Owie Hip

4/10/11 Sunday

O/T, Crystal came over to work on Jewel's hips.

The work done was very slow and controlled, always supporting the hip with your hand to anchor it. Crystal went through the Basic Range of Motion on Jewels legs. Always anchoring the hip in place, encouraging Jewel to breath and relax, constantly asking her question regarding pain. She started with Jewel lying on her back and then moved her onto a wedge working on her, as Jewel lay elevated on her stomach. We watched trying to soak it all in, trying to understand and memorize so we can duplicate it when the therapist leaves at the end of the month.

Jewel's hip muscles are so weak and they need to be strengthened through stretching and then weight baring. This will keep the hip in place and maybe with strong hip muscles, they will over ride the tone. Then Crystal worked on stretching Jewel's arms with the same Basic Range of Motion principles, slow and controlled, always anchoring the shoulder blades. Then she had Jewel in a nice sitting position, Jewel had her legs criss-cross with a wide base, and Crystal showed us how the back is divided into; the cervical, thoracic and lumbar. We need to strengthen the thoracic to get more neck and head control. Thank you Crystal for coming on a sunday to work on Jewel with such short notice! Now Jewel's legs are the same length and her hips are in line :-) Tip: If one leg is suddenly longer and the child is miserable, the hips are most probably out. Be well xx