Pediatric Physical Therapy
This practice focuses on pelvic floor physical therapy for infants through age 19. It includes treatment for problems with the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems.
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy:
- Does your child leak or have “accidents”?
- Does your child stain their underwear?
- Is your child embarrassed to have sleepovers due to bed wetting?
- Does your child lack the “urge to go”?
- Is your child embarrassed by the lack of control over his/her body?
- Does your child leak when active in play or sports?
- Is your child chronically constipated?
- Does your child strain or have pain when using the toilet?
- Are you, as a parent, frustrated by the lack of treatment options?
- Have you, as a parent, been told that the only treatment option is medication?
- Is your infant suffering from colic?
- Does your child have gastrointestinal distress (irritable bowel, abdominal pain, or bloating)?
- Does your child have a midline gap in his/her stomach muscles (diastasis recti)?
“Kid Function’s pelvic floor physical therapy combines Rebecca’s love of pediatrics with her interest in achieving bladder, bowel, gastrointestinal, and pelvic floor health in children“
Diagnoses treated in this clinic include:
- Overactive bladder
- Urinary incontinence
- Urinary frequency
- Bed wetting
- Fecal incontinence
- Constipation
- Pelvic floor weakness and lack of coordination
- Other medical diagnoses related to the pelvic floor
- Infants with Colic
- Gastrointestinal Distress (Irritable bowel syndrome, abdominal pain, and bloating)
- Diastasis Recti
- Anorectal and Bowel Disorders
- Treatment after surgical repair to the genitourinary or gastrointestinal systems
For Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy, Kid Function utilizes a variety of evidence-based treatments including dietary changes, physical therapy modalities, manual therapy, Myofascial Release, Visceral Manipulation, Craniosacral Therapy, biofeedback, body positioning, Kinesiotaping, life style changes, breath work, therapeutic exercise and therapeutic activities treatment options to help empower your child and family to overcome pelvic floor difficulties.
Adult Physical Therapy
Kid and Family Function PT is pleased to offer Visceral Manipulation to the adult population. Rebecca is trained in Visceral Manipulation by the Barral Institute.
There are many diagnoses that can benefit from this type of therapy such as abdominal, digestive and urinary disorders. Please contact us if you would like to discuss treatment for other diagnoses.
Rebecca Brewster-Taylor, PT, DPT, PCS
Rebecca has been a Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist in Physical Therapy for over 20 years. Kid Function originally opened in 2014 as a multi-disciplinary allied health practice. In 2015, it evolved into a school-based physical therapy contracting company. Kid Function now offers pelvic health physical therapy for children and Visceral Manipulation for adults.
Rebecca has worked with adults and children in the settings of acute care, home health, early intervention, school-based, skilled nursing, and inpatient and outpatient rehab. In addition to Kid Function, she works at a separate outpatient clinic treating adult women’s and men’s pelvic health patients as well as treating the general adult and child population.
“Rebecca was so kind and patient working with our 5 year old. She made physical therapy a fun, kid-friendly activity. Our daughter was excited for her appointments and challenges” – Parent of a Kindergartner”
“After years of (soiling), my 9 year old is having successful toileting habits thanks to Rebecca! Autism made it difficult for my daughter to communicate what was happening in her body, but Rebecca was able to pinpoint the issue almost immediately. Beyond that, Rebecca was flexible and able to adapt to my daughters needs that had kept other therapies from being successful… (my daughter) actually looked forward to physical therapy!”
Testimonial from a Parent of a 9 year old boy:
“We sought out help from Rebecca to help our son with his constipation and (soiling) issues after years of him being prescribed both miralax and exlax daily and seeing no resolution. When we first started working with Rebecca, our son was withholding bowel movements for weeks at a time, leaking stool multiple times a day, and had a very negative relationship with toileting. Today … he’s consistently passing a bowel movement, …he has a much healthier relationship regarding using the bathroom and a better understanding of how his body works.”
Kidfunction is credentialed with most private insurances.
Call
207-522-2886
Address
225 Thomas Point Road
Brunswick, Maine 04011
Hours
By Appointment