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Cerebral Palsy The Difficulties and Poss
Cerebral Palsy The Difficulties and Poss
This tape has many names: Children with cerebral palsy cannot
use the range of physical movement
Elastic Therapeutic Taping, Elastic
available to most of us.
Rehabilitative Taping,
Emotional Taping, Fascia taping, Kinaesthetic • Difficulties may occur in the development of
taping, Kineotaping, walking, speech and hand function.
KinesioTaping, • The developing bones will be affected by the
Kinesiology Taping, different forces. Every joint can be affected.
K-active taping,
• Spinal deformations are common and they can
K-taping, KT-taping,
result in sitting posture problems, gait
Medical Taping Concept, MyoFascial Taping, problems and organ problems.
Neuro-Muscular Taping & Neuro Structural Taping
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Dysarthria dysphagia
The extent of dysarthria’s damage to speech production
varies from person to person. • A child with cerebral palsy will likely face a
number of health concerns during his or her
Symptoms can be: lifetime. One of the most common – and the
slurred speech, swallowing problems, soft or barely most difficult to management – is dysphagia.
audible speech, slow talking, rapid and mumbling speech,
abnormal rhythm or tonality of speech, hoarseness, and
drooling. • Commonly referred to as oral-motor dysfunction,
dysphagia is more common among children with
There are many instances of dysarthria affecting eating moderate to severe cases of cerebral palsy. It’s a
and nutrition in persons with the disorders, especially dangerous condition that, if left mismanaged, can
when coupled with cerebral palsy.
cause numerous life-threatening consequences.
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Anatomy skin
The Skin: The Outer Brain
• Skin: development & changes with age.
• Dermatomes.
• Forces on skin, how they act in the body,
biotensegrity and physiological movement
direction of skin.
• Research on Touch
• Could we use this knowledge at home and in
Sources: Wikipedia & Imágenes obtenidas de Cardinali, Daniel P. Neurociencia
the clinic? aplicada. Sus fundamentos. Buenos Aires: Médica Panamericana, 2007. 528 p.
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Skin - CNS
Properties Skin
Protection - water resistance
Sensation
Heat regulation
Control of evaporation
Aesthetics and communication
Storage
Excretion
Absorption
Returns to original state after stretch
Video: The skin excursion
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Result: increased risk skin injury Result: increased risk skin injury
Ability to sense touch, pressure, vibration, Aging skin repairs itself more slowly than the
heat/cold may be reduced. younger skin.
Bruises, purpura and hematomas may occur Wound healing may be up to 4 times slower.
from a minor injury (rubbing or pulling skin).
This can happen anywhere on the body.
More than 90% of all older people have a skin
Skin changes, loss of subcutaneous fat, disorder and this can be caused by many
inactivity, nutritional deficiencies and other conditions: arteriosclerosis, Diabetes, heart
illnesses can contribute to pressure ulcers and disease, liver disease, nutritional deficiencies,
infections. obesity, & medication.
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