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August 02,2010

How Does Dance Therapy Help Cerebral Palsy Patients?

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Recreational therapy is used to treat children with a number of disabilities and conditions, including cerebral palsy. Physical, behavioral and occupational therapies are all important for the development of children with Cerebral Palsy and recreational therapy works hand in hand with these. Recreat
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August 02,2010

What Are The Childhood Symptoms of Cerebral Palsy?

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A parent or caretaker can usually be the first person to notice an infant’s early symptoms that would suggest they have cerebral palsy. At first, a parent may often dismiss or repress the idea that anything is wrong because they don’t want to believe it. Parents will often chalk up their
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August 02,2010

Cerebral Palsy is a Preventable Birth Injury

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The CDC has released statistics concerning Cerebral Palsy, which estimate one of every 280 births will result in cerebral palsy. This number has only gone up and up over the past few years. Cerebral palsy is one of the most common neurological disabilities found in newborn children. Cerebral palsyÂ
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August 01,2010

Special Cerebral Palsy Treatment Developed in Shanghai

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I read a fascinating report in the Shanghai Daily recently. In it, they describe a cerebral palsy treatment that combines both Chinese and Western methods of therapy. The method was developed by Lu Shunling, a woman who has cerebral palsy herself. She claims that it has already had a dramatic ef
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July 30,2010

DynoVox Used for Cerebral Palsy Patient

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A new communication device known as a DynaVox is helping cerebral palsy patients who have difficulty speaking. The device has pre-recorded messages that play when you touch buttons on a screen. For one cerebral palsy patient, the DynaVox has proven to be a most-useful device. 25-year old Jennifer
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July 30,2010

The Most Successful Treatments for Cerebral Palsy

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Improvements in the treatment of cerebral palsy are becoming greater as science moves forward. While there are many types of treatment options available to children with cerebral palsy, three treatment procedures in particular have shown great promise: Botox injections, the Baclofen pump, and a sur
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July 30,2010

Euro Therapy A Hit With 12 Year Old

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Ethan Roggatz has made brilliant strides in his cerebral palsy therapy recently. On Father’s Day, he managed to ride his bike between a small park in his home town, to a near-by drive inn. His mother says that a year earlier, he would have struggled to make such a ride. “We had to push
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July 30,2010

Nintendo Wii Helps Cerebral Palsy Patients With Therapy

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Nintendo Wii isn’t just for fun anymore! Researchers have been encouraging children with a certain type of cerebral palsy (hemiplegic) to play specially designed video games on the Wii, in order to improve muscle movement and hand-eye coordination. These games are designed to improve the patie
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July 30,2010

Tricycles Help Pediatric Patients Build Muscle Strength

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Cerebral palsy patients at an Indianapolis rehab center are receiving a new form of therapy utilizing tricycles. Five-year-old Amber Kegler is one such patient, who recently had surgery to lengthen the tendons of her hamstrings and ankles. Although walking is a difficult task, riding a tricycle has
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July 30,2010

Exercise Helps Girl with Cerebral Palsy Stay Motivated

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Christy Keeley was born with a moderate form of cerebral palsy known as spastic diplegia. She says that growing up in an able-bodied school with Cerebral Palsy was one of the biggest frustrations she ever encountered. In order for Christy to walk, she had to constantly be aware of each process invo
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