Pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation
Experienced pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists (physiatrists) at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital - Indianapolis Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation provide the care for infants, children and teens with functional limitations caused by medical conditions and traumatic injuries. Pediatric physiatrists specialize in the diagnosis and management of conditions such as brain injury, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders, and musculoskeletal conditions.
Conditions we treat
Pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors deliver care for conditions including:
- Anoxic brain injury
- Burns
- Cerebral palsy caused by prematurity, stroke or brain injury
- Dysautonomia
- Functional limitations following brain tumor resection
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Limb loss, including amputation
- Muscular dystrophy
- Polytrauma (injuries that involve multiple organs)
- Spasticity
- Spina bifida
- Stroke
- Tethered spinal cord
- Traumatic brain and spine injury
Comprehensive rehabilitation services
Your child’s care team takes the time to explain your child’s treatment options and what to expect. Many care plans include a combination of therapeutic treatments.
Personalized care plans may include:
- Speech therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Physical therapy
- Medication management
- Evaluations for durable medical equipment
- Neurotoxin injections, such as BOTOX™