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Hi Peter,
My Amber always got a massage before her PT started her routine. I
relaxed the muscles so she wasn't so tight. It is in a way warming them
up - so she didn't injury herself and it was easier to do stuff with
less tense muscles. Hope that made sense.
Trisha
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From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Peter Hunsberger
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:16 AM
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Subject: Massage for 6 year old?
My wife sees a person for massages every once and while (she has a bad
back) and I guess they got talking about our six year old daughter who
has CP. Our daughter is confined to a wheelchair most of the day,
though she uses a stander and gets some transfers to various other
seating equipment at school. The thought is that her muscles must get
fairly sore? They found a person who would give our daughter a
massage and our daughter seems to think she would like it. She likes
a lot of hands on PT so I'm guessing that she thinks it might be more
of the same... This is somewhat expensive; $75 / hour, and although
we have a special needs trust this is not a good time to be pulling
money from it if we don't really need to.
So, the question for the list is 1) has anyone who has CP had a
massage as a child and what did they think? and 2) more generally, has
anyone done this for a child or an adult who has CP and was it
beneficial in any way or rather just a nice to have experience?
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Peter Hunsberger
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