The Baby PT

28/02/2025

As a small business, I am always so appreciative of families who take the time to share my name with their friends and neighbors or share their their experiences publicly via Google reviews ☺️

31/01/2025

More feedback from a sweet family I recently worked with ☺️ I am so grateful a friend referred me to Dr. Allison to address my baby’s torticollis and breast and bottle feeding difficulties. I started taking my baby to Dr. Allison when he was about 6 weeks old and it made the world of a difference in his feeding skills and range of motion/ gross motor skills. As a PT and certified lactation consultant, she addresses all areas (oral musculature motor control/ sucking, muscle tightness and imbalance, gross motor skills, etc that are contributing to difficulties in feeding, which were overlooked beforehand. Taking my baby to his PT appointments was one of my favorite things during the postpartum time because I learned so much from Dr.
Allison each visit (and my baby loved his play time). I highly recommend Dr. Allison if you are having difficulty with breast/ bottle feeding, are concerned about a head preference, or progress with gross motor skills!

27/01/2025

New Google review ☺️

11/01/2025

11/07/2024

July got away from me, but The Baby PT has officially been around for 2 years now! In just the past year we have supported over 150 babies and their families, opened a small home clinic space in Alexandria, Virginia, upgraded Dr. Allison's infant feeding support credentials, and continued to prioritize providing personalized, flexible, holistic support for babies and their families :-)

26/06/2024

AKA International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Although I have been supporting babies through their earliest milestones (including breast and bottle feeding) for years, I finally made the jump to add the gold standard credential to my name :-)

04/10/2023

New Google review from such a fun family to work with!!

As an infant physical therapist I get to work with babies on all different early motor milestones, but supporting feeding is always especially fun for me because it can have such a big impact on the whole family!


"I can’t recommend Dr. Allison enough. As a 3rd time mom, I wasn’t even aware that PT was a resource new parents might need- but it has changed our lives (literally!) When I felt hopeless and completely lost as my youngest struggled to eat from bottles and nurse, I was lucky enough to stumble upon her website in the middle of the night while I was spiraling and searching for answers. I left her a message, and she got back to me the very next morning, and we had an appointment scheduled for the next day! With her help and guidance we have completely turned around my daughters feeding abilities. Dr. Allison is gentle, caring, and so knowledgeable- my baby was instantly comfortable being manipulated and stretched, and I as a mom felt so good about our decision to call her! There’s never any pressure if your baby is fussy/ and she builds in time to allow for feedings and changings and all the stressors we as new parents feel when we take our babies to specialists. I cannot stress how wonderful she is, how skilled she is, and I will be singing her praises for life!"

25/09/2023

How long will my baby need therapy for torticollis? 🤷‍♀️ This is a question we get asked all the time! Unfortunately, there is no clear cut answer because there are sooooo many variables including: age of referral, severity, parental commitment/compliance, therapist experience and day to day routines. We can tell you what the research says but remember EVERY. BABY. IS. DIFFERENT​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Here is what the research says about age of referral and average treatment time:

➡ Before 1 month of age: 1.5 months of treatment
➡ 1-3 months at referral: 5.9 months of treatment
➡ 3-6 months at referral: 7.2 months of treatment
➡ 6-12 months at referral- 8.9 months of treatment

(Physical Therapy management of Congenital Muscular Torticollis/Clinical Practice Guidelines)

As demonstrated so clearly here- EARLY INTERVENTION IS KEY! Get your appointment scheduled asap!

07/08/2023

Since it has been a year since I saw my first baby as "The Baby PT" I thought it was time to share some updates...

During the past year I have been able to support over 80 infants and their families. I have been busier than I would have imagined and am proud to have maintained the flexibility to help families however works best for them.

I see other clinicians creating amazing educational content, but I have come to the realization that working with babies and families directly is what I'm good at, and maintaining a social media presence just isn't, and I'm okay with that. In the upcoming year I plan to make an effort to share posts and resources I come across that might be helpful, but I will continue to focus my own efforts on the families I am working with.

As always, I will provide unlimited phone and text support between sessions, so please just reach out if you have any questions or concerns!

To those who have referred your friends, neighbors, and clients: Thank you!!!

For anyone who may have just stumbled across this page: I am Dr. Allison Kops, Pediatric Physical Therapist and Certified Breastfeeding Specialist and I work exclusively with infants in Alexandria and Arlington, Virginia and areas nearby 🥰

Phone: 571-483-8332
Email: allison@babyptva.com
Website: babyptva.com
Google:
https://goo.gl/maps/LfZomLkaDqaik5Vp8
Online booking: thebabypt.janeapp.com

03/03/2023

Oops, guess its been a month since we posted...

This sweet family has been so much fun to work with and took the time to post this beautiful testimonial, so I wanted to share. I love getting to join in the family's excitement when babies hit big milestones!! 🤩

If you're interested in receiving support from a physical therapist with extensive specialty training just working with babies, you can look around our website (babyptva.com), schedule a session or free informational call (thebabypt.janeapp.com), or call or text Dr. Allison Kops directly 571-483-8332