Head Control Activities: Exercises for a Child with Cerebral Palsy

[@ally7416]

Thank you for your recommendations! I'm a physiotherapist and I have a child with West Syndrome and I've been trying to improve a better head control for her, though it's a bit hard.

[@pediatricPTexercises]

You are so welcome. Thank you for taking the time to let me know. I don’t believe I have treated a child with West syndrome.

[@hasmikavetisyan5794]

Hi Emmy , thank you for videos

[@pediatricPTexercises]

You are very welcome!

[@tituskilonzo5979]

Hi doc,what if a child has an history of convulsions can we use the trampoline

[@pediatricPTexercises]

This is something you will need to consult with your physician to know the answer to. However, I do see several children who have seizures. They can jump on the trampoline because it does not encourage seizures. I do not know that answer for your child.

[@thebeastwins]

awesome stuff

[@pediatricPTexercises]

Thank you!

[@chudisamrat3931]

God bless subastain..

[@pediatricPTexercises]

Oh I promise you. He is blessed.

[@anupamankids7135]

V can use physio ball for this instead of trampoline

[@pediatricPTexercises]

Yes!

[@pamelaklaas5117]

Hi Dr. I'm in South Africa I have a 4 year baby boy with CP no head control he is looking exactly with this one. I want to know in future is he going to be fine. How is this one now

[@pediatricPTexercises]

This playlist has his most recent videos. Sebastian was a blessed child, loved by so many. He taught love to everyone he met. He passed away this week.

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kzbin.info/aero/PLAkJbMrHyKjOdH92UyJNlOHbB_bIvOsnk

[@khristellnoack1841]

Hi. How can I start to help a 1 year old kid to have head control. So the neck going around everywhere isn’t bad?

[@pediatricPTexercises]

I recommend you find a local pediatric physical therapist that can help you. A child should have had control by one years of age. In the meantime here is my head control playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLAkJbMrHyKjNf7b1x0fPKdDimNNG2zfPj

[@d.virupaksayyaswamy3770]

Thank you medm

[@pediatricPTexercises]

You are very welcome

[@learning-and-fun]

Hi, I try to find exercises for cp hands but for one year old baby and I cant find nothing...Can you please help me what exercise to do? Than you You are the best

[@pediatricPTexercises]

I couldn’t find anything online either. Here is my learning to crawl playlist which would give some basics kzbin.info/aero/PLAkJbMrHyKjNjoKpiuB0mff3oAalw1DZA

[@pediatricPTexercises]

Here is my reaching and grasping playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLAkJbMrHyKjNh_TJdZBEnMra-UR_NfvlL My highest recommendation is to find a local pediatric physical Or occupational therapist to help you

[@pediatricPTexercises]

What about this? www.veipd.org/earlyintervention/2014/07/17/2-simple-tricks-for-tiny-fisted-hands/

[@learning-and-fun]

@@pediatricPTexercises thank you thank you for taking your time to help me, we are on pt but I don see results for that reason I asked you for somthing better that can help. She graps toys more with left hand even that she has optic nerve damage and her focus is not so good but she is trying and reaches fot toys when you ofer slowly but she does that, my concern is that lately I se her hands on wrist and her thumb inside her hands somthing that I have seen is called tenedosis but for her age I dont know what other exercise to do, the pt that we do,she does more masaage but that doesnt help...thank you one more time

[@pediatricPTexercises]

Bso glad I could help

[@pompomgurlll]

Hi, may i ask how do we improve head control with activities in side lying?

[@pediatricPTexercises]

That is a difficult question to answer without knowing the specific conditions upon which you need to work in side lying. Often I will work on head control as I roll a child from his back toward his stomach, effectively in side lying. Otherwise, I guess you could have a child prop on his elbow in side lying to work on head control or put the child in side lying on an incline to make it easier to work on head control.

[@losanther]

How long does Sebastian stay on the trampoline?

[@pediatricPTexercises]

Hmmm. That answer varies from kid to kid. When we were doing this, I would guess 5 minutes. But that would not have bearing necessarily on another child

[@luciennes1979]

Thank you for sharing different techniques. I have an 18 month old child with cp, his head control got much better but still not 100 per cent there. After a while his head always goes to his right side is there a particular exercise for this problem please? Or do you think he just needs to strengthen his neck muscles more doing these exercises? I know it s hard to tell me without actually seeing him but maybe you did encounter this problem with other children. Thanks so much love from Malta 💕

[@pediatricPTexercises]

My strongest suggestion would be for you to find a local pediatric physical therapist who can help customize the activities to your child's needs. I have done a lot of head control exercises with Sebastian. Here is the playlist for my work with Sebastian. I hope it is helpful. kzbin.info/aero/PLAkJbMrHyKjOdH92UyJNlOHbB_bIvOsnk

[@pediatricPTexercises]

Remember the brain changes best in the first two years of life. Work with him Is very powerful right now.

[@luciennes1979]

Thank you so much for your reply much appreciated. Yes one needs to work so hard with children with cp. Progress is so slow sometimes I get disheartened. But I 've seen some changes in him at least. Thanks happy Christmas and all the best

[@pediatricPTexercises]

Thank you for your kind words and wishes. Here is my head control playlist that might give you more variety in ideas kzbin.info/aero/PLAkJbMrHyKjNf7b1x0fPKdDimNNG2zfPj

[@zainabsadiq5244]

I also need your help kindly guide me

[@pediatricPTexercises]

Unfortunately it is considered unethical for me to provide treatment recommendations for a child I have not personally evaluated. The best assistance would be from a local pediatric physical therapist who can address your specific child's needs.

[@zainabsadiq5244]

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[@pediatricPTexercises]

@@zainabsadiq5244 Tell me generally your child’s problem and I can guide you to a playlist that might help

[@jhonymoon9782]

Help po here in Philippines

[@pediatricPTexercises]

I am not quite sure your meaning. I hope that my videos are helping people in the Philippines.

[@shakirasultanamazumder380]

Your video has not seen becouse of writing

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You can turn off the closed captioning or you can watch on a bigger screen

[@mangaichandrasekar1155]

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