11/17/2025
Freezing and Festinating Gait are tricky but there are ways PT’s can help!
💥Focus on Amplitude of movement and use some strategies (external cues, counting, marching, music, etc..).
💡I love using the for changing directions with the random pod lights and creating challenge with different colors to do different things. Example: red=hit off with right foot or with the reactive stick, blue=hit off with left foot or bounce a ball.
Less costly: use color dots and you call out the color to step to!
👉🏻Exercise 1: a four square step with red=right foot, blue=left foot and adding diagonal stepping! Pool noodles bonus for foot clearance cue!
👉🏻Exercise 2: obstacles with color challenge and even add a ball bounce or two to work on coordination and more dual tasking! Loads of turns, loads of visual scanning, loads of initiation of gait and go/no go work, and loads of small space navigation!
👉🏻Exercise 3: hurdles and pods to challenge more foot clearance and smaller spaces to turn in!
📢Shoutout to my amazing PTA for making an appearance .marie.smith.
