Atonic-astatic form of cerebral palsy. correction of motor and speech disorders. Atonic-astatic form of cerebral palsy: causes and rehabilitation measures

In our country, the classification of cerebral palsy has been in force for many years, adopted by the world-famous neurologist Ksenia Alexandrovna Semenova. A clear gradation of symptoms and manifestations of the disease helps speech therapists, psychologists and doctors to select the best treatment options. For example, the atonic-astatic form of cerebral palsy is distinguished by certain motor, speech and mental abnormalities. It occurs with pathologies of the cerebellum and frontal lobes of the brain. This form of malaise is considered very severe, it is extremely difficult to treat.

Symptoms

Even in the first year of a baby's life, parents can see a decrease in the pace of psychomotor development. Today, self-diagnosis sites on the Internet help to convince or disbelieve your fears. Parents answer a series of questions by completing the fields electronically and then receive a probable diagnosis. This is only an approximate result, a specialist in a medical institution should confirm or refute it.

The specialist makes a diagnosis based on the following symptoms of the atonic-astatic form of cerebral palsy:

Lit .: Big Medical Encyclopedia, 1956

Parents may notice deviations from the norm in the behavior of the child in the first year of life. As a rule, the baby cannot keep balance, his coordination of movements is disturbed, tremor is clearly visible, movements are excessive. The following causes of the atonic-astatic form of cerebral palsy lead to such consequences:

• Damage to the cerebellum only. In this case, children do not show initiative, they read and write poorly.
• Damage to the cerebellum and frontal lobes. Then the child may show aggressiveness, underdevelopment of cognitive activity.

According to the studies of Ekaterina Semenova, children with this form of cerebral palsy also have mental retardation, and in a severe stage. The doctor recommended sending patients to institutions of the Ministry of Social Protection. This is due to the fact that in most cases, with this form of cerebral palsy, the child cannot take care of himself, as well as attend preschool and school institutions.

Parents usually go to a therapist when they want to figure out how to help their child. To the question of which doctor treats cerebral palsy in the atonic-astatic form, one can give the following answer:

During the first visit to a specialist, the child will be examined, and the parents will have to answer the following questions:

1. How long has the child been experiencing behavioral changes?
2. Did the parents notice deviations in the physical activity of the baby before?
3. Was oxygen starvation diagnosed during childbearing?
4. Was the baby born prematurely or according to the DA?
5. Was the birth normal or was the baby traumatized?
6. Did the baby's mother during pregnancy suffer from rubella, syphilis, influenza, various chronic ailments, including pneumonia and tuberculosis?
7. Were stimulants used during childbirth?
8. With what body weight was the baby born?

Treatment of atonic form of cerebral palsy

More than 80% of children with this type of cerebral palsy have reduced intelligence. Usually they are aggressive, reacting negatively even to standard situations. In addition, in many patients, the treatment of the atonic form of cerebral palsy is also difficult because the child is not proactive, depressed, and refuses any manipulations. Also, 50% of children have convulsions, optic nerves atrophy. In general, the atonic-astatic form of cerebral palsy has an extremely unfavorable prognosis. However, to improve the patient's condition, however, are prescribed.

The medical term cerebral palsy combines diseases associated with various motor disorders caused by anomalies in the development of the brain before birth.

Atonic - astatic form of cerebral palsy occurs when the cerebellum and frontal lobes of the brain are damaged. This is the most severe form of cerebral palsy, until recently it was considered practically incurable.

Symptoms of atonic-astatic form of cerebral palsy

Symptoms of the disease can be noticed in a child already in the first year of life.

The baby's muscles are relaxed, the tone is very weak.

The child does not hold the head for a long time, control over its movements is reduced or absent altogether.

The grasp reflex in the palms is practically absent.

Movements are fussy, their coordination is disturbed. Before performing any action, the child makes many unnecessary movements.

Pronounced tremor of the extremities.

A baby with this diagnosis develops vestibular skills very late or does not develop at all. The child cannot sit and stand on his own. An imbalance may prevent you from walking at all.

The earliest time when a child begins to sit independently is not earlier than one and a half years. The groove, at the same time, is very unnatural and unstable, the knees are strongly separated, pronounced kyphosis of the thoracic spine. A more stable fit of the body is observed only at the age of 4 years.

It constantly seems to the baby that he will lose his balance and fall, because of this, the manipulative skills of the hands (grabbing an object, holding a spoon in his hand and the ability to bring it to his mouth without spilling the contents) do not develop for a long time.

The first attempts to stand on their own or take a few steps appear at the age of 4. In this case, the child can stand for a short time, holding on to a support. Deprived of support, he immediately falls, and the balance reflex is absent. These children begin to walk no earlier than 7 years of age. Their gait is very unstable, their steps are not rhythmic, their legs are widely spaced, all muscles are very tense. The head and torso of such children make many unnecessary movements, and they can move only within the apartment.

More than 80% of children with this form of the disease have reduced intelligence. Often they are very aggressive, and tend to perceive any situation from a negative side. If the lesion has affected only the cerebellum, the children show no initiative, inability to learn to write and read. When the frontal lobes are also affected, the child cannot assess his condition and is very aggressive.

Almost half of the patients suffer from convulsions, atrophy of the optic nerves or strabismus.

Methods of treatment and rehabilitation

The treatment of such children is reduced to taking very expensive and ineffective drugs. In practice, this form of cerebral palsy is not treated. Rehabilitation measures, courses of massage and physiotherapy are carried out, which give a very low effect.

In numerous rehabilitation centers, children are massaged, they do therapeutic exercises, but this also does not give real results.

With the formation of specialized hippotherapy centers for the treatment of children with such problems, there is a real possibility of recovery in this form of the disease.

Hippotherapy treatment

The horse is the most wonderful animal that has been created in this world. The influence of a horse on sick children works wonders. Every day, the possibility of treating the most serious diseases with the help of hippotherapy is being studied more carefully and deeper.

Children with atonic-astatic form of infantile cerebral palsy, with whom classes began in the first year of life, master motor skills much faster.

Experienced instructors and doctors teach children how to properly sit in the saddle, these exercises restore muscle tone, prevent scoliosis from developing, and even out the position of the head.

After several months of classes, a one-year-old baby already sits confidently, can stand without support. The tremor is significantly reduced, the child no longer makes such a number of unnecessary movements.

The need to properly hold the reins and control the horse stimulates the development of motor skills, and consequently, mental development. The child more easily comprehends the basics of literacy, memorizes simple verses, learns to write.

The psychological impact of these noble animals significantly reduces the aggression of children, removes the feeling of fear, helps them gain confidence in themselves and in their abilities. Children become more sociable, begin to communicate with their peers. In the most favorable cases, the child can even attend kindergarten.

The most important thing for parents is to choose the right center for classes. A specialist should prescribe a course of hippotherapy, and experienced instructors should conduct training and monitor the child. Before admission to the center, the child is examined in order to exclude the presence of an allergy to animal hair, or other symptoms that may become an obstacle to classes.

The atonic-astatic form of cerebral palsy manifests itself in congenital pathologies of the development of the frontal lobes and cerebellum, it is one of the most severe and difficult to treat types of cerebral palsy.

Accompanied by failures in coordination, low muscle tone and other motor abnormalities. About 9-10% of diagnosed cases of cerebral palsy fall on this form.

Most often, cerebral palsy develops for several reasons related both to the course of pregnancy and the process of childbirth.

Most of the disorders that provoke cerebral palsy occur during the embryonic development of the fetus and can be exacerbated by disorders during childbirth.

But the reasons for the development of some cases are still unknown.

Most often, cerebral palsy develops under the influence of these factors:

• Insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain (hypoxia). Most of the cases of cerebral palsy are associated with this unfavorable factor. Causes of fetal hypoxia: bad habits of the mother (smoking, drug addiction, alcohol consumption), diabetes mellitus, low hemoglobin, respiratory system diseases (bronchial asthma, bronchitis and others), pathological location of the fetus during childbirth, prolapse of the umbilical cord, premature exfoliation of the placenta, intrauterine infectious processes, hormonal disruptions. Also, hypoxia can develop due to abnormalities in the development of the fetus. As a result of hypoxia, the fetal brain does not form properly, especially the departments responsible for motor activity.
• Hemolytic disease of the fetus. If the blood of the child and mother are incompatible, this disease develops. The erythrocytes of the fetus are destroyed by the mother's immune system, and it cannot develop fully. There is a severe intoxication of the brain and, if the fetus survived, he still has multiple disorders of brain activity.
• Injury during childbirth. They can be caused by the narrow pelvis of the woman in labor, the large size of the fetus, hydrocephalus, the pathological location of the fetus during childbirth, the advanced age of the woman in labor, bone outgrowths, post-term pregnancy, premature onset of labor, traumatic injuries of the pelvic area, prolonged labor, weak attempts, suffocation due to for the umbilical cord. Manifestations of birth injuries may be different, but usually trauma during childbirth is not the only cause of cerebral palsy and only exacerbates the pathology that has already arisen.
• Diseases viral, bacterial or non-infectious origin in the mother. The following infections contribute to the emergence of various intrauterine disorders of brain development: measles rubella, toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus infection, herpes, influenza, syphilis, hepatitis and others. Non-communicable diseases and disorders such as diabetes mellitus, heart disease (malformations, tachycardia, arrhythmia, and others), arterial hypertension, obesity, stress, thyroid disease, nervous strain, anemia also have a significant impact on fetal development.
• Taking certain medications. There are a large number of drugs that are prohibited or undesirable during pregnancy due to their negative impact on the development of the fetus. These include most antibiotics, antidepressants, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, aspirin, opium alkaloids, vaccines, second-generation anxiolytics, lithium preparations, and some antiepileptic drugs.
• hereditary factor. If a child with cerebral palsy has already been born in the family, the risk of having another child with this disease is extremely high during a second pregnancy. The same applies to cases when a child with cerebral palsy was born to close relatives. If one of the parents has cerebral palsy, the probability of having a child with this disease increases six times.
• Prematurity and low weight. Premature babies and those who weighed less than 2000 grams at birth are much more likely to develop cerebral palsy than babies who were born in the ninth month or had a normal body weight. Children with multiple pregnancies are also at risk.

Male children are more likely to develop cerebral palsy and, on average, have a more severe form of the disease.

Early manifestations

Early signs and symptoms of the astatic form of cerebral palsy can be seen at the beginning of life, and usually they do not appear in the first days after the birth of a child, but during its development in the first year.

• If you pull the child by the arms, his muscles do not tense, he remains passive. The head is thrown back, the legs are either bent at the hip area and raised, or are in an unbent state.
• When the child lies on his back, he does not want to move, he looks lethargic. The tone of his muscular system is extremely reduced. The arm muscles work better than the leg muscles and the child is more active in the upper body.
• He does not reach out his hands to the toy, there is a stereotypical motor activity in the area of ​​​​the hands: repetitive movements that do not have a goal.
• Tendon reflexes are intense.
• The child cannot hold his head when hanging vertically. Begins to hold his head only in the second half of life.
• Does not roll over and cannot perform other actions (unable to hold a toy in hand, has poor control of movements).
• In the position on the stomach, he cannot hold his head and rest with his hands, so he does not learn to crawl for a long time. Some of the children begin to move, leaning on their hands and pulling their legs towards them, and in another part, when crawling, reciprocal movements of the arms and legs are not observed.
• For a long time there is no interest in toys (a consequence of mental disorders).
• Not able to sit without support in the second half of life. Children begin to sit independently only in the second year, but it is difficult for them to maintain balance, the posture looks unstable.
• The ability to stand and walk is formed only at the age of 7-9 years. The legs are widely spaced, the gait is unsteady, the hands are not used to maintain balance. Most children cannot walk for a long time, and when the environment changes, movement problems arise.
• Most of the children suffer from mental disabilities, show aggression, emotional reactions are poorly expressed. Half of the children have seizures. Strabismus, glaucoma, nystagmus can also be observed.
• There is intense trembling of the limbs.

The prognosis for atonic-astatic form of cerebral palsy is unfavorable.

Complications

As the development, growth and increase in motor activity, additional complications may appear that aggravate the disease.

• Seizures. Epilepsy develops in half of children and may not appear immediately. Epileptic seizures negatively affect the development of the child: other symptoms are more intense, the child learns more slowly, and rehabilitation methods are difficult to apply.
• Mental retardation, which manifests itself with varying intensity in 90% of children with this form of cerebral palsy, complicates the rehabilitation treatment and worsens the prognosis: most children, becoming adults, will not be able to provide for themselves and interact at a sufficient level with other people.
• Orthopedic disorders. In patients with cerebral palsy, due to muscle weakness, various curvature of the spine develops: lordosis, scoliosis, kyphosis. Muscles work inconsistently, often there are failures in the blood supply to the legs. As the child grows, orthopedic disorders progress.
• Digestive disorders. Due to low motor activity, various malfunctions in the work of the intestines progress, chronic constipation is most often observed. There is also a high risk of developing obesity.
• Other complications. There may be significant delays in physical development, salivation, enuresis. Progressive problems with vision and hearing.

Exercise, regular work with specialists, massage and other rehabilitation methods can reduce the severity of some of the complications.

Methods of treatment and rehabilitation

Treatment of this form of cerebral palsy usually has no effect, only rehabilitation measures are carried out, including acupuncture, physiotherapy, massage courses, physical exercises and speech therapy classes are also indicated.

All of these methods have a small positive effect: the child becomes more active, moves better and speaks more clearly.

Taking medication also does not contribute to a significant improvement in the condition. Medications are prescribed that eliminate some of the symptoms: diuretic and vasodilator drugs to reduce intracranial pressure, nootropics to improve the metabolic processes of the brain, and drugs with a sedative effect to reduce aggressiveness.

In rare cases, surgery is indicated, but with this form of cerebral palsy, even surgical treatment is not able to improve brain function.

One of the specific methods of rehabilitation is hippotherapy. Interaction with a horse improves the emotional, mental and physical state of the child, increasing his chances of social adaptation in the future.

Despite the fact that this form of cerebral palsy is practically incurable, regular rehabilitation measures contribute to the partial restoration of motor functions and reduce the severity of complications.

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Insofar as cerebral palsy is a collective term that combines the consequences of damage to the developing brain by various adverse factors, then the clinical manifestations of cerebral palsy are diverse. Nevertheless, as a result of the action of completely different damaging factors in a given period of brain development, largely similar disorders of brain functions are formed. There are several classifications of clinical forms of cerebral palsy. The classification adopted in our country distinguishes 5 clinical forms of the disease (according to A. Ford, 1952, modified by K.A. Semenova, 1972):

• spastic diplegia;
• double hemiplegia;
• hyperkinetic form;
• atonic-astatic form;
• hemiparetic form.

Spastic diplegia (Little's disease)

The most common form of cerebral palsy (up to 60% of all cases). First described in 1860 by the English surgeon W.J. Little. It is characterized by spastic tetraparesis with a predominant lesion of the legs (diplegia), the hands are affected to a lesser extent. Muscle tone changed by type spasticity or spastic-rigidity. The increase in tone is especially pronounced in the flexor muscles of the arms and in the posterior group of muscles of the thighs and legs. Intelligence can be normal or reduced to some degree. Possible speech disorders dyslalia, dysarthria. The rehabilitation potential of children with spastic diplegia depends on the severity of motor and intellectual disorders. The prognosis for spastic diplegia worsens if there are epileptic seizures ( symptomatic epilepsy). Systematic targeted rehabilitation treatment for mild and moderate forms of spastic diplegia can be very effective.

Characteristic postures of patients with spastic diplegia during verticalization:

—triple bend pose, in which the head and torso are tilted forward, the legs are bent at the hip and knee joints, support is on the front sections of the feet;

—ballerina pose, in which the head and torso are tilted forward, the legs are bent at the hip and unbent at the knee joints, support is on the front sections of the feet.

With a high tone of the adductor muscles and internal rotators of the thighs, a decussation of the legs is often formed when standing and performing step movements, and pathological internal rotation of the lower extremities is noted.

The clinic of spastic diplegia manifests itself most clearly by the end of the first year of life. Delayed in children reduction(reverse development) of congenital posture reflexes and the formation of straightening reflexes. On this basis, the formation of pathological muscle interactions ( synergy, synkinesis), when an unreasonably large number of muscles are simultaneously included in an attempt to perform any active movement in a patient. If the child walks independently, his gait is changed ( pathological motor stereotype), is not stable: there are swaying of the torso when walking, leaning forward, the legs are bent at the knee joints, or, conversely, there is hyperextension of the legs in the knee joints during the support period ( recurvation). During the swing period, sagging of the forefoot is often noted. The support is carried out on the front sections of the feet ( equinus), anterior internal ( equinovalgus) or anterolateral parts of the feet ( equinovarus). Step movements are small, mincing, the amplitude of the forward movement of the thigh and lower leg is reduced. At each step, the child seems to “bounce” over the support in an attempt to move the center of mass of the body forward over the support. There is no so-called. rear push, i.e. the child is not able to effectively push off with the foot from the support to take the next step. There is a shock setting of the foot on the support, the depreciation function of walking is disturbed, i.e. there is no slight flexion of the legs in the knee joint in the phase of the median support. This increases the impact load on the joints of the lower extremities, which leads to the early development of arthrosis of the joints ( dysplastic arthrosis) in independently or with the support of moving patients.

double hemiplegia

The most severe form of cerebral palsy. It appears already in the first months of life. Characterized by pronounced mental (mental retardation) and speech disorders, severe impairment of motor functions, and both arms and legs suffer (spastic tetraplegia or pronounced tetraparesis), often with uneven damage to the sides. Due to high muscle tone ( spastic-rigidity or rigidity) the arms are bent at the elbow and wrist joints, brought to the body, the legs are bent at the hip joints, bent or, conversely, unbent at the knee joints, rotated inward, the hips are adducted. The functions of maintaining a vertical posture in children with double hemiplegia are not formed. Sick children do not master the skills of sitting, standing, walking independently. Many of them are not able to hold their head, it is lowered on the chest or thrown back. Severe movement disorders are combined with early joint contractures and bone deformities. High muscle tone makes it difficult to care for a sick child. The rehabilitation potential of such children is low. For these patients, even self-service elements are not available. Most patients with double hemiplegia suffer from epileptic seizures. However, there are cases when a severe form of spastic diplegia is mistakenly regarded as double hemiplegia. In such cases, with persistent treatment, it is possible not only to reduce the severity of movement disorders, but also to improve mental and speech development.

Hyperkinetic form

Intelligence in this form of cerebral palsy, as a rule, does not suffer. Posture and movements are significantly affected by involuntary violent movements ( hyperkinesis). They can be different: fast sweeping, jerky are called choreic hyperkinesia, slow worm-like - athetosis. Often observed choreoathetosis. Hyperkinesis in the hands and mimic muscles of the face prevail over hyperkinesis in the legs. Athetoid hyperkinesis predominates in the fingers, hands, choreic - in the muscles of the neck, torso, proximal(located closer to the body) parts of the limbs. The intensity of hyperkinesis increases when trying to perform any active movement, with emotional excitement. At rest, involuntary movements become much less, in a dream they almost completely disappear. There are peculiar violations of muscle tone - dystonia characterized by variable muscle tone. Normal fixation muscle tone, which determines the position of the limbs and the whole body in space, is absent in patients. Congenital tonic reflexes, primarily cervical reflexes, do not fade for a long time. This may be related to the increase in the intensity of hyperkinesis during stimulation. proprioceptors neck ( trigger zone of hyperkinesis). Always with this form of cerebral palsy, speech disorders are observed ( hyperkinetic dysarthria) associated with involuntary movements and impaired muscle tone.

Since the energy expenditure during involuntary movements increases significantly, many children suffering from a hyperkinetic form of cerebral palsy are underweight. This is also facilitated by dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system.

With this form of cerebral palsy, muscle tone naturally changes during the first year of a child's life. In children of the 1st month of life, it is reduced (the so-called. floppy baby syndrome). From the 2nd month of life are noted dystonic attacks during which there is a sudden increase in muscle tone, followed by its rapid decline. Involuntary movements in severe cases first appear at the age of 4 months, usually in the muscles of the tongue, but in most children with moderate damage to the nervous system, hyperkinesis occurs at the end of the 1st - beginning of the 2nd year of life.

Epileptic seizures in the hyperkinetic form of cerebral palsy are rare. The rehabilitation potential of patients is mainly determined by the nature and severity of involuntary movements. The prognosis is much worse with the so-called. double athetosis. In general, the currently existing technologies for rehabilitation treatment with a moderately severe hyperkinetic form of cerebral palsy give the highest result.

Sometimes the clinic of spastic diplegia is combined with hyperkinesis, mainly of the athetoid and choreoathetoid type ( spastic-hyperkinetic form of cerebral palsy), or ataxia – spastic-atactic form.

Atonic-astatic form

With this form of the disease from birth, there is a generalized decrease in muscle tone ( muscular hypotension), oppression of congenital postural(postural) reflexes. The formation of rectifiers is delayed ( installation) reflexes. Cerebellar disorders are characteristic: ataxia(impaired coordination of movements in statics and when performing movements), dysmetria(disproportionate movement, discrepancy between the amplitude of voluntary movements of their goal, violation of control over distance), intention tremor(corrective movements with an excess of amplitude when trying to perform a purposeful integral motor action). Children with a significant delay in comparison with the physiological norm begin to hold their heads, roll over from back to stomach and from stomach to back, sit, stand, walk on their own. Many children with this form of cerebral palsy have mental retardation of varying degrees, speech disorders. Epileptic seizures are possible. The rehabilitation potential is usually low due to mental disorders.

Hemiparetic form

It is characterized by damage to the limbs of the same side (left- or right-sided hemiparesis), predominantly expressed in the hand. Often, from birth, an asymmetry of spontaneous movements in the limbs of the healthy and affected side is noticeable. Congenital motor reflexes, as a rule, are formed, installation reflexes are formed defectively and with some delay. As a result, the posture of the child during verticalization also turns out to be incorrect, for example, in a standing position, the shoulder girdle of the affected side is lowered, the arm is bent at the elbow joint and brought to the body, the leg is bent at the knee joint.

The asymmetry of the posture leads to the formation of the so-called. paralytic scoliosis, while the arc of curvature of the spine with a bulge facing the healthy side. Paretic limbs lag behind in growth, anatomical shortening of the arm and leg of the affected side is formed.

When such children walk independently, the gait is characteristically changed: due to a discrepancy between the length of the legs of the healthy and the affected side and the skew of the pelvis, the healthy lower limb, as it were, "adjusts" to the patient, there is excessive flexion of the healthy leg in the knee joint and, as a rule, hyperextension of the paretic leg in knee joint during the period of support. In the paretic lower limb there is no dorsiflexion of the foot, the support is carried out on the forefoot. The arm of the affected side, as a rule, is bent at the elbow joint, brought to the body and does not participate in the act of walking, does not perform friendly ( reciprocal) movements during walking. The muscles of the extremities of the paretic side, as a rule, are hypotrophic.

The so-called. simulation and coordination synkinesis (imitation- involuntary movement of a limb, completely imitating the voluntary movement of another limb; coordination- movements that the patient cannot perform in isolation, but performs as part of a holistic motor synergy, and these movements cannot be arbitrarily delayed). In the hemiparetic form, more often are noted partial(focal) convulsive paroxysms, mental and speech disorders are possible.

The prognosis for this form of paralysis is usually determined by the severity of mental disorders and the presence of symptomatic epilepsy. The pathological motor stereotype of sick children is resistant to therapeutic effects.

Infantile paralysis of the central nervous system or cerebral palsy is formed against the background of damage to various parts of the brain and causes a disorder of motor functions in a child. Atonic-astatic form of cerebral palsy is one of the most severe types of the disease. Today, doctors do not have effective remedies for the treatment of serious disorders in the functioning of the nursery, but some techniques can reduce negative manifestations. These include medical treatment.

The importance of exercise therapy in cerebral palsy

1. The child goes down into the pool, takes his hands overboard. The legs are alternately laid back (5 times each). Then leg extensions are made to the sides 10 times.
2. Turning his back to the side, the baby clings to him with his hands, lifts his legs up and spreads them to the sides. Do this 10 times.
3. Having laid the patient with his back on the water, it is necessary to let him grab the side. Mom puts her hands behind the baby's back. Starts lifting both legs up (10 times), spreading them to the sides (10 times), crossing the legs (“scissors” 10 times).
4. Turn the patient over on his stomach, let him hold his hands over the side, and you support him by the stomach. Do alternating leg raises 5 times, then parting to the sides 10 times, and bending at the knees of each limb 5 times.
5. Having pressed the child with his back to the pool, ask him to take a sitting position. Then he must twist the “bicycle” with his legs in the water.

Additional simulators

To harmonize the intellectual and physical development of children with cerebral palsy, it is necessary to use, which you can buy or do it yourself. The bumpy rug is perfect for therapeutic massage and physical education, it will improve blood circulation in the limbs. In specialized pharmacies, rugs of different sizes are sold: separately for the foot, for the entire body. A rug can be placed near the baby's crib so that in the morning he can walk on it.

To eliminate spasticity of the fingers, which is often observed in patients with cerebral palsy, sew a bag and fill it with cereals (rice, buckwheat). Such a homemade expander will prepare your hands for grasping and manipulating objects. So you get a great expander. Useful for the limbs of the baby and classes with jumpers and walkers.

Note!

You should not buy a plastic walker for a patient with cerebral palsy, they are unstable and can harm the child.

Brain diseases that develop in babies require patience and perseverance from parents so that the life of the child is happy and rich. Of course, there can be no question of a complete cure, but the exercise therapy complexes that are created for such children can achieve a lot. They increase the physical abilities of children and make life easier for parents. Class programs are compiled individually, but with their regular implementation, they provide a common success for all.

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