PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT FOR CEREBRALPALSY

                     Principles of treatment: 

• Careful assessment and recording of the child should be an ongoing process and not an isolated one
•  Realistically plan and measures should be derived from the assessment  
• Early treatment should be incorporated in to daily management of the child
•  Repetition and reinforcement are essential for learning and establishing of modified motor pattern.   
•   Maximize sensory motor experiences 
•  Involvement of the child as an active participant.
• Motivation  of the child should be kept high through the course of the treatment .                                                                                              
•  The treatment of the child is a team work and the therapist should involve the family members in the treatment of the child   
• There should be adequate consideration for developmental training   
•  The abnormal tone should be modified so as to facilitate development of function. 
•  The therapist should try to use adequate afferent stimuli 
•  All the purposeful active movements should be  facilitated.  
•  Secondary impairments like contractual and deformity should be kept to the minimum 
• It is essential to give functional independence which may be with or without compensation.