As long as parents follow certain methods at home to give their children massage, gymnastics (twice a day, 5-15 minutes each time) and intensive active motor training, such as doing appropriate head lifting, pulling sitting, turning over, sitting, crawling, standing and walking exercises according to the growth of the month, to promote the development of motor tone. Also correcting abnormal postures and developing normal postures are safe and feasible, and have been proven effective in studies.
The results of the study show that cerebral palsy can be reduced by more than 2/3 according to the above methods, and even if cerebral palsy occurs, the menstruation can be significantly reduced.
Intensive active motor training methods for 1 to 12 months
0～2 months
Prone head lift. Start prone exercises at 40 weeks of gestational age. 1 hour before feeding, when awakening on an empty stomach, use language and toys in the prone position to guide the child to lift his head. Train for 10 minutes each time, 4 to 6 times a day.
Mother-child face-to-face training method. The child is lying prone on the mother and the mother can talk to the child to encourage the child to raise his head.
Side-lying symmetrical posture. This posture can control abnormal asymmetric posture and abnormal extensor tension.
3 to 4 months
Prone head lift training. The child continues to be trained to hold his head in the prone position.
Rolling over. Use toys to induce the child to turn over. Help the child to turn over by holding the child’s hand with one hand and gently turning over to the opposite side with the other hand at the shoulder.
Balance training. Place the child in the supine position on the sheet, and the two parents respectively hold the two ends of the sheet for left and right shaking. 2 to 4 times a day.
Hand-to-mouth coordination training. Supine position, let the child grasp both hands and feet to the mouth, practice hand-mouth-eye coordination movements.
Grasp training. Place the toy on the midline and induce the child’s upper limbs to reach forward and separate the fingers to grasp. Perform 7 to 8 times daily.
5-6 months
Sitting training. The child’s lower extremities are separated, the trunk is leaning forward, and the upper extremities are sitting in front of the support, and can also practice sitting by leaning. Practice 5-6 times a day, 10 minutes each time.
Prone crawling. Parents can be in front of their toys to tease, the rear against the child’s feet to help move forward. Each 5 to 10 minutes, 7 to 8 times a day.
Active grip training. The child sits, the toy is placed in front of the body in different positions near and far, so that the child practice from near and far, different heights to reach the toy. Practice 5 to 6 times a day. 10 minutes each time.
7～8 months
Crawl on hands and knees. Crawl in the position of support on hands and knees. Required to crawl 50 to 100 meters per day.
Pick-up movement training. Hold the child’s knees in the standing position to prevent knee flexion, put toys in front of the child and let him/her practice bending over to pick up. The amplitude of bending from high to low. From easy to difficult. This action is practiced 2 to 4 times a day, 10 to 30 pieces each time.
The action of pinching with both hands. By about 7 months of age the child is able to use his thumb, at this time he can be given some small toys to practice using his fingers, so that the child can move from a large grasp to the use of the thumb together with other fingers for pinching fine movements.
9 to 12 months
Help stand, squat, stand alone and walk alone practice.