Cerebral Palsy Home Physiotherapy
What is Cerebral Palsy?
Cerebral palsy is the commonly used name for a group of conditions characterised by motor dysfunction due to non-progressive brain damage early in life. There are usually associated disabilities as well as emotional, social and family difficulties. Cerebral palsies are the most common cause of childhood disability. The range of severity may be from total dependency and immobility to adequate abilities of talking, independent selfcare and walking, running and other skills, although with some clumsy actions. A number of people with cerebral palsy are now able to benefit from mainstream education and further education, Thanks to Cerebral Palsy Home Physiotherapy
The brain damage results in disorganized and delayed development of the neurological mechanisms of postural control, balance and movement. The muscles activated for these motor aspects are therefore inefficient and uncoordinated. Individuals have specific impairments such as hypertonicity or hypotonicity with weakness, abnormal patterns of muscle activation including excessive co-contractions. There are absent or poor isolated movements (poor selective motor control), abnormal postures and problems with manipulation. Besides neuromuscular impairments, the motor dysfunction has musculoskeletal problems. There are biomechanical difficulties resulting from both the neuromuscular dysfunction and musculoskeletal problems, which add to this complex picture.
Risk Factors
Premature infants are at greater risk of brain dysfunction. There are many causes of the brain damage, including abnormal development of the brain, anoxia, intracranial bleeding, excessive neonatal asphyxia (hypoxic ischemic neonatal encephalopathy), trauma, hypoglycemia, anoxia as in neardrowning, choking, neurotrophic virus and from various infections.
Many of these children have been affected from infancy and have been difficult to feed and handle. Many hospitalisations and separations of babies from parents may happen in the early period. This may easily have influenced the parentchild relationships so essential for child development. Furthermore, the history may sometimes give an indication of the prognosis; for example, with marked microcephaly with severe multiple impairments the prognosis would be poor.
Classification of topography of cerebral palsy:
Tetraplegia (quadriplegia). Involvement of all limbs and body. Arms are equally or more affected than the legs. Many are asymmetrical (one side more affected).
Diplegia. Involvement of limbs, with arms much less affected than legs. Asymmetry may be present.
Hemiplegia. Limbs and body on one side are affected
Treatment Systems in Cerebral Palsy
There are many systems of treatment for cerebral palsy. Although all of these therapeutic approaches were devised for the cerebral palsies or applied from adult neurology for cerebral palsy, many of them are also used for treatment of children with other conditions of developmental delay and for traumatic brain injury and adult hemiplegia. The earlier the treatment is started, the more opportunity is given for whatever potential there may be for developing any normal abilities and for decreasing the abnormal movement patterns and postural difficulties. However, abnormalities detected in infants may be transient as some infants overcome them without intervention.
However, abnormalities detected in infants may be transient as some infants overcome them without intervention. Therapists offer pleasurable and a variety of developmentally appropriate and active motor activities enjoyed by both parent and baby. During intervention, therapists observe if a baby or young child makes his own efforts to move using compensatory or adaptive patterns which can be ‘good enough’ but block the development of more efficient patterns or result in ‘learned disuse’ of a body part.
Cerebral Palsy Home Physiotherapy
Cerebral Palsy Patients need special care and guidance than other patients. So Cerebral Palsy Home Physiotherapy is not easy job to do. Physiotherapist has to be dedicated for the recovery of her patient. She has to be very patient for the results. unlike orthopedic problems cerebral palsy home physiotherapy take much longer time to give results. Physiotherapist has to build bond with the child to make him/her comfortable. Children respond very well to treatment plans when cerebral palsy home physiotherapy is done while making lovable bond with the child. We are providing home physiotherapy with team of qualified and experienced physiotherapist in Panchkula, Chandigarh, Zirakpur, Mohali, Kharar ,Amritsar ,Ludhiana and other major cities.