Molly B. Mays, PT
Title
Physical Therapist
Phone
513-636-8459
Fax
513-636-7975
Bio
On Mondays, you'll meet Molly in the clinic at Cincinnati Children's assessing you with a nifty tool called a goniometer. A goniometer is a tool that measures joint range of motion.
Molly routinely evaluates patients at their comprehensive clinic visits. She works in the outpatient physical therapy clinic and sees children with developmental disabilities.
Prior to coming to Cincinnati Children's in July 2003, Molly attended Marquette University in Wisconsin, where she received her bachelor's degree in psychology and her master's of physical therapy. She completed a pediatric rotation in Milwaukee at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. She also worked at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati for
three years.
While in high school in Cincinnati, Molly volunteered in physical therapy at Cincinnati Children's. However, not until working with a
physical therapist to help her with a tennis injury did she feel the call to enter the field of physical therapy. She found human anatomy and the body's ability to heal itself fascinating.
Molly helps patients with the following:
- Assessing joint range of motion. She recommends that patients should have it assessed at least annually, and especially after an acute bleed or target joint injury has healed.
- Developing a stretching regimen to reduce the risk and severity of injury
- Teaching warm-up techniques to prevent injuries
- Preventing and treating common sports injuries like ankle bleeds
- Designing an individualized home exercise program
- Reviewing activity levels – at home or in sports
Providing general family and patient education about physical activity and bleeding disorders Whether you play sports or not, Molly says these are skills for a lifetime because they help:
- Maintain motion at joints
- Increase muscle flexibility
- Protect joints from injury
Molly's strongest message to patients is use it or lose it. "Keep moving," she says. "Immobility can cause tightness which reduces the motion available at the joint. If the joint has multiple bleeds and loses joint fluid, this abnormal movement can lead to arthritis over time."
Credentials
MPT: Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2000.
Professional Organization Memberships
Related Areas
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