There is no standard treatment or therapy for cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy affects each person differently so treatment must be individually tailored as well. Since there is no cure for cerebral palsy, most doctors focus on finding treatment and therapy geared toward managing or diminishing the neurological problems associated with cerebral palsy.
Therapy and treatments for [...]

Cerebral palsy is an incurable disorder, so there is no way to completely treat it. But there are many cerebral palsy treatments that will help to reduce the effects of the disease. Each case is of course different and will require different types of treatment for their cerebral palsy type. Usually getting various types of [...]

When it comes to infant cerebral palsy, it may well take a number of years for the symptoms to present themselves and very rarely will they before the child has reached the age of 3. So actually being able to provide a diagnosis of cerebral palsy in infants before this age can be extremely difficult [...]

Medical malpractice occurs when a physician or some other healthcare provider fails to act reasonably under the circumstances, and the unreasonable conduct results in harm. When a medical practitioner’s conduct hurts an infant, the malpractice is especially tragic.

While most of the 2.7% of births that result in a birth injury in the United States [...]

Hypotonia is more a description than a diagnosis. It is most often seen in newborns (congenital) and infants, but it may persist through adolescence into adulthood. Another name for infantile hypotonia is “floppy baby syndrome.” This refers to the tendency of a hypotonic infant’s arms, legs, and head to “flop,” or dangle loosely, when they [...]

HYPOTONIC CEREBRAL PALSY – a disorder of the brain
Hypotonic Cerebral Palsy or Cerebral palsy is a very rare form of a disorder of the brain. It is a disorder involving the impairment of body movement and low muscle tone which is called hypotonic. Cerebral palsy sometimes affects a person’s intellectual ability to move [...]

As a parent, you constantly worry about your child’s well being, you want to keep them free from diseases and also keep them away from accidents as much as possible. You worry about them every single day. You worry when you’re at work, you worry when they’re at school, and you worry about them [...]

Have you seen someone that has a contorted body and is unable to control their posture and movement? Someone who has difficulties with their speech, have a learning disability or other related illnesses caused by cerebral palsy? To some people, they don’t even know the meaning of cerebral palsy. But actually, it is a [...]

There are different types of Cerebral Palsy affecting several people. Cerebral palsy occurs during the early stages of birth and a few months afterbirth. In fact, early detection of cerebral palsy in infants can be noticed. Cerebral palsy is not caused by problems in the muscles or nerves but due to damage to motor [...]

There are four types of cerebral palsy, and ataxic cerebral palsy is one of them. A person who has ataxic cerebral palsy has low muscle tone and their movements have poor coordination. They usually appear shaky and unsteady.
This type of cerebral palsy is quite rare in form as it affects depth perception and the [...]