Ten Year Old Male Therapy Experience

Note: Cerebral Palsy patients often take trips to comprehensive centres that have a variety of therapies for 2 to 4 week intense sessions of when the parents are on holiday from work. The cost of the entire therapy journey including flights and stay is normally considerably less expensive than getting this many treatments locally and parents of cerebral palsy patients often see an acceleration of improvements for their children after.

Therapy Session Duration

3 weeks in the fall of 2022

 Types of Therapies

 

    1. Acupuncture
    2. Transcanial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
    3. Hydrotherapy
    4. Physical Therapy (PT)
    5. Occupational Therapy (OT)

 

Situation

 

The patient has cerebral palsy due to neonatal hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)  

His symptoms include:

  1.  
    1. Frequent Seizures
    2. Low muscle tone
    3. Challenges in swallowing
    4. Needed suction twice a day
    5. Could not eat solid foods and had trouble drinking water. 

 

Observed Changes After Therapy Sessions

 

The parents observed the following changes three months after the therapy sessions were done:

 

                   1. Swallowing improved.
                   2. Able to eat solid foods
                   3. Lung situation improved and he got sick less. 
                   4. His muscles became stronger

                   5. He started to interact more with his parents