About Our Therapy
Now I Can is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization
dedicated to helping disabled children reach their greatest potential.
Now I Can has combined the most effective methods of physical therapy
with the most outstanding therapy team — making our therapy unique and sought after
by families across the country.
Intensive physical therapy is a relatively new idea in the United States, but has
been practiced in Europe for over a decade. This effective therapy involves performing
exercises over an extended period of time — 5 days a week for 4 hours a day. Most
clients visit Now I Can for 3 or 4 week sessions, although
Now I Can does offer maintenance therapy schedules as well.
Studies have shown that a 3-week session of intensive therapy helps a child realize
the same goals it would usually take a full year of traditional therapy to achieve.
Patients with neuromuscular challenges need this focused and intense approach that
provides time to practice the skills they need to learn — like sitting, standing
or walking.
Now I Can also utilizes the NeuroSuit, an orthotic suit
worn by clients to teach the brain and body correct patterns of posture and movement
— as well as to provide resistance and strengthening, and proprioceptive input.
Now I Can's therapy team is a kind and compassionate group
comprised of licensed physical therapists, physical therapist assistants and therapy
aides. These individuals have training in NDT, PNF, Sensory Integration, Feeding
and Swallowing Therapy, and have extensive experience with neurological disorders
and brain injury.
Now I Can was founded by a Utah couple who travelled to
Poland for intensive physical therapy for their daughter with Cerebral Palsy. After
seeing the benefits of intensive therapy, the Christensen’s were determined to open
a facility in the intermountain west so that families wouldn’t be required to travel
outside the country for this effective treatment.
While therapy is a long and hard road for most families with special needs children,
miracles both large and small happen at Now I Can every
day. For example — a four year-old leaves his crutches behind after three weeks
of therapy ... an eight year-old takes her first independent steps ... a young seizure
victim learns to hold his head up and sit independently ... and a twenty year-old
stands free of pain for the first time in his life!
Now I Can is pleased to offer financial assistance to those
who need it through our Ability Fund Scholarship program, and the Maggie Brown Scholarship.
Through the help of generous private and corporate donors, these funds are growing
to better enable us to help more children receive effective therapy — regardless
of their ability to pay. (Visit the Financial Aid page for more information.)
Now I Can welcomes children of any age who want to improve
their strength and independence, relieve pain, or recover from injury. Those with
cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, traumatic brain injury, or developmental
delays will all benefit from intensive therapy. We offer free screenings with our
team that allows families to meet our team and learn more about how
Now I Can will benefit their child in particular. We want to help them
reach physical capabilities that allow them to say, “Now I can” about their new
skills!
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What if I need traditional physical therapy?
For Utah patients, Now I Can offers traditional maintenance
visits for a myriad of conditions.
Now I Can's therapy team treats orthopedic problems like
fractures, long-term immobilization, sprains, strains, and myofacial pain. Now I Can utilizes exercises to increase strength, stretching
to increase range of motion, gait training to improve incorrect patterns, kinesio
taping to put muscles and joints into alignment, and massage and myofacial releases
to decrease pain and increase function.
Now I Can also offers therapy for progressive diseases
like juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and muscular dystrophy.
Patients can learn techniques to conserve energy and achieve goals such as increased
strength, range of motion, as well as greater independence and endurance.