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Physical therapy is a health care profession which provides services to individuals and populations to develop maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout life. This includes providing services in circumstances where movement and function are

threatened by aging, injury, disease or environmental factors.

INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN WITH LOST OF LIMBS.
Children with congenital limb deficiencies (born without one or more limbs) feel different from their peers. They may feel sad and often grieve not having four “normal” limbs. Children must make a lot of physical (body) and emotional (feelings) adjustments to major body changes like these..
Children often blame their parents
Children with limb loss often have battles with their parents about prosthetic use and activities. Parents try to protect their children from failure, teasing, and other struggles.

About younger children
Often, many young children does not want to wear prostheses. Children often make this choice because prostheses may hurt or not feel comfortable. Many children also want to feel skin sensations and do not like how prostheses keep them from doing so.

About teenagers
Limb loss can make this time harder because teenagers do not want to be different from their friends. They may try to hide their limb loss. For instance, teenagers with lower-limb loss may not want to swim or do other activities that expose their legs. It is harder for teenagers to hide upper-limb loss because hands are so easy to see. Teenagers are less apt to hide limb loss once they feel liked by friends.

ACTIVITIES THEY DO

Children without limbs can also do many activities other than being in the house all day long. For examples, they can go to a gym and exercise their muscles and body. By doing so, they will increase their strength, flexibility, and muscle-tone, aid mobility and self-esteem, help control weight and aid digestion
They can also join Disabled Clubs, They are clubs specially formed to meet the needs of the disabled. These Club aims to help people that are physically disabled to regain their confidence and make their lives meaningful. Some activities commonly organised by these club are, fishing, jogging and swimming. Other than these, the children without limbs can still play games such as hop-scotch and dancing. These are great ways to relieve their stress and make them happier.

Equipments they used.
Usually, children without limbs have”artificial;” legs or prosthetics legs. The type of artificial limb used is determined largely by the extent of an amputation or loss and location of the missing extremity. These artificial limbs allow the children to be normal and they can feel like themselves. Thus, they will be more mobile than before.

INFORMATION ON WHEELCHAIR BOUND PATIENTS/ CHILDREN.

Pediatric Wheelchairs
Pediatric wheelchairs are mobile aids designed for and used by children. Children require the use of a wheelchair for different reasons - some have suffered head injuries, some have muscular dystrophy or cerebral palsy, some are amputees, who are not candidates for artificial limbs, and others make limited use of their wheelchairs in lieu of a walker or crutches.

Wheel chair bound patients usually thinks that they are outcasts of the society, and they are not mobile, hence they normally refuses to interact with other people. They are often trapped in their own world and these cause them to become very stressed up.