Note: This is a General physiotherapy home program that is applicable to all children suffering from a motor disability such as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, cerebral stroke, Dandy-Walker Syndrome, etc
PHYSIOTHERAPY HOME PLAN ( PHYSIOTHERAPY EXERCISES FOR CEREBRAL PALSY CHILD )
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Stretching of the following muscle
B/L medial hamstring
B/L Adductor
B/L hip flexor iliopsoas
B/L T A ( calf muscle )
Strengthening exercises
Selective movement
Active muscle strengthening
Weight culf oriented strengthening
Theraband oriented strengthening
Functional strengthening
Of the following muscle
Bilateral hamstring
Bilateral quadriceps
Bilateral hip flexor
Bilateral hip extensor
Bilateral dorsiflexor
Truncal strengthening
Advance combined strengthening and functional exercises
Bridging
Reverse bridging
Pull to stand
Pull to sit
Bottom lifting (using push up bar
Throwing ball high Sitting
Standing and kneeling
Sit to stand high-level chair to low-level chair
Squatting to standing
Mini squat (wall supported )
High Sitting
Pivoting
High Sitting to standing
Catch and throw
Reach out in a different direction
Get to sit ) floor to high-level chair to low-level chair ) Picking object from the ground and putting on the overhead
Kneeling
Initially start from the heel Sitting
Supported kneeling
Heel Sitting to kneeling
Kneeling with one hand supported
Kneeling without supported
Activity oriented kneeling
Reach out in kneeling
Pushing and pulling
Catch and throw
Move forward and backwards
Pivoting in kneeling
Inclined heel Sitting to kneeling ( use prone wedge )
Lateral reach out in kneeling
Playing in kneeling
Half kneeling
Start from the kneeling
From kneeling to half kneeling
Move one leg forward and keeping another leg on kneel position Initial half kneeling support ( caregiver or with some objects) Bilateral half-kneeling supported
Single hand half-kneeling supported
Independent half kneeling
Bloaster oriented half kneeling
Half kneeling to standing
Standing oriented exercise
Back supported standing
Front support standing
Step standing
Stride standing
One foot standing
Picking objects from the floor putting on the overhead
Play in standing
Pushing and pulling in standing kicking in standing Marching at one place
Stepping over stick level
Ring activity
Pegboard
Lateral reach out
Rotation activity
Push to stand wall supported
Initially start with stick
Gait training activity
Tandem standing
Crossing obstacle
Jumping
Hooping
Single limb hooping
Short jump
Long jump
Walking on circle figure of 8 walking Waking with holding keeping hand at chest level Walking over foot mark
Zig zag walking
Blind folded walking
Squatting
Squatting position keep maintain the position Anterior weight shift
Squatting to standing
Core muscle strengthening
Prone extension
One hand reach out
One hand and one leg reach out
Prone on hand reach out
Quadruped
Reach out activity
Crawling backward forward
Mobility
Forward walking
Backward walking
Sidewise walking
Independent walking
Transition
On four-position -- heel sitting -- kneeling -- half-kneeling--standing ( repeat 5 times each side )
Author: Dr. Akshay Raj Chandra ( Consultant pediatric physiotherapist )
Senior Pediatric physiotherapist at Continua kids Gurgaon
Founder of .. Home-Based Therapy
https://physiohomebased.com/
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