We are Kelsey and Katie!

Welcome to Playful Movements

A little about us. We are both Pediatric Physical Therapists who have a combined total of over 8 years of experience. We started Playful Movements as a way to help parents learn how to play and interact with their children in a way that improves their gross motor skills and developmental milestones.

Now Pediatric physical therapy is not the same as adult physical therapy. Yes, we still treat kiddos that have different neurological and orthopedic involvement, however we do it in a different way. We use play and toys to make therapy more fun and enjoyable for kids. We also treat kiddos with developmental delays so that they can reach motor milestones. These are the skills that you normally think of like rolling, sitting, crawling, walking. But we also can treat it in older kids with activities like jumping, running mechanics, and higher level coordination skills. We can also work on return to sports as well as general ball kicking and catching skills if a child with coordination difficulties is interested in sports.

Along with Blog Posts we will also be making toy/equipment guides if you ever need ideas for holidays or birthdays. We will be bringing up free downloadable fact sheets on the website soon, and we are working on more!

We love what we do and want to be able to share the information with parents so that you can use the toys you have (or household items) to be able to play with your child in a way that improves their physical development.

You can follow us on Instagram (@playful.movements) or TikTok (@playful.movements) to see daily PT tips and tricks. You can also message us by clicking 'Contact Us' in the navigation area at the top.

Stay tuned!

Keep playing on,
Kelsey and Katie