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#1 Best Physical Therapist
Shoshana Moskowitz, PT, runs Baby U Got This Pediatric Physical Therapy in New Jersey. She primarily uses DMI exercises in her sessions and will also use TMR TOTs techniques, e-stim, and kinesio taping or compression garments if needed. DMI is a therapeutic technique used in physical and occupational therapy to treat children with motor delay by improving automatic postural responses and promoting progress toward developmental milestones. She works with those diagnosed with cerebral palsy, developmental delay, prematurity, neurodevelopmental disorders, toe-walking, torticollis, genetic disorders, spina bifida and other musculoskeletal conditions.
Shoshana Moskowitz, PT
Baby U Got This was founded after I finished my training as one of the first 3 certified Intermediate Level B DMI (Dynamic Movement Intervention) therapy practitioners.
I took my first MEDEK course in 1999 with Ramon Cuevas and Ester Fink. (Coincidentally, Jake Kreindler, founder of DMI was also a participant in this course.) I was blown away by the ideas and the exercises presented. But in my practice area at the time, the carryover was not so practical. Then I started to see younger patients, children with more physical limitations, and the exercises became relevant to me, but I was hesitant to use them without mentoring.
I was lucky enough to have a CME Level 3 practitioner in my neighborhood, Azriel Novogroder, who I turned to with my more challenging cases to help me learn new exercises to best assist them. He gave me extremely helpful feedback as I practiced the more complex exercises so that I was then able to add them to my repertoire with confidence.
I took a CME Level 2 course in the summer of 2008 and I learned more about the exercises and gained increased dexterity with my skills. I never, however, became a CME purist as I always believed that CME was a tool in my toolbox. I also used Kinesiotape, binders, e-stim, Whole Body Vibration, and Theratogs, as these adjuncts were able to provide better alignment and increased sensory awareness, which helped with motor learning.
Fast forward to the formal creation of DMI, which gave me the space to practice the exercises that I had learned, while also being able to use other modalities to help with alignment and caregiver carryover. I am so excited that DMI is now being brought to so many states and countries. I want more people to learn about DMI: how to access it for their kids and how professionals can be trained in this amazing method.
I have been assisting at DMI introductory A,B, and C and am looking forward to joining the growing teaching staff of the DMI method.
