Our children and teenagers are missing out on the revolution! Lifelong neuroplasticity means that our human brains can regrow new cells, repair damaged areas, reallocate brain resources and reorganize what […]
Will My Child Walk? Setting Age Appropriate Goals
Goal setting varies with the age and stage of brain and body growth and maturity. It is important to distinguish vision or long-term goals from short-term action goals. The best […]
Ready For a Cure?
There is every reason to think that the next 10 years will bring more cures of cerebral palsy by either preventing or by treating the early brain damage that is […]
Dyskinetic Quadriplegia – Athetosis, Choreoathetosis & Ataxia – GMFCS I to V
These are the main movement disorders seen in children with cerebral palsy. Collectively they now represent 10 to 15% of children with CP, but there is a much higher proportion […]
Cerebral Palsy – Spastic Quadriplegia – GMFCS Level I – III
In preterm pattern quadriplegia, the legs are most involved and in full term pattern quadriplegia, the arms, hands, upper trunk and face more involved. The patterns are like bilateral […]
Cerebral Palsy – Hemiplegia – GMFCS I to III – Part Two
I have some real problems with classifying all children with hemiplegia into one basket. As I explained last week, (Cerebral Palsy – Hemiplegia – GMFCS I to III – Part […]
Cerebral Palsy – Hemiplegia – GMFCS I to III – Part One
The topography of hemiplegia is much more complex than diplegia. The differences relate both to the type and extent of brain damage as well as the timing of the injury. […]
Cerebral Palsy – Diplegia – GMFCS I to III
In spastic diplegia, the lower leg muscles are the most involved part of the body. Spasticity is most severe in the lower leg and it becomes less problematic as you […]
Cerebral Palsy – The Best Possible Outcome and How To Get It
Over my years of practice as a neonatologist and clinical neuroscientist, the most common question I have been asked is, “How bad is it?” quickly followed by “How do I […]
What Is Your Child’s Label?
The Gross Motor Functional Classification System or GMFCS is a new label applied to children with cerebral palsy and like all systems of classification, it has benefits and hazards. Person […]