Texas Children’s Spasticity Management Clinic

See also Occupational/physical therapy Physical medicine

This clinic manages children with spasticity associated with central nervous system disorders including cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and stroke.

Patients are assessed by a pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation physician (physiatrist) and therapist with recommendations and prescriptions provided for spasticity medications; upper and/or lower extremity bracing; spinal bracing; wheelchair evaluations and positioning devices; goal-directed physical, occupational and speech therapies; botulinum toxin injections; evaluation for intrathecal baclofen pump and selective dorsal rhizotomy; and orthopedic and neurosurgery referral for surgical consultation. The goal of clinic is to maximize a child's functional abilities by providing options for spasticity management.

This clinic is affiliated with the occupational and physical therapy clinics. Many patients are referred from the Blue Bird Clinic for Pediatric Neurology.