Dr. Legaspi Synergy Physical Therapy

Dr. Legaspi Synergy Physical Therapy Holistic Pediatric Physical Therapy & Wellness in the Comfort of Your Home
In-Home & Telehealth

01/23/2026

Trusting that our legs and whole body can support us on uneven surfaces like grass, sand, hills, and any uneven path is a skill to learn. It’s important for safety and independence.

Practicing while lost in play is a way to build stronger neural pathways between our brain and the rest of our body. When we are playing our movements are different. They’re more fluid and coordinated.

Functional play is more than just checking off a list of developmental milestones. We need to make it fun and add challenge so that the nervous system can learn and build strong connections between all areas involved in movement.

01/07/2026

So much progress since the holiday break! Understanding when and how to challenge and when to ease up is key. Constant communication during functional play activities ensures we’re not missing cues for rest breaks and moments of focus and determination to provide more challenging activities.

Here I placed objects on either side of the middle to challenge Roman’s balance and encourage reaching with some trunk rotation. This gives him the opportunity to practice reaching outside a stable position. Each attempt to reach and pick up a piece and play, he gets practice to learn how to stay steady while moving.

This sitting skill emerges around 7 months of age, after a child has become stable and sits without any support from caregivers or their own hands.

Every child develops skills at their own pace. Remember, developmental milestones helps us determine a child’s level of ability so we can figure out if a closer look into how and why they are doing things the way they do needs to be modified. Sometimes kiddos find ways to move that isn’t the best for their growing bones, joints, and muscles and when that happens, working with them towards better movement patterns helps ensure they develop and thrive.

01/07/2026

Kiddos are always listening. Let’s go! Up up up!

Taking time off to reflect, recharge, and welcome in the new year.Wishing everyone a warm, healthy, and joyful holiday!
12/18/2025

Taking time off to reflect, recharge, and welcome in the new year.

Wishing everyone a warm, healthy, and joyful holiday!

12/12/2025

A month since introducing Roman’s sitting journey, here is how it’s going!

Roman is getting stronger each week and he has started sitting for a few seconds on his own.

We were about to end today’s session but did a little more on the sofa because the patch of sunlight caught his attention. Roman practices sitting and other activities with the whole family between sessions that help build his core strength and endurance. The key has been understanding Roman’s cues for when we can push through a bit more and when we rest. We also pay attention to what his interests are and that is our focus, to keep him engaged and wanting to participate in the play activities.

Therapy doesn’t have to be a chore. In fact, motor learning and strength training is best when there is connection and play involved!

12/09/2025

Around age 2 is when we start to see kids use their strength, balance, and coordination to do all three. So proud of Anthony! We have been working hard to coordinate this explosive jump up and off the step!

12/06/2025

Playing in a squat requires a lot of coordination between different muscle groups and the flexibility to get into the position.

Being able to play in a squat happens around the time kids learn to go up and down stairs, just around the 1.5-2 year mark.

Each child develops at their own pace. Milestones help guide us in figuring out if a child needs help moving towards the next activity while also ensuring their bones, joints, and muscles develop in the best alignment.

Here we are working on body awareness with vestibular and functional play so that squatting feels more natural and doable!

12/03/2025

End of year gratitude for my mental health. Yoga helped me get back to myself a few times.

Please note, I am not a mental health professional. I share my experience to help others in their struggles because it is through others sharing their experience that helped me get help for myself and not feel ashamed to do so.

I was in a deep depression that started in late 2022 and I didn’t get professional help until a year later. I had an amazing talk therapist and was in therapy for over a year and she helped me get to where I am now and I am forever grateful to her.

But before that, I was able to find help with movement and yoga.

Keep going. Be kind. Be you. 💗✨

12/03/2025

It’s practicing independence during rapid changes in the brain and body while guiding movement towards the best developmental alignment.

It’s teaching a child to be confident, safe, and independent while also allowing their body to develop strong joints and muscles, optimal alignment, and confidence.

It is movement that will carry them beyond childhood.

So proud of Alfonso! Look at his willingness to step back on these stepping stones! And that squat! 💪

12/03/2025

Alfonso has come such a long way since we met. He’s going up and down steps and more! Sound on 🔊 🤗

So much to be thankful for as we welcome in the last month of the year. I hope everyone had glimmers of joy, rest, and p...
12/01/2025

So much to be thankful for as we welcome in the last month of the year. I hope everyone had glimmers of joy, rest, and presence this Thanksgiving weekend.

I am grateful for this life I get to live, doing what I love. Thanks to all the families that choose me to help in their child’s physical health and mobility. Also grateful to parents who choose me to help in their own health journey 🧡🍁

Here are some photos of Thanksgiving holiday break. I wish I took more pics the past few days… enjoying some time with family, cooking, tending to plants, celebrating godparents and their 50 year wedding anniversary, and my favorite… a few slow mornings and outside fun.

Let’s finish this year with continued gratitude 💗

September is Su***de Prevention Awareness month. It’s ok to not be ok. Learning to lean in and be curious about what y...
09/01/2025

September is Su***de Prevention Awareness month. It’s ok to not be ok. Learning to lean in and be curious about what you are feeling, where you are feeling it, and pausing to nurture yourself instead of beating yourself up is a first step. You’re never alone and there is hope for you. If you’re struggling and feel like an alien in your own body and feel alone, know that your right now is not forever. Lean in. Let’s celebrate being curious instead of suppressing and denying what we feel.

You’re never alone. Here are some of my favorite resources.

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7 A moment of joy. I’m basking in the feeling of presence. Grateful to be able to feel connected to my son, my husband taking the picture, the strength in my body to give a piggy back ride, the presence of mind, the alignment of my heart and soul. Being able to feel the sun on my skin, the gentle breeze, the connection of mind, body, and soul. Everything I wished for when I was in the dark for so long.

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