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Physical Therapy Must Haves 😍
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items A survival kit for chasing milestones that move just slightly faster than your insurance approvals
POV: You buy therapy equipment for your medically complex child and all three kids end up fighting over it. 😂🦘💀
Bonus: one harness fits our 10, 6, and 4 year olds, so everyone’s getting their turn at ✨therapeutic chaos✨.
Bouncer Harness - Upzydaisy - Etsy
Medical moms will turn literally anything into therapy equipment. 😂✨
This gymnastics bar + our UpzyDaisy harness = hours of sensory input, strength building, and one very happy kid.
My Amazon cart deserves an honorary therapy degree at this point....
Gymnastics Bar for Kids
We use this when she’s in her jumper! We place it under her while she’s in her UpzyDaizy harness to work with her on the motion of walking. Also doubles as a self care item for mom so that I can pretend I’m practicing self care 🤣
Walking Pad Incline Treadmill
Medical mom life: celebrating things like improved hip positioning and stronger legs with the same enthusiasm other people reserve for winning the lottery.
Resistance Bands
If you know the pain of squeezing AFOs into regular shoes, this recommendation is for you.
AFO friendly shoes: BILLY Footwear
We started with just trying to stand in a stander… now we’re chasing lights and music like it’s the main event. Whatever gets those little feet steady—we’ll take it.
Musical Stepping Stones - Toddler Balance Toy
We used to have normal seating. Then OT/PT showed up and now sitting counts as a full-body workout with mild chaos included.
Peanut Balance Sitting Ball
Rowe Casa Clean Muscle & Joint Cream has become part of our post-therapy routine when those hard PT sessions leave everyone sore. Because apparently building strength requires suffering first 🫠
Clean Muscle & Joint Pain Cream