Treatment of Cerebral Palsy
Principles of proper habilitation
- Proper evaluation for individual management
- Early intervention
- Holistic program
- Team work
Proper evaluation means
- to do proper assessment to know the abilities and disabilities of the child
- to plan a pediatric therapy program to assess progress.
- to add observation to the diagnostic picture.
Early intervention
- Increasing functional ability to decrease the secondary effects of Spasticity &other primary problems
Holistic program
The program should contain the following components
- Handling, carrying and transfer techniques
- Postural management
- Movement therapy
- Play therapy
Exploratory Techniques
Those techniques which are used to explore the possibility of improvement are considered as exploratory techniques
- Acupuncture
- Reflexology
- Homeopathy
- Ayurveda
- Unani
- G-therapy
- Adeli Suit therapy
- Dolphin therapy
- Osteopathy
- Biofeedback therapy
- Others