Cerebral palsy

Cerebral Palsy is due to abnormal brain development,often before birth. The cause of Cerebral Palsy includes prematurity, genetic disorders,strokes,and infection of the brain. Taking certain precautions during pregnancy might decrease the risk of cerebral palsy. To prevent Cerebral Palsy seek appropriate prenatal care as early as possible in the pregnancy. Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and other harmful drugs during pregnancy: these increase the risk of premature delivery. Also rubella…

The objective of this article is to get the parent of a child with cerebral palsy perspective on how play influences their everyday life. The authors did what I would consider a survey but they only had seven people. The people had to have an interview and fill out an information sheet. This lead to four different types of play. The four types are typical play, burden play, expanding the concept of play, and therapy and play. One suggestion that I would have for this article is they need to talk…

prematurity, I have a medical condition known as Cerebral Palsy (CP), which is a neurological disorder that affects body movement and muscle coordination. As a result of my Cerebral Palsy, I have endured and overcame many challenges, which have greatly affected who I am today. Cerebral Palsy is not a cookie-cutter condition; the severity of the condition, type of muscle contraction, and the area(s) affected vary from person to person. In my case, the Cerebral Palsy is less severe, causing only…

Abstract Many questions came to mind while researching Cerebral Palsy (CP). Is CP a disease, impairment, disability, and/or a handicap? The two definite answers are, Cerebral Palsy is not a disease and CP is an impairment. (An impairment is a loss or limitation of function. (Citation!) There are several types of CP which are classified based on specific body movements, these are spastic, dyskinetic, athetoid, ataxic and mixed. The research will define the types of CP, speak to the causes,…

of a disease called Cerebral Palsy? Cerebral Palsy is a brain defect that affects the human body in many ways and I myself have a very close connection to this disease. My little sister has had the disease Cerebral Palsy since she was born. Since she has had the disease, she has suffered greatly through surgeries and body abnormalities. My little sister, Summer Pittman, was born on September 25, 2003. Nobody knew it at first, but my sister had a disease called Cerebral Palsy and this was not…

continue on with her life without school. However, as a physical therapist I must ask Susie what her goals are for her transition so that I can help and prepare her for adult. Education on musculoskeletal complications progressing into adult with cerebral palsy is also an important role of the physical therapist. As a physical therapist…

What is cerebral palsy? It is a condition marked by impaired muscle coordination and other disabilities, typically caused by damage to the brain before or at birth. one famous person that has it is bonner paddock he was born with Cerebral Palsy, Bonner Paddock live his young life playing sports as if he didn't have a disability at all. He was not diagnosed until the age of 11, and even received news he not might make to his 20th birthday. As an adult with cerebral palsy, he became the first…

The 1989 Irish biographic drama film, My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, is a true story about Christy Brown (played by Daniel-Day Lewis), a man born with cerebral palsy (CP). In the beginning of the film, Brown is an adult in a wheelchair and waits at the home of Lord Castlewelland to speak at a benefit for cerebral palsy victims. The private nurse accompanying him, Mary Carr, begins to read Brown’s autobiographical novel, and we follow most of the span of his life through a series of…

of time (4). This increase in muscle length might be a great importance to a person with spastic cerebral palsy in lessening the amount of tension placed on joint structures and allowing them to have a greater range of motion. However, the clinical applications of this evidence are still unclear. Wiart, Darrah, and Kembhavi, in their review of the research on stretching in children with cerebral palsy, find that there is no clear consensus about how the muscle contracts and how stretching can…

developmental disability know as cerebral palsy are as equally functional and capable as the rest of the world. they do the same things that we do, but lead lives in a different and more challenging way. Everyone in life has some sort of daily routine. we wake up, get ready for work or school, attend scheduled appointments, comes home to sleep to do it all over again the next day. Generally, most people are capable of doing things on their own, but with cerebral palsy, depending on the type of…