Paediatric Physiotherapy for stroke patients (9 yr old girl)

[razan]

hi there sorry to hear wut ur going thru...
anyway lately we've seen alot of success stories of repetitve passive movement in other words simply try to hang her by use of a special carrier on a treadmill and passively move her legs immitating the action of walking .. this may take months and needs alot of patience..
for provoking swalowing muscles simply apply some ice on the throat area in fast unrythmic manner for 3 minutes 3-5 times daily...
for her feeding use Pediasure from Abbott it will give her complete diet in a cup it also contains some essential fatty acids that are proven to get a lot of progress in such neurologic cases....
best of luck dear

[vmacbean]

Can I just express my concern at the fact that people are recommending - and indeed stating that this patient "needs" to do - certain things with a patient that they have never met, assessed, or even seen any medical history of. This question was posted by a non-medical person and to even mention, let alone advise the use of, specific treament modalities seems to me to be highly unethical and potentially dangerous. I realise that Ajay has asked for advice but I feel that only general advice should have been given, certainly not telling his child to start drinking and performing swallowing exercises - these have the potential to be highly unsafe.

I wish Ajay all the best with his daughter's recovery and hope that he has managed to find a therapist he's happy with.

[physiobob]

Can I just express my concern at the fact that people are recommending - and indeed stating that this patient "needs" to do - certain things with a patient that they have never met, assessed, or even seen any medical history of. This question was posted by a non-medical person and to even mention, let alone advise the use of, specific treament modalities seems to me to be highly unethical and potentially dangerous. I realise that Ajay has asked for advice but I feel that only general advice should have been given, certainly not telling his child to start drinking and performing swallowing exercises - these have the potential to be highly unsafe.

I wish Ajay all the best with his daughter's recovery and hope that he has managed to find a therapist he's happy with.

I could not agree more. I have in fact emailed Ajay directly and asked if he/she or their physio might write some updates about what this history of this condition is. I suppose they have their hands full right now so it might be a few days before we get any more information

[sarapollo08]

HI,
I would first ask ur physiotherapist to make a thorough assessment of ur daughter based on which only goals can be set up on which will be the appropriate treatment canbe trained .
In general u can try proper positing of the limbs to avoid contractures and splinting if necessary,mild passive movts and streching to be done regurarly,frequent turnings in bed to be done .

ur daughter ll recover quickly with all hopes
prathap