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Education and Therapy Program
Camp No Limits incorporates a highly specialized education, peer support, and therapy program to address the specific needs of children with limb loss and their families.
Education Program: Vendor displays are available with educational materials highlighting state of the art prosthetic technology. Certified prosthetists and therapists, adult amputees, and various organization and industry representatives will be available to answer questions and provide information on local resources. Open forums are scheduled to discuss topics of interest or concerns of campers and families.
Peer Support: In a supportive, safe, and confidential environment campers and their families share thoughts, feelings, concerns, and successes about living with limb loss. Amputees, who are ACA (Amputee Coalition of America), certified peer supporters, lead child and teen support group sessions addressing age appropriate issues.
Therapy Program: Camp No Limits offers specialized Occupational and Physical Therapy sessions instructed by therapists with specialized amputee rehab training and expertise in working with individuals with upper and lower limb loss or limb differences. Therapy breakout sessions will focus on instructing and practicing everyday age specific activities.
Physical Therapy breakout sessions: Campers will learn the correct way to crawl, climb, kneel, sit, stand, hop, walk, run, bicycle, climb and descend hills/ stairs and fall safely. General suggestions on how to prevent or correct abnormal posture and gait deviations are discussed.
Occupational Therapy breakout sessions: Campers will learn the most efficient way to complete dressing, bathing, grooming, meal preparation, eating, writing, typing, and cutting. General suggestions on proper techniques using adaptive and prosthetic devices are discussed.
Camp No Limits Exercise Class: The Camp No Limits therapists offer a modified Pilates program for fitness training for campers. Children with limb loss are at risk for developing muscle atrophy on the affected side and scoliosis due to the limb loss. For these children the ability to develop the needed core muscle strength, flexibility, and coordination is crucial for symmetrical muscle development and postural alignment. Pilates can better prepare children for motor skills needed for many child related functional and recreational activities. The program uses therapy balls to develop muscle control in the shoulders, trunk, pelvis, and hips and to improve back and abdominal muscles needed for good posture. The program aims to instill a fun, positive attitude towards maintaining a healthy childhood lifestyle.
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