Erik is a healthy 48 year old with spastic diplegia, a type of cerebral palsy that primarily affects his legs. The following is his story of dramatic change in just […]
A New Way Of Thinking About AFO’s – Spasticity Series #6
The boy on the left with a ball is wearing a set of standard issue AFO’s that block the spastic tendency to plantar flex at the ankle. The boy on […]
First the Trunk, Then the Ankle – Spasticity #5
There is a continuing debate about the use of ankle supports/braces in children with cerebral palsy. In my experience, where there are polarized opinions, it usually means that there are […]
Water Exercise for Children with Cerebral Palsy
A little girl with moderate to severe athetoid CP first found freedom of movement using a Wet Vest to jog in the water. This is what her mother said about […]
Billi Cusick’s Thoughts on Managing Children with Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
The following is a guest blog from Billi Cusick, PT, MS, COF, President of Progressive GaitWays, LLC and Developer of the TheraTogs System. Billi wrote this informative letter for her […]
Crawling: Normal, But Not Necessary
Most babies begin to crawl between the ages of 6 to 10 months. If a child has an early neurologic problem such as cerebral palsy or brachial plexus injury, both […]
The Boy Who Could Run Better Than He Could Walk
All baby brains have the potential to recover to some extent and some may be cured completely. (Baby Brains Can Recover – Pediatric Neuroplasticity) What about the child who does […]
Deep Water Jogging for Gait Training
Children with an early neurological problem learn their first movements with a damaged nervous system. Baby brains do recover, but it takes time. It is difficult to study the process […]