Treatment Of Cerebral Palsy

Finding The Best Treatment Of Cerebral Palsy With Combination Neurodevelopmental Treatment And Sensory Integration

The treatment of cerebral palsy with NDT and Sensory Integration ( SI ) offer complementary explanations for different phenomena. Because planning of a movement is necessary to be able to execute the movement, these different focuses can complete each other in treatment to the child with cerebral palsy. It is a good possibility to use aspects of both methods in combination.Tuned on the wishes of the child and his parents.

Principles common in treatment of cerebral palsy with NDT and Sensory Integration :

• Address a central nervous system dysfunction and offer neurological explanation, while cerebral palsy occurs as a result of damage in the cortical and subcortical centers of the brain that control  movement, sensory integrative dysfunction is considered a dysfunction of the subcortical mechanisms of sensory processing.
• Address automatic basis of movement and behavior, treatment of cerebral palsy with NDT focuses on the ability to use automatic postural adjustments in respons to changes in the environment and changes in in one ‘s body during the performance of functional activities. Treatment of cerebral palsy with SI focuses on the development of adequate sensory processing  skills and the integration of multiple sensory experience during play and functional activities.
• Utilizing motor control and motor learning theories to describe the treatment process.
• Attempt to obtain an adaptive response in treatment

The difference in treatment of cerebral palsy of NDT and SI, NDT purpose of treatment is elicit automatic postural adjustment to impact function, Sensory Integration is enhance sensory processing to impact movement, learning, and sociao-emotional well being. With the approach of sensory integration therapy you work on the conditions that you need to able to do the activities of daily living by yourself. The NDT / Bobath is complementary to this by working on the activities of daily living themselves.

When you combine principles treatment of cerebral palsy with NDT and SI you will be able to give the child the opportunity to develop a right movement pattern with each a good processing of the information from the senses. The child can be put  in a right position on a swing or other equipment, in using the key points of control and inhibition techniques from NDT.