What are the treatments for infantile cerebral palsy?

Cerebral palsy in infants is a relatively serious disease. If not treated in time, it can cause lifelong disability. Therefore, parents of children with cerebral palsy must learn more about the treatment methods for infant cerebral palsy so as to help their children recover their health to the greatest extent possible. Let us now learn about the treatments for infant cerebral palsy.

What are the treatments for infantile cerebral palsy? The treatments for infantile cerebral palsy are as follows:

1. Psychotherapy

Children are relatively young, but they can also receive psychological treatment. Children with this disorder often have emotional disorders, abnormal behavior, and cognitive impairment. In view of the psychological barriers of children with cerebral palsy, we should respect patients in comprehensive treatment, listen carefully, understand, comfort and encourage them, and stimulate their active participation while correcting their limb dysfunction. Improving the therapeutic training effect is also a treatment method for cerebral palsy. Health education should be provided to improve the psychological state of children. We should actively communicate with them, gradually overcome their paranoia and dependence, establish independence, self-confidence, strength and upward confidence, cultivate their self-care ability, and enable them to adapt to society.

2. Physical therapy

Children with cerebral palsy receive physical therapy, such as electroacupuncture, muscle stimulation therapy device, hydrotherapy, hot and cold compresses, etc. The main purpose is to regulate function, relieve contracture, stimulate low muscle tone, promote circulation, maintain and expand joint mobility, increase muscle strength, and thus improve balance and gait.

3. Use orthopedic devices

In the training of children with cerebral palsy, the use of braces is very important. For example, young children with cerebral palsy have spasms in the posterior calf muscles of their lower limbs, which makes the heels unable to touch the ground, and their ankle joints are unstable and flat feet are also common. They can use foot and ankle orthotic braces.

4. Exercise therapy

According to the different clinical classifications of atrophic cerebral palsy, targeted training is carried out, including training in gross motor skills, fine motor skills, balance and coordination. Build confidence in overcoming difficulties, give children a healthy mentality, and lay a good foundation for their future return to society.

The above is an introduction to the treatments for infant cerebral palsy. The four methods of treating infant cerebral palsy introduced above are relatively effective and are also very common treatment methods. I believe many friends have some understanding of these treatment methods. Parents of children with cerebral palsy must have firm confidence in treatment, so as to help their children recover as soon as possible.