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Treatment and therapies
Discuss common and not so common treatments and therapies for your child.
cerebral palsy
- By k_momcp2 · New reply yesterday at 2:19 pm
- 1 reply
- my daughter is two years with mild cerbral palsy . she doesn't creep , bear weight her feet nor talk. I want some suggestion as to what i can do to help her condition to improve ...
major surgery?
- By Marinewife02 · New reply November 7, 2009
- 2 replies
- My 5 year old son was diagnosed at 7 months with Left Hemi Cp- his dr. has recently reccommended surgery and wants to do a heel cord lengthening- split posterior tendon transfer- as well as a tibial osteotomy ...
Weak economy affecting AT purchases?
- By LindsRenae · New reply October 23, 2009
- 1 reply
- Has the weakening economy affected the amount you are willing to spend on assistive technology for your child? If so, how? If not? Why not ...
Acupuncture for CP
- By angelam · Posted October 22, 2009
- 0 replies
- Has anyone had any luck with Acupuncture for CP? I've been researching online and there are a few studies done that seem to show some good relief from tight muscle tone. There is even a Utube video of ...
Advice on Developmental Language Delays?
- By AmyLee · New reply October 15, 2009
- 2 replies
- We have tried many videos, speech therapy, and now a preschool with speech therapy 5 days a week. We are seeing some improvements but wondering is anyone has some good ideas ...
Drooling
- By detcar · New reply October 3, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hello everyone. My son, Lucas is going to be 7 in November. He has a mild form of CP. He is really doing great and just started 1st grade in August. My main problem right now is the drooling. He does ...
Botox Injections
- By mom2twinpreemies · New reply October 2, 2009
- 11 replies
- I am looking for any advice, experience, anything you know about the injections, my daughter will be recieving her first round on Halloween in hopes we can get her to walk.She has a diagnosis of PVL and ...
G-Tubes and all that fun stuff
- By LynnEnsMom · New reply September 18, 2009
- 8 replies
- My daughter, Little Miss, has been on a g-tube for over 9 years. We've changed from formula and pumps to home-made blended formula and 60 cc syringes. We are much happier this way and I can really see ...
Amazing 26 month old, former 28 weeker, CP, PVL
- By alskwirut · New reply September 18, 2009
- 6 replies
- Just wanted to pop in and update! Jeff is now 26 months old. He has grown in leaps and bounds over the past 3 months from his SPML surgery! He now wears AFO's with the coolest Converse sneaks AND even ...
Help
- By stuckenkim · Posted September 17, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi, I don't know where to start. I have adopted a little girl at 7 1/2 weeks old, she had been shaken pretty severely beated and bounced around by her biological father. John, my husband and i after taking ...
Stem cell therapy at Duke University
- By Karlenep · New reply September 16, 2009
- 1 reply
- I have twin boys Ethan and Owen born June08. Ethan had a seisure on his second day of life but was fine until 10 months when he was diagnosed with mild CP due to stiffness on his right side. He has been ...
Has anyone tried Therasuit therapy?
- By holland4me · New reply July 17, 2009
- 7 replies
- My 2 year old, Matthew, has moderate Cerebral Palsy and is a candidate for intensive physical therapy called Therasuit. Does anyone have any experience with this type of therapy ...
Therapeutic positioning
- By Abismum · Posted July 15, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi there, I'm Sarah, I'm a mum and I use the Inspire site for support with regards to my daughter Abi who has had a brain tumour. It's been agreed with the Inspire team that it's ok to tell you all a ...
Compression Shorts?
- By TessysGrma · New reply April 8, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hi there, Does anyone out there know of a place where we can get toddler size compression shorts? Tessys OT thinks it will help her sensory processing but we've been unable to find any in her size. We ...
Speech-has anyone used the PECS method?
- By TessysGrma · New reply March 25, 2009
- 4 replies
- Tessy is non-verbal right now, has the communication skills of a 6 month old (she is 19 months) and only babbles a bit. We have worked on baby signs for months now and are getting no where. I'm wondering ...
Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments
- By bobbig · New reply March 25, 2009
- 1 reply
- Has anyone used this treatment and if so, did you see results? My son has been receiving these treatments since Dec 2008, and I have seen some small results, but want to know if anyone else has tried ...
New Understand Section
- By lphickman · Posted March 9, 2009
- 0 replies
- We now have information on vision loss. Click here http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/?pag e=vision-loss for more information ...
