The Physical Therapy team provides support to more than 15 clinics throughout Kennedy Krieger Institute.
The Physical Therapy Clinic is located in our state-of-the-art Outpatient Center located at the heart of our Broadway Campus. From the healing garden to the aquatic therapy center, the Outpatient Center is designed to help patients reach their rehabilitative goals and promote the well being of patients and their families. The 2,400 square-foot physical therapy gym is a spacious, light-filled environment featuring the latest rehabilitation technologies.
Our aquatherapy center, which offers a unique opportunity for patients to escape the limitations of gravity as they learn new skills and undergo therapy. Two pools are equipped with underwater treadmills, video systems, sensory temperature controls, and hydraulic lifts that allow the floors to be raised and lowered for easy access by patients in wheelchairs.
A split treadmill that allows therapists to control the direction and speed of each side of the body to help retrain nerves and the brain to walk.
A healing garden, which features several outdoor "therapy rooms" that allow patients to work on their goals. The rooms provide natural surfaces and challenges, including gravel, curbs, and grass. The garden is also a place for rest and relaxation.
Up n’ Go provides partial weight-bearing support and improves patients’ development balance skills.
Gait Trainers allow patients to sit and be fully supported or to stand on their own.
People with lower extremity weakness or paralysis can recover mobility and independence in daily living by performing realistic simulations of activities like over-ground walking and going up and down stairs. When using the G-EO, therapists can provide real-time adjustments in a safe and controlled environment to maximize the benefits of the equipment for you.
The exoskeleton is a battery-powered bionic device that enables people with lower extremity weakness and/or paralysis to return to standing and walking. This advancement in technology allows our patients to participate in gait training. An upper extremity system is also available.
The ZeroG 3D is used primarily by patients who receive activity-based restorative therapy, which focuses on movement and activity to promote new connections between the brain and nervous system, thereby restoring functioning.