The Suit Me Up FIT Therapy (Functional Intensive Suit Therapy) Program. This program is intended to provide intensive and consistent therapy sessions utilizing the Pedia Suit and Ability Exercise Unit (Cage) Equipment.
Intensive Suit Therapy is an intensive program with a holistic approach to the treatment of individuals with neurological disorders, developmental delays, brain injuries, autism, and other conditions which affect a child’s motor and/or cognitive functions.
It consists of a specialized orthotic suit, which utilizes bungee type cords that brings the body into proper alignment and improves muscle strength, coordination, and tone. The suit assists in retraining the brain to recognize new, corrected body movements. This is combined with various other techniques and methods, and customized to fit the needs of each child, with specific functional goals.
Benefits include, but not limited to:
Creates new pathways to/from the brain for new or improved motor skills
Provides resistant to strong muscles to enhance muscle strength
Dynamic correction of movement to help reinforce proper movement patterns in activity
Improve alignment
Increase body awareness through proprioceptive and tactile input
Improve motor skills, both fine and gross
Improve bone density
Decreases uncontrolled movement and contractures
Purpose
Provide an individualized functional intensive collaborative therapy program to address the needs of the client, utilizing the Pedia Suit and Ability Exercise Cage
Having priority access to utilizing the Pedia Suit and Cage, and to the certified Pedia Suit Therapists
Create rapid progress and changes through intensive, consistent therapy sessions
For families who want to target specific functional goals and to address posture/alignment concerns
For families whose children are on break and have the availability to receive multiple therapies in a designated amount of time
For families whose children have been away from therapy for an extended period of time and would like the opportunity to be provided with intensive therapy to help regain functional skills