How to Rehabilitate Athetoid Cerebral Palsy in Children?

Athetoid cerebral palsy is a type of cerebral palsy in children. For patients with athetoid cerebral palsy, relevant rehabilitation training must be carried out so that the child can become normal as much as possible. Below we will introduce to you how to conduct rehabilitation training for children with athetoid cerebral palsy. You may wish to learn more about this knowledge.

1. Head control: The prone position can be used to train the ability to lift the head. Method: Let the child lie on his stomach, hold a toy at the same height as his eyes, and raise it little by little to make the child look up at it. Lie prone for at least 30 minutes a day, preferably about 10 minutes after a meal.

2. Support the back to maintain sitting posture: Sit up with the support of your arms, put the child's favorite items in front of him to attract his attention, so as to maintain sitting posture for a longer period of time, gradually reduce support, and finally sit alone.

3. Turning over and crawling methods: Let the child lie on the floor, pull his clothes from behind to help him turn his shoulders and turn over; let him lie on his stomach, put a bath towel in front of his chest, lift up both ends of the bath towel, keep only his hands and knees on the floor, and move slowly along the floor with him while encouraging him; one person helps him move his arms, and the other helps to move his feet alternately, and help him crawl towards a certain goal.

4. Walking: The key for children with cerebral palsy to learn to walk is to learn to move the center of gravity of the body. They should start by pulling their hands forward, then gradually pull one hand, and finally walk independently. They can also use a walking sling.

5. Going up and down stairs: At the beginning, let the child hold the railing with one hand and hold an adult's hand with the other hand to maintain balance. Gradually let him break away from the adult's support and rely on the strength of his own arms and legs to go up and down the stairs, two steps at a time. Older children should be encouraged to go up and down the stairs one step at a time, alternating between their feet. They can practice this to music.

6. Jumping: Jumping is an important exercise for the lower back muscles. Practice squats to prepare for jumping. Often pull the child's hands to jump down the stairs as preparation for the explosive power of independent jumping. Hang some bright gauze and small toys in the room (based on the above two trainings) and let several children jump together to touch and pat them.

The above is an introduction on how to conduct rehabilitation training for children with athetoid cerebral palsy. The above introduces six rehabilitation training methods for athetoid cerebral palsy in children. They are all relatively conventional methods. As long as the children carry out rehabilitation training according to these methods for a long time, they can help the children gradually recover the mobility of their limbs. I hope this article will be helpful to you.