Treatment Methods for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Children with cerebral palsy cerebral palsy is the abbreviation refers to brain parenchymal lesions in children due to various reasons (such as infection, bleeding, trauma, etc.) caused by the emergence of non-progressive, central motor dysfunction and the development of paralysis of the disease. Accompanied by severe mental retardation. Epilepsy, limbs twitch and visual, auditory, language dysfunction and other symptoms.
The clinical manifestations in children with cerebral palsy:
1, abnormal body posture
Various abnormal body postures children with cerebral palsy, cerebral palsy symptoms generally manifested as poor posture stability, in motion or at rest awkward posture, the left and right asymmetry, some severe cases of head and often not as vertical as in a normal child straight middle position, but accustomed to one side, or rocking back and forth about.
2, postural abnormalities
Cerebral Palsy Hospital, noted that postural abnormalities, such as hard thigh abduction, the bath will not easily break apart fists, feet touch the tub edge, back that is stiff vertical bow, which is children with cerebral palsy symptoms.
3, motor dysfunction
Motion poor self-control, not grasping something serious hands, feet do not walk, and some will not even stand up, sit up, will not stand, do not normally chew and swallow.
4, reduced activity, retardation
Its performance is not looked after thumb to close, not open hand, not hand grasping objects, do not laugh, do not recognize people, abnormal appearance, and this is the initial symptoms of children with cerebral palsy.
5, abnormal reflexes
What are the symptoms of children with cerebral palsy? Reflex retardation disappearance, protective reflexes or may not appear. Such as when sitting, in all directions pushing children, the children will not hand support.
Treatment of children with cerebral palsy:
1, movement therapy
Clinical type of cerebral palsy sick child is different, targeted rehabilitation, including gross motor fine motor, balance and coordination training.
2, occupational therapy and living skills training
Occupational therapy focuses more on control and intelligence to improve upper limb function and movement of daily life, which is to make the children through games and operational activities carried out in the body accidentally coordinated movement, so as to achieve the goal of life themselves, sick children through occupational therapy the ability to get action, and can prevent sensory disturbances caused by the motor function secondary to developmental disorders and to promote the development of heart and soul, in fact, learn and master a viability.
3, Physical Therapy
Cerebral palsy physical therapy, such as acupuncture, muscle excitement treatment, spa, cold fomentation like. The main purpose is to adjust the function, relieve spasms, stimulate low muscle tone and promote circulation, maintain and expand the range of motion, increase muscle strength, improving balance and gait. Many specific methods, hospitals and pediatric disease conditions according to family needs to make a choice.
4, the use of orthopedic appliances
Training of children with cerebral palsy, a brace of application is very important, such as young children with cerebral palsy spastic, because of its lower extremity posterior leg muscle spasm, not landing heel, ankle instability, flat feet are more common , you can use ankle orthosis, what selection of the orthosis, the best to the hospital please orthotists decided after examining the patient.
5, complications of treatment

And epilepsy are required to control seizures, and correction of vision, hearing, language dysfunction, according to the situation of children, improvement and development of cognitive function.