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About DMI

Clinic Hours
What is SMILE?
SMILE Therapy For Kids recognizes that each child needs an individual approach to their treatment plan. We emphasize that all areas of development need to be addressed to allow a child to develop to their own potential. Our team is well-educated in orthopedic and neurological development, sensory integration therapy, vestibular concerns, gait assessments, and fine and gross motor development. We continue to study, research, and connect with international specialists in these areas and are interested in neuroplasticity and how we can best help each child we see.
What We Offer
Our mission is to provide affordable, high-quality services to make pediatric therapy accessible to all kids.
Services
Intensives
Modalities
Services
What we offer:
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy (coming soon – join waitlist!)
- Therapy Assessments
- Developmental Screenings
- Equipment Evalutations
- Weekly Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
- Therapy Intensives – Including DMI


Winter Intensives
We offer 1-3 week long intensive therapy blocks which incorporate a variety of different therapy approaches including DMI, NMES (electrical muscle stimulation), theratogs, therabounce, functional training, and pool therapy. Depending on the child, sessions may be twice a day for 1 hour over the course of the 1-3 week block.
- January
- February
- March
Modalities
We use a variety of different techniques and modalities. Some of these include:
- Dynamic Movement Intervation (DMI)
- Spider Cage TherapyPostural Alignment – Theratogs
- Serial Casting
- Orthotic Posting
- NMES, FES, Electric Muscle Stim
- Strength Training
- Reflex Integration
- Swings

Clients We Treat
We treat orthopedic, neurological, and genetic conditions which affect gross motor development. Some of these include:
- Cerebral Palsy
- Arthrogryposis
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Down Syndrome
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Down Syndrome
- Spina Bifida
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Sports Injuries
- Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Various genetic conditions and syndromes
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Torticollis
- Plagiocephaly
- Scoliosis
What Parents Say
A few words for treatment
Liza has been working with my daughter for over a year. The experience has been so refreshing for both my daughter and I. My daughter has a severe brain injury, and it’s sometimes difficult to encourage people to challenge her abilities. When we met, I told Liza that I was convinced that my daughter was capable of more than we were enabling her to do. She has definitely risen to the occasion, and her extra training with DMI has been extremely helpful in this regard.

Kimberley
Liza has the patience to play the long game even when results are slow, the resilience to push through when it gets hard, and the perceptiveness to know when it’s time to stop pushing. She is flexible, and is quick to modify plans on bad days. She has a kind heart, and a grace that only comes from having walked the walk. As a parent, I find her very relatable. We are extremely grateful to have her in our court, and I cannot recommend her highly enough.

Kimberley (cont.)
Our children have been seeing Liza as their physiotherapist for 10 years now. They have a progressive muscle disorder, and due in large part to their regular sessions with Liza, they are doing far better than is normal for kids their age. Liza turns physio into games and makes it fun for the kids. Liza is a great person and a very caring individual! We are very thankful to have Liza a part of our healthcare team!

Mandy
We are so thankful for Liza. She is professional, reliable, encouraging and compassionate not to mention highly skilled and a wealth of wisdom. Her support to our daughter and our family has been invaluable. We appreciate that her approach is tailored to the child’s needs and goal focused, while also being playful and creatively engaging. She is a stellar person and physiotherapist.

Amber
I cannot express the difference that Liza has made in our lives. My son has hydrocephalus and he is consistently improving more with every visit. She is ever so patient with him, but pushes him to work hard on the days that he can. The smiles on his face when he arrives and has success are tribute to how much he loves therapy. He always has the best sleep on those days as well. Liza shows us how we can help him and work with him at home and gives us hope for the future, whatever it may hold.

Crystal
Where We Work
Home
In the comfort of home
Clinic
Fun & unique equipment
Community
Convenient to the client