GiggleFIT

Therapeutic Play Gym

Bringing the Joy of Movement to Children with Medical Complexity

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2024 Pediatric Physical Therapy Journal

Overcoming Movement Poverty and Rehabilitation Access Barriers with a Hospital-2-Home Application

Did you know ….

  • 100, 000 infants are born each year in the US with conditions that limit their ability to move against gravity; they quickly experience expensive and preventable secondary impairments of immobility

  • They have long initial hospitalizations where they receive 3-4x/wk PT and daily OT and SLP services due to their level of motor impairment

  • At discharge they experience rehabilitation access barriers due to funding, geography, transportation, and > 80% deficit of pediatric rehab providers

  • Parents of these children have to learn life sustaining medical skills: CPR, ventilator, tracheostomy, gastrostomy care before taking their child home. They report that learning to use a TPG is easy compared to these other skills

  • Parents participating in feasibility and long-term extension studies saw improved outcomes in their child’s fitness, function, and quality of life with a minimum of 3x per week home training

  • A consultative therapy approach; combining monthly in-person or virtual visits was effective

Our Hospital-2-Home Concept won the APTA Academy of Leadership and Innovation’s “PT Shark Tank” and the Trauma Informed Innovation Poster award at the 2024 Science and Soul Conference

Meet Early Adopters and hear how TPG training is improving outcomes for their children

Claire is a mom of a 9 year old with CP microgyria and has a message for parents who are considering the TPG for home exercises.

Claire spends 1 minute setting Colt (9 yo) up for his daily tummy time exercise. After 6 months of 20 min/day prone training Colt has become an independent sitter; holding his head up on his own.

Anthony describes the value of partial body weight support activities for his son Lincoln; an 11 year-old daily user.

Everette (4 yo) initiates hugging his mom for the first time after 6 months of home training. He received 60 PT visits during his 5 month initial hospitalization and could only access 12 PT visits over a 2 year period after discharge. His mother was able to progress his motor development at home.

Rebecca and Isaac (3 yo) live in a rural community and drive over an hour to access therapy services. They share about the home TPG training they have been doing since Isaac was 5 months old.

Brittany Aquart (owner of Lemon City Collective in Miami, FL) and Cameron (8 yo) describe how they use the TPG in fun therapy sessions to improve his fitness, function, and participation with family and friends

Three training kits for older infants through adolescents are now available for purchase. Please fill out the contact information section below and we will guide you through the measurement and ordering process.