Head Control: Exercises for a Child with Cerebral Palsy #001

Published 2020-01-04
Meet Sebastian. He is a young boy with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy. His family wants to help me share treatment suggestions to help children like him across the world. My clinic, Child and Family Development, in Charlotte, NC, allowed me to use their facilities and their equipment to showcase Sebastian's skill and charming personality. We review techniques to reduce stiffness, encourage strength and control. I think you'll love spending time with him. Thank you to this family and my clinic for allowing this to happen.
I also have available 3 children's educational books, "A is for Autism," "D is for Down Syndrome," and "C is for Cerebral Palsy" available on Amazon. I have forthcoming "Pediatric Physical Therapy Exercises for the Hips". If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me at [email protected]. Please note: I am unable to provide treatment suggestions for a child I have not personally evaluated.

All Comments (21)
  • @liliam7683
    This woman is awesome! I am so grateful for all her help. My little one had low muscle tone but with yhe burocracy in medical system it took months to get help and I knew the time was precious. Found this one by pure luck and used all the techniques she showed. Loved it as I did not need any special equipment- just what we already had, i.e toys and furniture. Now she is happily toddling around. Who knows which development stage would she be now if it was not the help from Amy. Thank you so so much. Good luck with your chanel to help more families that need you!🤱👨‍👩‍👧‍👧
  • i am a sitter of a CP kid and im happy snd thankful i found this video its a big help for me
  • @deadkitty5723
    So happy for him , it seems he has a great therapist love the video and all the recommendations!!
  • @osman5369
    Thanks a lot. We are waiting for more instructional videos like this one on Quadriplegic CP. And your explanations are also big help. Thank you. 👍👍
  • @narjesali9559
    Thank you so much for your effort. I was following you in hypotonia serial. And i will follow this, too. My doughter has mix tone (central hypotonia + foot and leg hypertonia)
  • @thesecludedlife
    Ty, that's what my granddaughter has and she's making great progress with her PT, but her neck and head need work. She's almost 3 and is about to get her first gate walker we hope before her and her twin sister's birthday in June. They were 28 weeks. her sister is twin a and has Idk how to put it but let's just say she's up there on the autism spectrum and she is nonverbal. The 2 disabilities are extremely difficult to manage and sometimes I'm at a loss for what to do. However this helps with daily work on Olivia's neck control. ty
  • My son used to stiff his legs when we put him on stand or walking.. This also leave legs scissoring while walking...waiting for you to upload something related to it Apart from this I only follow you from last 1 year and get noticable improvement in my son... He can now sit, stand by himself holding furniture, walk assisted using afo.. Thanks a ton for everything
  • @NK-kj5ms
    Thank you for spreading knowledge and experience
  • @Tamiahpink
    Thank you and I appreciate your amazing work in the adaptive learning community!
  • @lldillable
    Hi there, I am a new graduate of a physical therapist assistant program. And I am currently about to start my first pediatric job in the home health setting. I love all of your videos and I can’t give you enough credit for letting me follow the hard work you’ve put in for others to be able to treat patients to a higher standard. I do have one question, I understand what you’re doing with these patients, but I don’t quite understand how to document what I’m doing for the patient. Is there any resources you can point me to that could potentially help me understand the reasoning behind the documentation for the insurance to not kick it back?
  • @myluxury1st
    My son has this extensor tone thrust. None of the physicians or therapist have mentioned this or suggested to us how to work on it or break it up. I learn more online than in clinic. Very disappointing but thank you for explaining in this video. I try to give verbal ques as well. I wish we had people in our life that were actually of help.
  • @payalbarot8098
    Thanks for sharing this video.. my son is 5yr old .. having same problem for neck holding in back site some how he can manage front side his head.. ATNR and back force is very strong to manage .. can you please share some tips for that..?