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SPEECH THERAPY MONTH AT FYZICAL
New Pediatric Center Discover our new Pediatric Center, located in Cordele!
Watermelon Recipe Try Morgan’s watermelon salad recipe this spring!
Patient Success Hear about Casen’s progress in Speech Therapy!
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FYZICAL in Cordele provides therapy specifically tailored to difficulties or delays with speech and language, stuttering, voice, social communication skills, swallowing, and feeding issues for both our adult and pediatric patients. Our speech-language pathologists work hard to develop a treatment plan specifically tailored to address you or your child’s needs! If you or your child are struggling with an issue that is impairing your speech, language, or swallowing, contact our clinic in Cordele today to learn more about how speech therapy may benefit your condition. Pediatric speech therapy SPEECH THERAPY MONTH AT FYZICAL CORDELE
Speech-language pathologists help children of all ages with various speech and language disorders. Speech-language pathologists treat children with articulation disorders, fluency disorders, social communication challenges, swallowing/feeding disorders, and language disorders. Our speech-language pathologists at our Pediatric Center in Cordele work with families to create a unique plan of treatment to help a child grow! • Feeding/swallowing difficulties • Difficulty talking that makes it hard for others to understand the child • Difficulty expressing thoughts or identifying common objects or people • Difficulty following directions or understanding questions • Difficulty with interacting with other people • Muscle weakness or tightness of the mouth or throat • Changes in the quality of voice What to expect at your child’s first appointment
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diagnoses such as: traumatic brain injury, strokes, brain tumors, Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, and Cerebral Palsy. Speech-language pathologists work with adults in the following areas: • Swallowing difficulties • Difficulty with word-finding • Difficulty with projecting and/or quality of voice • Difficulty with expressing thoughts • Difficulty with understanding written and spoken language • Difficulty with memory, attention, and orientation • Developing effective speaking and comprehension skills • Improving vocal loudness • Cognitive communication skills • Ability to swallow
The initial evaluation will usually consist of a standardized test, observation through play, medical history information, and discussing parent concerns about your child’s communication needs. At least one parent should attend the initial evaluation. The first evaluation can take up to an hour to complete. Your child’s results and goals will be discussed and a treatment plan will be developed specifically for your child’s needs. We are here to help your child shine and provide them with the skills needed for home and school. You’ll find after just a short time, that your child will become a part of our FYZICAL Cordele family! Adult speech therapy Adult speech therapy can address weaknesses in the areas of cognition, voice, fluency, dysarthria, dysphagia, apraxia, and aphasia. Our speech- language pathologists evaluate and treat patients with a range of
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ADULT SPEECH THERAPY
What to expect at your first appointment When you arrive for the initial evaluation, our speech-language pathologists will conduct an evaluation to assess for weaknesses and determine the best possible treatment plan. Based on assessment results and your input, our speech-language pathologist will design a treatment plan to improve your communication or swallowing skills. Our highly trained licensed speech-language pathologists at FYZICAL Cordele have expertise in all of these areas and can help you achieve your communication goals. We hold certifications in different specialty areas such as LSVT LOUD. What is LSVT LOUD? Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) LOUD is a speech treatment program for people with Parkinson’s Disease to improve vocal quality and loudness with intensive therapy offered four times per week for 4 weeks. This program can improve voice loudness and quality and research has also shown potential improvements in cognition and swallowing function. Contact FYZICAL Cordele today for speech therapy! There is no reason to let a speech or swallowing problem get in the way of you or your child’s development or your wellbeing. Our goal is to help all of our patients improve their ability to communicate their wants and needs, as well as provide a higher quality of life. If you or a loved one is struggling with a speech, language, voice, feeding or swallowing, contact our clinic today to make an appointment for evaluation.
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MEAL PREP WITH MORGAN WATERMELON CUCUMBER FETA SALAD
Need some different ways to use all your delicious Cordele watermelon this spring?We have the perfect item for you to share at backyard barbecues, days at the lake, or where the summer sun might meet you! This recipe is refreshing, yummy, and will keep you cool as the temps start to rise!
INGREDIENTS • 1 watermelon, rind removed and cubed • 2 cucumbers, sliced • container of feta cheese crumbles
• 1.5 tsp chopped fresh mint • 1.5 tsp chopped fresh basil • lime juice, salt, pepper and olive oil to taste
DIRECTIONS Combine your choppedwatermelon and cucumber, feta cheese, mint and basil. Add lime juice, salt, pepper, and olive oil to taste. Enjoy in the summer sun!
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NEW - PEDIATRIC CENTER NOW OPEN!
Did you hear the news? Something new is brewing in Cordele! Our Pediatric Center is officially OPEN! We created a space where every child dreams big, achieves the impossible, and shines their brightest - just as they were meant to! At our Pediatric Center, our entire clinic is designated entirely to our pediatric patients to receive physical, speech and occupational therapy. With private treatment rooms and an open gym area, there’s a setting for every type of treatment a child could need. Made to meet them where they’re at, our Pediatrics Center will cater specifically to children’s energy levels, attention spans and creativity, giving them a place to feel comfortable and be a kid while they attend therapy. As the only Pediatric Center in Southwest Georgia, our pediatric patients can receive the detailed and personalized care to them that they need in a setting that’s created just for them to feel comfortable and grow to their highest potential. We are so excited to provide Cordele and surrounding areas with a therapy center JUST for kids! Our speech, occupational and physical therapists are educated in pediatric therapy and have been working with children for over 20 years’ of combined experience. If you have a child who may benefit from physical, speech or occupational therapy, give us a call at our Pediatric Center today! (229) 207-4004
PATIENT SUCCESS STORY
In light of our Pediatric Center and Better Hearing and Speech Month, we are celebrating Casen’s success story! Sometimes watching your children not reach milestones can be discouraging and worrying. When Casen wasn’t communicating the way children typically do at his age, speech therapy helped him learn to communicate with those around him. Check out his story! “Casen never really started speaking. Kids can start speaking at a year or earlier, and he started to say mama, daddy and bubba, but then after a few weeks, he wouldn’t say any words.
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He would grunt, point, and have his own language; this was pretty much to tell you what he wanted or the things he was seeing. If he saw a bee, he would pinch himself to let you know it would sting him. At his two year check up, they referred him to speech therapy. At the end of October, within even just two or three weeks, he started saying mama, bubba and daddy again. He was making different words and sounds - or at least trying to. He went to speech therapy with Stephanie for 13 weeks or so, and did really well. Our last two appointments were at the new Pediatric Center, and it was cute as can be. Stephanie was great with him, and Casen loved her. He’s not exactly where he should be right now, but he’s within the normal limits for his age. Anyone who knows him knows that he went from saying nothing, to now making some sentences and is able to get his point across. It made a huge difference!”
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