The Luke Billings Foundation

      "Our daughter Erica has seen tremendous benefits from the

Euro-peds intensive therapy program at the North Oakland

Medical Center.....prior to Erica's first visit at age 4, she was

spending a lot of time in her new wheelchair at daycare instead of

on the floor.  As a result she had lost her ability to roll. One of her

goals that first trip to Europeds was to roll across a mat with

minimal assist.  BUT, when we got home she was strong enough

 to roll ALL OVER THE HOUSE! 

 

Erica had taken a few steps in a Pony Walker at the age of 2 but with Erica had taken a few steps in Pony Walker at around the age of

 2 but with minimal success and no progress.  Gait trainers were

 tried, but her legs scissored and she lacked the strength to stand

 in order to take those steps.  Euro-peds tried her in several

 different pieces of equipment and found that a Smart Walker

 enabled her to take those elusive first steps.  

After it arrived, the orthotist that was fitting her for it was skeptical

and warned me that "She is NOT likely to just take off in

it...she will need to get used to it."  He no longer got the words out,

 and across the floor she walked.  He practically had tears in his

eyes and called some of his co-workers in to witness her

progress.  On subsequent trips to Euro-peds Erica has continued

 to gain strength, endurance, and flexibility enough to impress

her teachers back home. She rode an adapted tricycle on

 each visit....visit #4 was something like "5 complete rotations of

the pedals without assistance,"  visit # 5 no goal was made

 because the next time we went, she rode all the way down the

hall by herself.        Taken from Erica's Mom Lynne Fogel

                  Taken from the comments of Lynne Fogel-Erica's mom

ERICA IN "SUIT THERAPY" a technique brought from Europe