The aim of occupational therapy in children with spina bifida is to help the child be able to do everyday activities and to achieve a degree of independence in this. The importance of this is hard to understate. The less a child feels like they are burden to everyone else, the more likely they are…
Living with a child with cerebral palsy can pose certain challenges, especially if your home is not adapted to the special needs of the child. Modifying your home to meet your child’s needs will go a long way in making the child comfortable. Some of these modifications will also reduce the possibility of accidents by…
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A stroke, depending on its severity, can leave one in a very compromising state. The purpose of post-stroke rehabilitation is not to cure the damage to the brain. It is to give the patient a chance in improving the quality of life and an opportunity to be independent. No one likes to be fully dependent…
Children with autism can be picky eaters. If you are a parent of such a special child, you should know that you are not alone in your journey to make your child eat healthier. Surveys indicate that children with autism are actually five times more likely to have eating problems. Some of the common food…
Muscular dystrophy has no known cure yet but, this does not mean that children who have this genetic condition cannot get to enjoy daily activities normal children do. This is a disorder that develops early in childhood and you need to keep the child active to avoid muscle fibers from getting permanently damaged. Keeping your…
Cerebral palsy is one of the causes that lead to spasticity. Spasticity is a medical condition whereby a person is unable to control muscular movements that result in involuntary clenching and tightening of muscles in joints of the affected area. This means, that it becomes hard for patients to perform normal daily activities like washing…
It is normal for athletes to get sports related injuries during exercises or during the main sports events. These injuries occur mostly due to improper equipment, insufficient warm ups, lack of conditioning or poor training techniques. In the recent years, more pro athletes are turning to hyperbaric chambers to quicken their recovery from sports injury….
Spina bifida is a severe birth defect that occurs when the tissues or muscles around the developing spinal cord of a fetus fails to close in the right manner. A number of vertebrae covering the spinal cord in this case remain open and not fused as they are not fully formed. As a result, spina…
Muscular dystrophy disorder is a genetic disease that weakens the musculoskeletal system, hampering movement while at it. The disorder is characterized by gradual skeletal muscle weakness, death of muscle tissues and defects in muscle protein. While crucial advances have been made in the medical field, there is no working cure for muscular dystrophy. Is this…
