However, the realm of pediatrics is perhaps more esoteric than most, and often requires the attention of a skilled pediatric therapist. And they cannot be treated as such. Introduction Having just come from the womb, babies seem the perfect candidates for aquatic intervention. Gravity rules the earth, and infants with neuromuscular and orthopedic dysfunction often find this cruelly apparent. Water offers these children a reprieve.
Warm water offers a soothing reprieve.
As a child grows, the mass of the body doubles, then again, and so on. Neonatal Aquatic Intervention Helen gave birth to a 2 lb. 13 oz. It was too early for Robert to be in the world, and it was evident by just looking at him. He laid in the incubator splayed out in an abnormal extension posture. Subsequently, Robert was at risk for not being touched.