Patient's question:
My child is already three years old, but when I look at him, I feel something unexplainably abnormal. His small hands wave in an unnatural way, and there is a lot of drool coming from his mouth. When I took him for a check-up, the doctor said that the child has cerebral palsy caused by oxygen deprivation at birth.Doctor's answer:
As for exercise (physical therapy), it includes gross motor skills, fine motor skills, balance 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, physical therapy, which includes neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy, thermotherapy, and hydrotherapy; as well as 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 treatment for motor function; ⑥ ADL (Activities of Daily Living) training.