Patient's question:
My nephew has been different from normal babies since birth. After examination, it was found that he has cerebral palsy. How should it be treated?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 grasping objects, holding objects, sitting up, swaying, walking with support (back against the wall, facing the wall), in-place exercises (bending to pick up objects, foot lifting training, single-leg stance, in-place jumping), walking, and running; for example, occupational therapy, which involves functional training, but the efficacy is generally average. The modern medical treatment methods are as follows: ① surgery; ② orthotics; ③ hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, phototherapy, and sonotherapy; ④ speech and communication therapy; ⑤ motor function therapy; ⑥ ADL training.