Centers for Disease Control Enthusiastic about Baby Exercise

Americas Baby Exercise Coach, Jenna Zervas, MSPT, recently met with the Centers for Disease Controls National Center for Birth Defects and Disabilities (NCBDDD) to discuss the benefits of her infant exercise program, Baby Builders. The NCBDDD was enthusiatic about Baby Builders, a developmental exercise program designed to help infants advance in motor skills, gain strength, increase coordination, achieve balance, and minimize developmental delays.

(PRWEB) October 3, 2004 -- Americas Baby Exercise Coach, Jenna Zervas, MSPT, recently met with the Centers for Disease Controls National Center for Birth Defects and Disabilities (NCBDDD) to discuss the benefits of her infant exercise program, Baby Builders.

Baby Builders educates parents on child development and provides techniques to safely and effectively exercise their 0-12 month old infant. The NCBDDD was very enthusiastic about our program. They are fully aware of the importance of motor skill development in infants, which influences every aspect of a childs development-now and for their whole lives," shared Zervas, who also received endorsements late this summer from a top researcher at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

BABY BUILDERS, created by pediatric physical therapist Jenna Zervas, MSPT, is a developmental exercise program designed to help infants advance in motor skills, gain strength, increase coordination, achieve balance, and minimize developmental delays.

BABY BUILDERS can impact a child for a lifetime. Early care and nurture leads to higher cognitive test scores and academic test scores through age 21, as well as improving a childs ability to learn and regulate emotions.

BABY BUILDERS walks parents through 4 developmental stages with their infants: Strength, balance, movement, and coordination. I say with confidence that infants will benefit through this instructional and educational format," shares Edward Gustavson, M.D., the Chief of Developmental pediatrics at Childrens Medical Center in Tulsa, Ok. The videos 17 exercises culminate with teaching a child to walk.

Jenna Zervas went to the University of Arkansas to pursue her dreams to be a pediatric surgeon and United States Olympic diver. A back injury ended her diving career and placed her in physical therapy. After completing therapy, Jenna graduated cum laude and completed a Masters of Science degree in Physical Therapy at Washington University in St. Louis. As a pediatric Physical Therapist at St. Johns Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she developed St. Johns Medical Centers pediatric therapy program in their outpatient unit, inpatient unit, and pediatric and neonatal Intensive Care Units. She currently resides with her husband, Chris, and two children, Zoe (3 years) and Elle (2), in Branson, Missouri.

Zervas and Baby Builders have been featured on radio, television, and various print media.

Videos are available online at www.babybuilders.com or by calling 417.335.8393.

INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE. CALL 417.335.8393
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