Archive for the 'spastic cerebral palsy' Category

Limb Problem: Facts about Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy is a condition where muscles become uncontrollable due to lack of oxygen in the brain. There are four major types of cerebral palsy: spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed.
Spastic cerebral palsy commonly affects the limb area of your body. The limbs get vulnerable when you are inflicted with this type of cerebral [...]

Educational Supports for Mixed Cerebral Palsy Children

There are mixed forms of Cerebral Palsy. There are even some patients that commonly have mixed Cerebral Palsy. The most common is a combination of spasticity and athetoid, but there are also other combinations.
Under mixed Cerebral Palsy, both voluntary movement and muscle tone are affected. Mixed Cerebral Palsy is somewhat complicated than the regular [...]

HYPOTONIC CEREBRAL PALSY

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 [...]

Discovering the Facts About Athetoid Cerebral Palsy

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 [...]

Living With an Ataxic Cerebral Palsy-Person

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 [...]

Cerebral Palsy in Adults: How to Cope With Life With a Dilapidating Disorder

Being an adult requires you to be independent; to be fending for yourself and earning the money you need to live.
However, there are people who may have difficulty doing this. People who are physically challenged, people who have Cerebral Palsy or CP. These people have difficulty in muscle control and in motor skills. How [...]

The Life with Cerebral Palsy

What will you feel if one of your family members is showing the symptoms of cerebral palsy? Will you be in panic? Or rush off to grab a book to read more information about the condition in which babies are typically affected? It is very important to learn about the symptoms of cerebral palsy [...]