<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Rett.com &#187; Physical Therapy</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.Rett.com/category/physical-therapy/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.Rett.com</link>
	<description>Information and inspiration for the Rett syndrome community</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:58:05 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Girl with Rett syndrome enjoys therapeutic benefits from special hand trike</title>
		<link>http://www.Rett.com/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefits-from-special-hand-trike/</link>
		<comments>http://www.Rett.com/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefits-from-special-hand-trike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rett Dad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Physical Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.Rett.com/?p=288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article explains and shows that a girl with Rett syndrome can be safely belted into a hand trike and pulled, thereby keeping her legs in motion and building muscle tone:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article shows that a girl with Rett syndrome can be safely belted into a hand trike and pulled, thereby keeping her legs in motion and building muscle tone:</p>
<p><script src="http://storify.com/RettDad/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefit.js?header=false&#038;sharing=false&#038;border=false"></script><noscript><a href="http://storify.com/RettDad/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefit.html" target="_blank">View the story &#8220;Girl with Rett syndrome enjoys therapeutic benefits from special hand trike&#8221; on Storify</a><noscript><noscript>
<div id="fb-root"></div>
<div id="story">
<div id="girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefit" class="s-story false">
<div class="s-info"><a href="http://storify.com/RettDad" target="_blank"><img src="http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/116657037/images-16_reasonably_small.jpg" class="s-author-avatar"/></a>
<div class="s-author">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/RettDad" target="_blank" class="s-author-name">Rett Dad</a></div>
<div class="s-published"><a href="http://storify.com/RettDad/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefit" target="_blank" data-timestamp="2012-01-23T13:37:00.745Z" class="s-published-date timestamp">Mon, Jan 23 2012 08:37:00</a> ·<br />
<span class="s-views">303 views </span></div>
<ul class="s-element-stats">
<li class="s-element-stat link">1
<div class="icon"></div>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="s-clear"></div>
</div>
<div class="s-header">
<h1 class="s-title">Girl with Rett syndrome enjoys therapeutic benefits from special hand trike</h1>
<div class="s-clear"></div>
<div class="s-actions">
<div id="s-like-button"><a href="#" class="like"><i></i><span>like</span></a>
<div class="count hidden"><span>0</span></div>
</div>
<ul class="s-actions-tools">
<li><a id="s-share-button" href="#" class="s-action">Share
<div class="icon"></div>
<p></a></li>
<li><a id="s-email-button" href="#" class="s-action">Email
<div class="icon"></div>
<p></a></li>
<li><a id="s-embed-button" href="#" class="s-action">Embed
<div class="icon"></div>
<p></a></li>
</ul>
<div class="s-clear"></div>
</div>
<p class="s-description">This article explains and shows that a girl with Rett syndrome can be safely belted into a hand trike and pulled, thereby keeping her legs in motion and building muscle tone:</p>
</div>
<ol class="s-elements">
<li id="4f1d62791301f0a3391c27a3" class="s-element s-element-link">
<div class="s-element-share">
<div class="s-element-share-label"><i></i><span class="label">Share</span></div>
</div>
<div class="s-link s-element-content"><a href="http://couriernews.suntimes.com/news/9027057-418/giving-a-hand-trike.html" target="_blank" class="s-link-a">Giving a hand (trike) &#8211; Elgin Courier News</a><img src="http://couriernews.suntimes.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls?STREAMOID=i3f9sVL2c9N4SYn4ID$r48$daE2N3K4ZzOUsqbU5sYuVxlvG$ZjEeTXkf5Ca3EGnWCsjLu883Ygn4B49Lvm9bPe2QeMKQdVeZmXF$9l$4uCZ8QDXhaHEp3rvzXRJFdy0KqPHLoMevcTLo3h8xh70Y6N_U_CryOsw6FTOdKL_jpQ-&amp;CONTENTTYPE=image/jpeg" class="s-link-thumbnail"/>
<div class="s-link-desc">By Janelle Walker For The Courier-News November 28, 2011 9:42AM Leslie Villafuerte (front) pulls Yasmine Martinez on her new hand trike M&#8230;</div>
<div class="s-attribution">
<div class="s-source s-suntimes"><a href="http://couriernews.suntimes.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://g.etfv.co/http://couriernews.suntimes.com/" style="max-width: 16px" border="0"/></a><!--.s-source-name= source.name--></div>
<div class="s-author"><a href="http://couriernews.suntimes.com/" target="_blank" class="s-author-name">Suntimes</a></div>
<div class="s-clear"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="s-clear"></div>
</li>
<li id="4f1d62791301f0a3391c27a4" class="s-element s-element-text">
<div class="s-element-content s-text"></div>
</li>
</ol>
<p><button class="s-load-more">Show more</button><!--a.s-created-with(target="_blank", href="http://storify.com")--><a href="http://storify.com/RettDad" target="_blank" class="more-on-storify"><span class="inner"><span>Other stories by <strong>RettDad</strong> on&nbsp;<br />
</span><span class="logo"><em>storify.com</em></span><span>&nbsp;&#10140;</span></span></a></div>
<div id="s-like-dropdown">
<div class="likers"><!--img(src="http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1020035370/profil_seynaeve_normal.jpg")--><!--img(src="http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1020035370/profil_seynaeve_normal.jpg")--></div>
</div>
<div id="s-share-dropdown">
<ul class="s-actions-share">
<li class="s-share-twitter"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" data-via="Storify" data-url="http://storify.com/RettDad/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefit" data-counturl="http://storify.com/RettDad/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefit" data-text="Girl with Rett syndrome enjoys therapeutic benefits from special hand trike" data-hashtags="storify,," target="_blank" class="twitter-share-button"></a></li>
<li class="s-share-google"><g:plusone size="medium" href="http://storify.com/RettDad/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefit"></g:plusone></li>
<li class="s-share-facebook"><fb:like href="http://storify.com/RettDad/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefit" send="false" layout="button_count" show_faces="false"></fb:like></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="s-email-dropdown">
<div class="left"><label for="s-email-from">From</label><br />
<input id="s-email-from" type="text" placeholder="Enter your email address..."/></div>
<div class="left"><label for="s-email-to">To</label><br />
<input id="s-email-to" type="text" placeholder="Enter an email address..."/></div>
<div class="s-email-send left"><button id="s-email-send" class="submit"><span>Send</span></button></div>
<div class="s-clear"></div>
</div>
<div id="s-embed-dropdown">
<div class="s-embed-code"><label for="s-embed-code" class="left">Embed code</label><!--a#s-copy-code.right(href= '#') copy-->
<div class="s-clear"></div>
<input id="s-embed-code" type="text" readonly="readonly" class="story-link"/></div>
</div>
</div>
<p><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=4f1d62799700f51c5805e1ac&amp;referer=http%3A%2F%2Fstorify.com%2FRettDad%2Fgirl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefit.html" width="1" height="1"></noscript></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052J807O/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=michhistbook-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0052J807O">Click here to see the Ambucs Amtryke Tricycle with Saddle Seat</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=michhistbook-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0052J807O" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" /></p>
<div class="simple_likebuttons_container_small">
      <div class="simple_likebuttons_googleplus">
        <g:plusone size="medium" count="false" href="http://www.Rett.com/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefits-from-special-hand-trike/"></g:plusone>
      </div>
    
      <div class="simple_likebuttons_twitter simple_likebuttons_twitter_s">
        <a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="none" data-url="http://www.Rett.com/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefits-from-special-hand-trike/" data-lang="en">Tweet</a>
      </div>
    
      <div class="simple_likebuttons_facebook">
        <div id="fb-root"></div>
        <script>(function(d, s, id) {
          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
          if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}
          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
          js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1";
          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
        }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk"));</script>
        <div class="fb-like" data-href="http://www.Rett.com/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefits-from-special-hand-trike/" data-send="false" data-layout="button_count" data-show-faces="false" data-width="90"></div>
      </div>
    </div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.Rett.com/girl-with-rett-syndrome-enjoys-therapeutic-benefits-from-special-hand-trike/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Equipment Alert: Rett Syndrome patient finds joy on therapeutic AmTryke</title>
		<link>http://www.Rett.com/equipment-alert-rett-syndrome-patient-finds-joy-on-therapeutic-amtryke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.Rett.com/equipment-alert-rett-syndrome-patient-finds-joy-on-therapeutic-amtryke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Durable Medical Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gross Motor Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non Profits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Support Organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adaptive Bicycles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rett Syndrome]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.Rett.com/2007/04/17/equipment-alert-rett-syndrome-patient-finds-joy-on-therapeutic-amtryke/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without use of her hands and unable to talk, Madelyn Cummins, who has Rett Syndrome, can't explore the world like other children.
But exploring got a little easier Monday for the 3-year-old when she was presented with a specially designed therapeutic tricycle called AmTryke during her regular session at Willis-Knighton Pediatric Physical Therapy in Shreveport.
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Story Link</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20070417&amp;Category=NEWS01&amp;ArtNo=704170345&amp;SectionCat=NEWS&amp;Template=printart">The Shreveport Times</a></p>
<p><strong>Organization Link</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ambucs.org/">AMBUCS</a> A charitable service organization in 18 states in the US dedicated to creating mobility and independence for people with disabilities.</p>
<div class="simple_likebuttons_container_small">
      <div class="simple_likebuttons_googleplus">
        <g:plusone size="medium" count="false" href="http://www.Rett.com/equipment-alert-rett-syndrome-patient-finds-joy-on-therapeutic-amtryke/"></g:plusone>
      </div>
    
      <div class="simple_likebuttons_twitter simple_likebuttons_twitter_s">
        <a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="none" data-url="http://www.Rett.com/equipment-alert-rett-syndrome-patient-finds-joy-on-therapeutic-amtryke/" data-lang="en">Tweet</a>
      </div>
    
      <div class="simple_likebuttons_facebook">
        <div id="fb-root"></div>
        <script>(function(d, s, id) {
          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
          if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}
          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
          js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1";
          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
        }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk"));</script>
        <div class="fb-like" data-href="http://www.Rett.com/equipment-alert-rett-syndrome-patient-finds-joy-on-therapeutic-amtryke/" data-send="false" data-layout="button_count" data-show-faces="false" data-width="90"></div>
      </div>
    </div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.Rett.com/equipment-alert-rett-syndrome-patient-finds-joy-on-therapeutic-amtryke/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

