Avonlea goes to therapy every week for her neck. We are trying to strengthen the muscles on one side of her neck so that she will start to turn her head to the left. It's basically like the muscles on her right side are tight, and the ones on the left side are stretched out too much (and not strong).
These are a few of the exercises that the doctor does with her each week. She was MUCH less fussy this week during the appointment! I think they're hurting her less and less. The doctor said that her range of motion is much better--yay!
Strengthening the muscles along the back of her neck:
Leaning from side-to-side, helping her hold her head up straight:
Stretching into left side bend:
Her ear can touch her shoulder--definite improvement! She could only bend about 30 degrees a few weeks ago!
One of the exercises--have her lean like she's forgotten her V8, and do bounces!
Videos are fun, too:
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