Physical Therapy Services

Lurie Children’s provides burn care for patients who arrive at the Kenneth and Anne Griffin Emergency Care Center with minor burns. Learn more here.

Lurie Children's has a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers with expertise in concussion evaluation and concussion care.

Lurie Children's treats children who are behind in developing their gross and fine motor skills, whether from known conditions such as cerebral palsy, or with those otherwise healthy who struggle to achieve common milestones.

Lurie Children's Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Services are part of the multidisciplinary Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Program, currently the only MDA clinic in the Chicago area focusing solely on pediatrics.

Our physical therapists treat babies in the NICU and CCU who have had surgery or are diagnosed with a range of conditions.

For children with torticollis, Lurie Children's physical therapists assess the needs of each child and provide treatment, home exercise and positioning suggestions.

During serial casting, joints that are limited in range of motion are immobilized with a series of well-padded plaster and fiberglass casts.

Lurie Children's uses vestibular rehab to treat children, adolescents and teenagers who are recovering from concussions.