A.M.’s story A.M.❤ had a low overall muscle tone, could only sit on his bottom with the support of one of his little hands, initiated crawling and crawling in an uncoordinated way, only managing to roll. During the 4 months of Harmonious Infant Development Program, through Pediatric Kinetotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Sensory Integration, A.M. has improved her muscle tone and has successfully completed all key motor developmental milestones, moving from crawling to crawling to patrup...

T.A.’s story Together we take the first steps! At the beginning T.A. was just sitting on the butt and doing lateral walking with support, now we are already working on balance, overall muscle tone and gait improvement! We generate joy in the child’s approach to the therapeutic program, so he becomes much more receptive, and when the therapist enters the child’s world, things get right where they need to be! With more pronounced hypotonia syndrome on the lower limbs and flat val...

D.A.’s story At 3 months and 3 weeks old, D.A. had an asymmetrical posture, he moved his left hand better, he preferred to turn more to the right and the position on his stomach was unstable and difficult to maintain because he could not support himself on his elbows. After two months of VOJTA and Pediatric Physical Therapy at the Maria Beatrice Center, D.A. is rolling from her back on her tummy on both sides, standing up on her palms and crawling on her elbows to catch objects! We are now...

P.F.’s story At the age of 10 months, when he came to Maria Beatrice Center, P. F.❤ had delayed motor development, low tone, walked with a wide base of support and was slightly unbalanced. Through individual Hydrokinetotherapy in water at 34 Degrees Celsius and Kinetotherapy, with a personalized therapeutic plan and having common goals for all areas of intervention, P.F. made amazing motor progress! His muscles have strengthened, his base of support during walking has decreased, his bala...

Melania’s story When she arrived at the Maria Beatrice Center, Melania❤ could only crawl, following a perinatal developmental disorder, followed by cerebral palsy with asymmetric spastic tetraparesis. After six sessions of 2 weeks each at the Maria Beatrice Center her coordination has developed to such an extent that she can now stand up on her own in her quadruped and manages to crawl on all fours, and following therapy she has improved her trunk and limb coordination to the point that...

Tudor’s story Tudor is now an ambitious and optimistic schoolboy! In 2015, Tudor didn’t speak, wasn’t responsive, didn’t eat much, didn’t sit still. Now we have an ambitious, optimistic schoolboy who reads, thinks, does mathematical calculations! Tudor dresses and undresses himself, he likes swimming (he goes to the pool independently); cycle long distances; walks with Canadian crutches outside for distances of 400-500 meters with small stops; walks with one hand su...

Carina’s story Carina uses her glove again! “This experience put a smile in our souls again Carina was a normal, very cheerful child who made our life a story. But one year ago, on May 6, our life changed radically. He got sick at home so we went to the first hospital for help. When we got home, I could feel something was wrong, so I went to another hospital. At the age of 1 year and 3 months, Carina suffered an ischemic stroke. Our world fell apart, it was extremely difficult to acc...

Philip’s story “… I like to think that I’m a responsible mother, when I got pregnant I went to my monthly check-ups during pregnancy, I did my tests on time, I took the necessary supplements. I was on my second birth and I did my best that everything would be fine and the pregnancy would go as smoothly as possible. And it was. A smooth pregnancy, everything was like a dream. That is why the shock of what followed was even stronger. The night before the contractions starte...

Antonia’s story Antonia takes her first steps on short distances!! We are from Bucharest and for 5 years we have been visiting hospitals and clinics and we have hoped with this brave little girl that the day will come when she will take her first steps and look, it is possible! After having a successful myofasciotomy operation in Germany by Dr Peter Bernius from Schon Klinik Munich, to reduce spasticity, Antonia arrived at the Maria Beatrice Center where she has so far performed 3 sessions...