Patient's question:
A friend's child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and is currently unable to walk. Can it be prevented in the early stages?Doctor's answer:
As for physical therapy (sports therapy), it includes gross motor skills, fine motor skills, balance training, and coordination training; such as crawling, purposeful pointing (nose, ears, etc.), training for grasping objects, holding objects, sitting up, swaying, walking with support (back against the wall, facing the wall), in-place exercises (bending down to pick up objects, foot lifting training, single-leg standing, in-place jumping), walking, and running; for example, occupational therapy, which involves functional training, but the efficacy is generally not very high. The modern medical treatment methods are as follows: ① surgery; ② orthotics; ③ hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, phototherapy, and sound therapy; ④ speech and communication therapy; ⑤ treatment for motor function; ⑥ ADL training.