Services

Dr. Hope provides physical therapy services to children birth-12 years old in North County, San Diego. She has availability for both in-home visits and in-clinic visits once a week. For schedule inquiries, please contact Dr. Hope.

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Above & Beyond

Dr. Hope is a certified breastfeeding specialist, or CBS. Beyond her doctoral education, she has extensive training in manual therapy, neurodevelopmental treatment, sensory integration, airway development, and oral motor treatment for infants with feeding difficulties.

Dr. Hope has been working with children for the past 15 years. She truly enjoys working with children because of their willingness to learn and overcome obstacles to gain more independence and thrive for optimal wellness.

The combination of Dr. Hope's education and expansive experience makes her a truly effective therapist. Children who see Dr. Hope enjoy therapy due to her play-based approach to treatment sessions.

Dr. Hope believes that the family is the biggest asset to a child improving on their independence of movement skills. As a mother herself, she understands how stress can play a role in a parent's life. Dr. Hope's goal is to help alleviate stress that may be caused from a child needing physical therapy.

Dr. Hope conveniently provides services in the patient's home as well as an office in Rancho Bernardo.

She services the following areas: San Marcos, Carlsbad, Oceanside, Encinitas, and Vista.

Tongue Tie Therapy for Infants

Dr. Hope offers bodywork sessions to infants and children to relieve excess body tension affecting feeding, motor development, and airway function.

Dr. Hope provides physical therapy services to infants with tethered oral tissues (tongue/lip ties). Therapy can be done before and after a tongue and lip tie release.

This therapy focuses on releasing tension and fascial strain within the body via bodywork. Dr. Hope’s way of providing bodywork is through manual therapy. Her manual therapy treatment is done through gentle positional releases and craniosacral fascial therapy (CFT) to gain mobility of the body and oral structures with the goal to foster ideal motor development and to feed safely and efficiently on the breast and/or bottle.

Dr. Hope is a certified breastfeeding specialist which allows her to evaluate and provide treatment for infants struggling with breastfeeding. She uses a whole-body approach to addressing infant feeding.

To read more about Bodywork, read this blog post.