It is important to understand how spasticity can impact the muscles and the know what treatments are available to help.
Pain in people with cerebral palsy is very common, and probably not evaluated frequently enough.
As your child with CP is becoming a teenager, there are a couple of things you may want to think about.
The spine is made up of many individual bones called vertebrae joined together by muscles and ligaments. Flat, soft discs separate and cushion the vertebrae from rubbing against each other. Because the vertebrae are separate, the spine is flexible and can bend. Together the vertebrae, discs, muscles, and ligaments make up the vertebral column or spine.