Spastic cerebral palsy is the result of neurological damage to the pyramidal
tract region. The part of the brain affected manages muscle control in the
body.
Spastic cerebral palsy symptoms:
Muscles that are tight and do not stretch and they may get progressively
worse over time.
Abnormal walk (gait) and arms may be tucked in toward the sides, knees may be
crossed or touching and legs making scissors, crossing movements, walk on the
toes.
Joints may be tight and do not open up all the way this is sometimes called
joint contracture.
Muscle weakness or loss of movement in a group of muscles.
Spastic CP has differing levels of severity with the the lowest calledSpastic
hemiplegia which affects one side of the body mostly an arm and occasionally
including the leg.
Spastic diplegia affects the legs and causes problems walking and
balancing.
The most sever type of the condition is is Spastic quadriplegia
with all four limbs affected. Sometimes because of the severity of the damage
a child expressing Quadriplegia may suffer learning difficulties, have sever
mobility problems and suffer from epileptic seizures.
Other common associated conditions include:
Learning Difficulty
Epilepsy
Spatial Awareness
Hearing Problems
Behavioral Problems
Sleep Problems
Difficulty Feeding
Drooling
Hydrotherapy treatment For Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Hydrotherapy treatment is physical treatment that involves the use of water
for neural disease treatment, which takes the advantage of the physical
properties of water such as temperature and pressure.
But this is totally different from that of other countries. The experts put
traditional Chinese medicine into water in order to reach the efficacy of
Cerebral Palsy treatment and improve the body condition in Beijing Erkang
Haiwang Hospital. And they manage kinds of traditional Chinese medicine for
different patient to stimulate blood circulation.
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