Treatment of infantile cerebral palsy

The main goal of the treatment of infantile cerebral palsy is the maximum development of the child's abilities and skills, as well as the development of his communicative skills. The main way to correct motor disorders is the consequent formation of impaired motor functions through the consequent stimulation of a chain-setting rectifying reflex. The most important is to attenuate the pathological myelencephalic activity by means of reflex-inhibitory positions.

Methods of treatment

Basically, for the treatment of cerebral palsy is applied: therapeutic gymnastics, massage, Wojta method, special Bobat-therapy. Sometimes the child is shown the use of a load suit( "Gravistat", "Adeli"), a pneumatic suit "Atlant".Logopedic work is also carried out using auxiliary technical devices.

The doctor prescribes drugs to reduce muscle tone: midokalm, baclofen, as well as botulinum toxin preparations: botox and dysport. There are operative orthopedic interventions. Children are subjected to tendon or tendon-muscle plastic, arthrodesis, corrective osteotomy, surgical( manual) removal of contractures using distraction apparatus.

Functional neurosurgery is effective in the treatment of cerebral palsy: epidural neurostimulation of the spinal cord, selective rhizotomy or neurotomy, implantation of the baclofen pump. There are also operations on subcortical structures in the brain. Compulsory treatment of concomitant epilepsy is under way. Applied animalotherapy( in particular - riding).

Massage with cerebral palsy

Therapeutic massage for cerebral palsy is not an ordinary muscle massage, but the development of certain parts of the body, joints, stimulation of active points in accordance with the type of cerebral palsy. With spastic and involuntary motor syndrome, cerebral palsy is used such techniques as friction, rolling, pressing, stress. When the joints are immovable, jiggle is used.

When rocking, the massage therapist rotates the patient, stimulating the restoration of the functions of rotation of the joints. Such a massage relaxes the muscular ligaments, makes the joints move, facilitates muscle spasms. Also, therapeutic massage in cerebral palsy removes the fusion of tendons, expands the joint cracks, eliminates articular myotonia.

Method Voita

Voight-diagnostics is designed to identify functional pathologies at the earliest stages of infant development. It is possible to make timely correction of psycho-physical deviations of newborns. They have a nervous system still liable to form, and even if some of the neural pathways in Cerebral Palsy are often completely blocked, a chance to influence them is through the Vojta method. Abnormal movements due to constant pathologically altered straightening and movement are not permanently fixed. This allows you to achieve maximum effect with Vta-therapy reflexes.

The main objective of the technique is the formation of motor skills that would correspond to the age of the child. The reflex of crawling and turning is most often used. Their phenomena have an effect on the whole body, maintaining it in an upright position and the possibility of movement. Thanks to the therapeutic alignment of the functions of behavior and posture in the central nervous system, the level of controlled movement can be maintained throughout the day. It is the control of posture and movement that is the most important prerequisite for any spontaneous communication.

The latest developments of

Recently, a lot has been said about the treatment of cerebral palsy with the help of stem cells. In theory, stem cells can indeed contribute to the treatment and functional recovery of a damaged brain. However, there are no scientifically proven results of this method of treatment yet.

Any methods can not exclude drug treatment, that is, taking medications to reduce muscle tone. In some cases, operative orthopedic intervention is performed. Myotomy, tendon-muscular plastic, tenotomy, arthrodesis, corrective osteotomy are carried out. Neurosurgical intervention, selective neurotomy and rhizotomy, neurostimulation of the spinal cord, subcortical structures of the brain, as well as implantation of the baclofen pump are also possible. Treatment of cerebral palsy in children is always complex. Only a combination of different methods can give the most effective result.