At a later stage the most difficult to restore and develop motor, mental and speech-enabled patient. At this stage therapeutic exercise and physical therapy procedures are not effective. This is because, at this period of illness the patient's joints are severely deformed and tendons lose elasticity.
Help such a patient can be treated only if the complex, considering not only the patient's illness, but all the circumstances of his life. Maximum success in rehabilitation is achieved if the assistance provided by
Disabled person helps him to not only improve health, but also to adapt to independent living. Therapeutic exercise is important in the rehabilitation of patients with cerebral palsy.
Useful for such patients a massage.
Therapeutic massage is aimed at the normalization of the reflex activity of the central nervous system. Most often used for these purposes the classic therapeutic massage, acupressure and massage to improve breathing. It is important for such a disease is treated with massage segments of the spinal cord in the lumbar and sacral vertebrae. This leads to a decrease in the excitability of the motor cells of the spinal cord. The combination of massage with physical therapy and massage are often only temporarily improving the condition of the patient. More useful for patients with cerebral palsy therapeutic horse riding or hippo therapy. Since this physical training is combined with massage and social adaptation. When riding on a horse, the rider must organize their movement.
To keep his balance, he has to stretch muscles of the thighs. This will also tighten the pelvic muscles and back. In this case, you can change the load on the muscles of the lower limbs by changing the degree of reliance on the stirrups. For a disabled person suffering from movement disorders, is crucial to use stirrups when riding. Relying on foot stirrups, a disabled receives a variable load on the muscles, not only back, but the front leg groups. In order to keep riding the patient does not only rely on the stirrups, but may hold a special belt around his neck a horse.