Occupational Therapy for Cerebral Palsy in Adults

With the development of the society, more and more people want to known more about cerebral palsy, especially want to learn more about how to find a therapy for cerebral palsy in adults. Cerebral palsy not only happens in infants’ period, but also in adults. What causes adults cerebral palsy? Can therapy for cerebral palsy cure it completely? Let’s me tell you more details.

In daily life, cerebral palsy often happens in infants and young children, while due to some outside special reasons, or variety adverse factors, adults also get cerebral palsy. First of all, genetic factor is one of the reasons that cause the adults with cerebral palsy. Secondly, brain ischemia also has a certain relationship to causes adults with cerebral palsy, 20% adults’ cerebral palsy are caused by asphyxia and birth trauma. Finally, chemical factors are one of the reasons to make adults with cerebral palsy. Moreover, there are also relating with many drugs and environmental pollutant, and effects on adult development. Through the above introduction we know what reasons cause adults with cerebral palsy, and if adults with cerebral palsy, it will blow to their psychology.

Luckily, stem cell treatment emergence brought a new hope for the cerebral palsy patients’ life. Stem cell treatment has the most obvious effects on relieving patient’s abnormal muscle tension. On one hand, stem cell has self replication ability. On the other hand, stem cells can differentiate new cells to replace the damaged or dead cells to work. What is more, stem cells can secrete cell growth factor. Stem cells also can repair the damaged tissues and recover their functions to maintain the normal mechanism of the human body.

Until 2013 our department has treated more than 6,500 patients. Most of patients feel better after finished the stem cell treatment. Such as improved speech function, motor function, and coordinate functions. Our stem cell therapy effect is recognized by the masses of the patient's relatives, many patients have accepted the second, third and even fourth course of stem cell transplantation. Stem cell transplantation for the treatment of cerebral palsy has a significant effect, and become one of the most effective treatment methods. If accepted norms system rehabilitation exercise after finished stem cell transplantation, it will promote the growth of the transplanted stem cells and repair function, which will make the effect better.