New Adeli Suit Therapy Centers - Atlanta and Los Angeles

SUNSHINE THERAPY BRINGS SUIT THERAPY TO THE UNITED STATES
The only clinic of its kind in the world gives Cerebral Palsy patients the ability to walk for the first time ever

Children with Cerebral Palsy and their parents now have the opportunity to have a dream come true: crawl, walk and stand for the first time. Sunshine Therapy from humble beginnings in Miami has expanded to several Suit Therapy clinics, utilizing Adeli® intensive therapy for children with cerebral palsy to Orlando with new centers opening in Atlanta and Los Angeles June of 2005. These clinics have had tremendous success in its patients walking either freely or with a walker as opposed to being confined to a wheelchair.

Sunshine Therapy, which specializes in intensive rehabilitation techniques, is the brainchild of Patricia Gonzalez ORT/L. Gonzalez founded the clinic with husband Rafael, using cutting edge technology to allow children with neuromuscular disorders, the opportunity to receive intensive physical therapy that once was only offered in Poland. Gonzalez and the lead therapist trained together in Russia and Poland at the national Adeli® training centers.

Suit Therapy works by having the child put on a suit, which originated in Russia to assist the cosmonauts in their therapies after long missions. The Adeli® suit is made up of a vest, shorts, kneepads and special shoes attached by using bungee type bands that are used to correctly align the body and provide resistance as movements are performed. The main function of the suit is to improve and change awareness of where the body is in space, reduce pathological reflexes, restore proper patterns of movement and load the body with weight similar to gravitational forces while in correct alignment. The resistance the child gets from the bands brings them into correct alignment and in turn causes the strengthening. While in the suit, the child is put through a series of exercises targeting their developmental needs. They can sit, roll, crawl, tall kneel, walk, and perform sit-ups.

Well-known and respected pediatric orthopedic physician Dr. Michael Tidwell, located at Miami Baptist Hospital, is the consulting physician for the clinic. Dr. Tidwell oversees all patients undergoing Adeli® Suit Therapy before, during and after. Sunshine Therapy is performing research in Suit Therapy with Dr. Tidwell and Pro HBO in Atlanta.

“I can honestly say that it is a blessing to have this medical breakthrough in South Florida to give the opportunity for children around the world to receive this therapy,” says Dr. Tidwell. “The results in these children are remarkable.”

Sunshine Therapy’s program consists of 20 hours per week (four hours per day, five days a week) for three weeks. During the treatment, the child receives hot packs, massage,daily treatment in the Suit, vigorous mat exercises, and exercises in the Universal Exercise Unit, also known as the “spider cage”. The child will engage in gross motor activities designed to propel the child to the next milestone. Physical, occupational, speech and massage therapy are provided to ensure a well-rounded treatment.

“It is a dream come true for my husband and I to have been blessed with the ability to make this treatment available in the United States and other parts of the world,” says Gonzalez. “We have made an investment which gives us returns that are immeasurable. At Sunshine Therapy, we bring hope to children and teach them never to say never.”

Sunshine Therapy offers suit therapy, aquatic therapy, hippotherapy, pet therapy, swimming with dolphins and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy HBOT) making this the only program of its kind in the world. The results are amazing as patients come from all over the world for this unique therapy. Sunshine Therapy is opening new centers Atlanta, Georgia and Los Angeles, California in June, 2005 (For more information on the therapy, you can visit www. sunshinetherapy.com or call 1-800-901-0947.

Testimonials:
“If I'm doing this one my 3rd day imagine what I can do by the 15th!!!”
- Joey, Day 1 began in electric wheelchair by day 3 walked independently with walker 25 feet for the first time in his life

Sunshine Therapy is the only clinic in the world to offer intensive Adeli suit therapy in conjunction with Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy (HBOT), Aquatics, Hippotherapy, Pet Therapy and Swimming With The dolphins.

http;//www.sunshinetherapy.com
1-800-901-0947

Raf Gonzalez
President/CEO