Friday, December 8, 2017

Living Fuller Lives with Cerebral Palsy: Strategies Beyond Treatment

Living Fuller Lives with Cerebral Palsy: Strategies Beyond Treatment



Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com


Cerebral Palsy is considered to be the most common condition of motor disability that affects children. In the US alone, around 10,000 kids born every year carry the chance of developing the condition. With the emergence of better clinical and lifestyle facilities, cutting edge research in medicine, and many relevant studies on extra-clinical arts of living that can improve the quality of life of people with disability, it is possible to help children who deal with cerebral palsy to live fuller lives.

Getting to Know Cerebral Palsy: Causes and Symptoms
Cerebral Palsy is a neurological condition that is caused due to the damage suffered by a child’s brain while still in the mother’s womb or within a short time after birth. While the seriousness of the condition and the particular nature of symptoms might differ from child to child, in general, it affects motor abilities and muscular strength. Some of the most common symptoms apparent in kids with cerebral palsy are:
  •    Problems related to motor and muscular abilities which include difficulty in moving, difficulty in controlling voluntary muscles and movements, stiff muscles, difficulty in accomplishing tasks that need deftness of limbs, spasms and visibly different posture.
  •      Difficulty in controlling oral muscles and legible speech
  •      Difficulties in learning particular subjects that require neurological skills
  •      Affected hearing and vision

Unfortunately, a complete cure for cerebral palsy is yet to be invented, however, there are clinically proven methods with which specific problems associated with cerebral palsy can be minimized.

What Lies Beyond Treatment: The Need to Address Everyday Challenges
If you ever come across Cerebral Palsy Guidance, a most unique initiative that seeks to assist the parents of kids with cerebral palsy, it is hard to miss the name of Alex Diaz-Granados. Alex, who introduces himself as a “Miami-based freelance writer, online reviewer, and aspiring novelist” developed cerebral palsy due to an unfortunate brain-damage he suffered as an infant. While acknowledging that his condition has impacted his personality in many ways, he rarely lets the disorder define his life. Today, with a college-level reading comprehension and excellent writing skills, he is a leading blogger and a journalist, plays a major role in the initiatives of Cerebral Palsy Guidance, and has successful career and a relationship.

One of the key issues highlighted by Alex Diaz-Granados in his cerebral palsy initiatives is the bullying and harassment faced by children with disabling conditions. It raises questions about those everyday challenges of cerebral palsy that fall beyond biological symptoms and clinical treatment. It shows how along with working on neurological and muscular improvement, kids with cerebral palsy also need assistance with conquering emotional turbulence, developing courage and confidence, building a positive attitude to life, defending themselves, and never losing faith in life.


Can the solutions be sought in non-clinical strategies? Writing for USA Today, Dan Vergano for instance explored in detail how a martial art like Karate could characteristically improve the life of cerebral palsy victims, drawing examples from the St. Louis Children’s Hospital. This indicates that one tactic to living a fuller life while living with conditions like cerebral palsy lies outside clinical treatment. While it might not be equally effective for everyone depending on their condition, alternate strategies like martial arts, mind healing and therapeutical arts could redefine the lives of many out there. 


Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com





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