Too often, people with disabilities are relegated to being passive when it comes to the arts.
In cerebral palsy (CP) muscles are often shortened so much that they restrict joint range of motion and the muscles themselves are weak. Thus, ‘shortness’ and ‘weakness’ are two important needs that clinicians must address.
Spasticity is usually caused by central nervous system injuries, such as brain injuries or spinal cord injuries. Spasticity is a little different from stiffness.
I spent many years and many hours learning how to make the body work better, how to bring it out of pain. But that's not the human being alone.