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November 5, 2021

Optimizing Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan

Though the initial insult or injury to the brain that causes cerebral palsy is non-progressive, aging with cerebral palsy and lack of physical activity during critical periods of development can impact biologic and metabolic function for adults with cerebral palsy.

March 23, 2021

Designing Exercise to Improve Bone Health Among Individuals With Cerebral Palsy

There are multiple factors that impact bone health, including birth weight, nutrition, medications for seizures and/or reflux, genetics, and physical activity. Targeted exercise to improve bone health in childhood can be sustained into adulthood, and childhood is the best time to promote bone health.

July 1, 2020

Measuring Growth for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Weight, height and body composition are important indicators for development. The tools used to measure these can be different for children with cerebral palsy.

Illustration on pink background with a female clinician sitting across from a family including parents and a young girl in a wheelchair. There is a question mark in a speech bubble above the young girl and the clinician is holding a clipboard with the words growth, nutrition and body composition on it.

July 1, 2020

Use of Segmental Lengths for the Assessment of Growth in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) often grow poorly and assessment of growth in this population is further complicated by two main difficulties. Firstly, children may have joint contractures, muscular weakness, scoliosis, and/or involuntary movements that make standing or lying straight difficult, if not impossible.

July 1, 2020

Building Your Care Team- The People You May Meet

When first meeting a parent who's had a child newly diagnosed with cerebral palsy, I really want to try and help them understand their baby. It can be difficult for parents to take it in all at once and many leave that first interview quite overwhelmed, but you're going to meet some really important and helpful people.

July 1, 2020

What is Neuroplasticity?

Babies develop about 80% of their brain growth over the first two years of life, and it's also when all the connections in the brain, what we call the white matter, which is the cables in the brain, grow and develop and connect to the cortex.

Outline of child's head outlining brain connections that relate to neuroplasticity

July 1, 2020

Optimizing Neuroplasticity

A lot of parents don't realize that their baby, all the skills that they have. So they can look at you, they can follow you. They're already starting to imitate you, and through the first few months of life, they're already starting to learn to reach and grasp toys, and to have nonverbal communication with you.

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