Leonid Blyum – ABR International

Respiratory Alertness for Cerebral Palsy children !

This is banality and kind of obvious. But now a lot of parents are afraid to go out at all and self-isolate themselves with cerebral palsy kids into their apartments — that’s a BIG mistake!

Everyone knows that fresh air is very important for children with cerebral palsy. But when you are scared and there is quarantine – many parents tend to ‘play it safe’ and to keep cerebral palsy kids at home until ‘normal times’.

In fact, it’s the opposite — keeping the respiratory system alert and stimulated through exposure to fresh air, pressure, and temperature gradients — is most important now — at the times of higher risks.

Leonid Blyum

Keeping Cerebral Palsy kids fit during quarantine!

THE TRANSFERS TO- AND FROM- THE WHEELCHAIR ARE EXCELLENT TOTAL-BODY, GENERAL FITNESS EXERCISES FOR CEREBRAL PALSY CHILDREN!

Their entire body is involved, heart rate increases, respiratory effort rises, postural adjustment muscles react, etc.

In the ‘normal times’ your wheel-chaired child with cerebral palsy gets the transfers to- and from- the wheelchair quite often — probably, around 20 times/ day (going to school, at school, at home, at therapies, at outside walks, etc.)

But when you are quarantined at home due to coronavirus, you have very few incentives to do so.

Especially, when it feels like hard work for you.

Please prepare yourself well and try to do at least 10 full transfers/ day.

Doing 20 transfers is even better!

Keep up your child’s general fitness!

Leonid Blyum