I have had massage as an adult, and it can really help with aching musles, but then after a day it went back to where it was before. That is why i prefer feldenkais; it actually retrains the body to move in easier, more painfree ways, and it's effect is cumlative, meaning that the lesson stays with you and grows witth each lesson. it costs about the same as a massage, and I have witnessed kids that could not walk, learn to walk very well. but i'd say, one lesson a week is enough, the brain needs time to adjust. To see if feldenkrais is helpful, i would arrange for a series of 4 lessons. Or you can order some CDs and let her listen to those.
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From: Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:44:00 AM
Subject: Re: Massage for 6 year old?
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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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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