Full Program

Well, we are home, of course, and while I am fixing dinner I am going to give you the wrap-up of what happened during our visit last week. We had a great time, and a very productive visit and came back completely exhausted but excited.


The main focus of our visit was Noah's hip problem and some nutritional deficiencies that show in his blood work (very typical for a kid with CP -- or any brain injury). He has had the nutritional problems for quite a while, but we have actually seen some marked improvement in the blood work over the last six months, which means he is beginning to absorb nutrients better -- this is a bid deal! And for the hip, the acupuncture caused an immediate release in the left adductor resulting in Noah turning his left leg out (which he never does -- usually keeps it rotated in).

So this is our full program (it will take a month or more to work up to it all):

Gravity Assisted Crawling -- 50 minutes a day
Gravity Assisted Creeping -- 30 minutes a day
Incline Floor -- 30 Inclines per day
Patterning: Unlocking Arms -- 1 min. 6 times a day, Marie-Foix -- 4 min. 6 times a day
O2CO2 Inhalations -- 25 per day
Masking -- 30 plus reflex masks
Respiratory Patterning -- 1 hour daytime and all night
Hip Protocol: Cold/Warm therapy 3 min 2x each 2-3 times a day, TENS on Adductors, Hamstrings and Medius 10 min each 3x day.
Ortolani Traction 3-5 mines 3x day
Deep Tactile Stimulation -- Glutes, Quads, Tibialis 1 min each 3x day
Biofeedback on Glutes during creeping and crawling
Yoga -- two positions for hip and breathing 2-3x day up to 45 min each
Intellectual:
Reading -- 50 pages or more a day, Spanish reading, French dictionary
Math -- 3 to 4 lessons per week with problem solving
Language Development, Auditory Stimulation (TEAS 10min 3xday), Facilitated Communication

And that doesn't Include the nutrition program. It's about 7-8hrs of program. On a good day it all gets done, and that is a great feeling!!