrist. A physiatrist develops an individualized rehabilitation program that will help maximize your child's development.
We know that each child is unique, with his or her own concerns that need to be addressed on an individual basis. As a physiatrist and a neurodevelopmental pediatrician, Dr. Dieterich will not take the place of your child's pediatrician or therapists. Instead, she will work with your team to help your child maximize his or her full potential.
Dr. Dieterich is concerned with all areas of your child's life - social,
educational, and medical, as well as, your family's needs and goals. This
can result in a significant increase in the quality of life for your child.
Dr. Susan Dieterich with Dr. Wooley.
An Individualized Rehabilitation Program may include:
- Stretching and strengthening
- Orthoses / braces
- Adaptive equipment
- Casts and splints
- Injected medications
- Intrathecal baclofen pumps
- Oral medications
- Orthopedic surgery
- Physical therapy
- Speech therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Dorsal rhizotomy surgery
Contact Information
Driscoll Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine &
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
3533 S. Alameda St.
Rehab Entrance, 1st Floor
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Phone: (361) 694-6134
Fax (361) 561-5559
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