Patient's question:
The baby still cannot sit up, always tilting its head backward, with a vacant stare, doesn't smile much, and always clenches its fists, looking quite abnormal. Even when drinking milk, it lacks strength. After visiting the hospital for a check-up, the doctor told me that the baby has cerebral palsy and needs treatment. What are the symptoms of cerebral palsy?Doctor's answer:
1. The main symptoms of cerebral palsy are increased muscle tone, difficulty in abduction, and in severe cases, muscle rigidity, contracture, and joint flexion posture. It is often accompanied by sensory, cognitive, communication, behavioral disorders, and secondary skeletal muscle abnormalities, and may also include seizures.2. According to the clinical classification of cerebral palsy in children, targeted rehabilitation training is conducted, including gross motor, fine motor, balance, and coordination exercises. Physical rehabilitation therapy includes massage and fascia adjustment, which have the effects of realignment, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and adjusting qi and blood to improve internal organ function. There are various methods, such as pushing, moving, pressing, massaging, pinching, rubbing, adjusting, scrubbing, pinching, and shaking, which must be applied based on the child's age, condition, and symptoms. The effectiveness is directly proportional to the skill level of the techniques.