Can a 5-year-old with cerebral palsy still receive rehabilitation training?

Patient's question:

My daughter is almost five years old and has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. She started rehabilitation training at the age of one and a half, began walking after four months, and at eight months, it was discovered that her walking was too difficult to look at, so she has been doing rehabilitation training ever since. She has never taken any medication. Currently, her general condition is: she can walk by herself, run, but her walking style is a bit abnormal.

Doctor's answer:

The treatment of cerebral palsy currently shows the best comprehensive therapeutic effects, emphasizing medical rehabilitation, educational rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, and social rehabilitation. The specific content includes multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment methods such as drug therapy, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation therapy. Generally, the best treatment results are achieved within the first 3 years of age. If the patient is older, the treatment effect is relatively poorer. The treatment of cerebral palsy should involve the development of individualized treatment plans for each child. First, multidisciplinary rehabilitation training should be conducted. If there are issues that affect rehabilitation training or the child's growth and development, surgical intervention should be performed, followed by continued rehabilitation training.

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