Laurie Panther, PT
DPT
Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Telehealth in certain cases Contact about availability PPHAP credential current to 23 August 2029
About
I am pediatric physical therapist who is passionate about helping children and families feel supported, understood, and confident in their care. I work with children from infancy through young adulthood with a wide range of developmental, neurological, orthopedic, and pelvic health needs, including cerebral palsy, genetic conditions, developmental delays, chronic constipation, encopresis, urinary concerns, and bowel and bladder dysfunction.
My approach is family-centered, trauma-informed, and play-based, meeting each child where they are and recognizing that successful therapy looks different for every family. I focus on creating a comfortable and trusting environment while using age-appropriate education, movement, breathing, positioning, and functional activities to help children better understand and use their bodies.
Above all, I believe therapy should feel collaborative rather than overwhelming. I partner closely with children, caregivers, and other members of the healthcare team to develop practical strategies that fit into everyday family life while remaining within the scope of pediatric physical therapy.
- Years in pediatric pelvic health practice
- 4
- Practice setting
- Private practice - group practice or clinic
- Pediatric population served
- Infants (0–2)
- Toddlers (2–4)
- Preschool (4–5)
- School age (5–12)
- Adolescents (13–18)
- Insurance
- UnitedHealthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Cigna
- Aetna
- Medicaid / CHIP
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
Clinical focus areas
- Bladder dysfunction - overactive bladder, daytime urinary incontinence
- Nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting)
- Voiding dysfunction - dysfunctional voiding, underactive bladder, voiding postponement
- Bowel dysfunction - constipation, encopresis, fecal incontinence
- Pelvic floor muscle dysfunction in children
- Neurodivergent presentations - ADHD, autism, sensory processing differences
- Children with physical disabilities - cerebral palsy, spina bifida
- Post-surgical pediatric presentations - urology, colorectal
- Trauma-informed pediatric pelvic health
- Developmental pediatrics
Recognised contributions to the PPHAP community
- I contributed a clinical resource to the PPHAP Graduate Library
- I supervised or taught students or junior practitioners in pediatric pelvic health
Contact
Preferred: Website contact form
- Email: lpanther [at] schreiberpediatric.org
- Phone: 717-393-0425 ext. 183
- Website: www.schreiberpediatric.org
