The correct way to hold a child with cerebral palsy

  Infant patients who cannot sit, stand or walk alone are often held in the arms of their mothers. If the holding posture is inaccurate, the abnormal posture is reinforced and the correct posture formation is hindered.  The following are some of the correct methods and precautions for holding a child with cerebral palsy: 1. Parents should not hold the child with cerebral palsy for too long each time, so that the child has more time for motor rehabilitation and other training. 2.  2. When holding the child, pay attention to suppressing the abnormal posture, so that the child’s head and trunk are in or close to the normal position as much as possible and the bilateral arms are not pressed.  3.When carrying the child, avoid his face near the front side of the chest to prevent the child from losing the opportunity to observe the surrounding environment.  4, poor head control and hands can grasp the child, so that he can use both hands to grasp the hugger’s clothes or hook, hugger’s shoulders, neck.  5.When holding a child with spastic lower limb palsy, hold the child’s hip with one hand, hold the back of the shoulder with one hand, hold the child vertically in the arms, separate the two legs and rest them on the front and back of the hip on both sides of the hugger or one side of the hip, so as to achieve the purpose of stretching the spasticity of the lower limb adductor muscles.  6.When holding a child with flaccid palsy, also make his head and trunk upright, hold the person with both hands to hold the child’s hips, so that his back relies on the chest of the holder, to prevent the child from later occurrence of posterior spinal protrusion or side.