Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy
Man With Cerebral Palsy Conducts Yoga Classes
Ryan McGraw, 30, is keeping active and not being held back by cerebral palsy. McGraw conducts yoga classes for people who are diagnosed with disabilities. The Chicago native said his mother was the one who turned him onto the practice. Through the years, he has adapted some of the movements to fit his abilities. People with cerebral palsy need to keep active and keep their muscles healthy. McGraw says his form of yoga helps him build flexibility, balance and coordination. He says the most important aspect to yoga that he learned at an early age was to adapt the poses and make them conform to his body, instead of trying to contort his body to the poses. McGraw believes that yoga has helped him become more comfortable with his body and his disability. Inspirational people like Ryan McGraw have developed ways for people with disabilities to cope with their limitations….
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New Botox treatment helps boy with cerebral palsy walk for the first time
In an earlier post, we discussed a new treatment using Botox to help people with cerebral palsy. In an inspirational update on that treatment, 3-year-old Aiden Farrell took his first steps recently due to receiving Botox injections into the affected areas of his body. Botox uses tiny amounts of a toxin that attacks the nervous system, but in very small doses it relaxes the contraction of muscles in some people with cerebral palsy by blocking nerve impulses. Aiden has had health problems all his life after a traumatic birth in which he was born 29 weeks premature and had to be kept alive on a ventilator. When Aiden’s mother read about the treatment online, she placed Aiden on an 18-month waiting list and he was given 12 injections last December. Aiden was able to stand and walk for the first time with his legs straighter and even with his legs…
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Mother Given Unneeded Drug during Birth Receives Payout from Negligent UK Hospital
In 2007, Portia Kupahurasa was admitted to the Doncaster Royal Infirmary to give birth to her son. However, Kupahurasa was given an intravenous drip during labor that contained the drug Syntocrin. This drug is commonly used to induce and help with delivery, but unfortunately it was not needed and caused Kapahurasa’s contractions to excessively strengthen. As a result, the force of her contractions deprived her baby, Darryl Munashe Kupahurasa, much-needed oxygen at birth. He was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a disability that affects his ability to walk, talk and process information. In a High Court ruling, Kupahurasa and her now 6-year-old son were awarded £2.45 million as well as annual payments that will increase as Munashe ages. A spokesperson for the National Health Service trust which paid for the hospital’s damages told BBC News, “We are deeply sorry for what happened and for the enormous impact it has had…
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