cles are spastic, they require treatment to prevent contracture or permanent and abnormal contraction that may result in significant mobility losses. Other While cerebral palsy is incurable, many of the symptoms can be treated. However, because multiple parts of the body may be affected, treatment is usually complicated and involves a multi-disciplinary approach. The exact treatment that a cerebral palsy patient undergoes also depends on the type and severity of cerebral palsy, and the absence or presence of other linked conditions such as mental retardation, visual impairment or hearing impairment.

Typically, physical therapy is a central part of any cerebral palsy treatment regimen. If muscles are weak, they are exercised to prevent atrophy through lack of use. If muscles are spastic, they require treatment to prevent contracture or permanent and abnormal contraction that may result in significant mobility losses. Other f

plicated and involves a multi-disciplinary approach. The exact treatment that a cerebral palsy patient undergoes also depends on the type and severity of cerebral palsy, and the absence or presence of other linked conditions such as mental retardation, visual impairment or hearing impairment.

Typically, physical therapy is a central part of any cerebral palsy treatment regimen. If muscles are weak, they are exercised to prevent atrophy through lack of use. If muscles are spastic, they require treatment to prevent contracture or permanent and abnormal contraction that may result in significant mobility losses. Other

bral palsy, and the absence or presence of other linked conditions such as mental retardation, visual impairment or hearing impairment.

Typically, physical therapy is a central part of any cerebral palsy treatment regimen. If muscles are weak, they are exercised to prevent atrophy through lack of use. If muscles are spastic, they require treatment to prevent contracture or permanent and abnormal contraction that may result in significant mobility losses. Other

ical therapy is a central part of any cerebral palsy treatment regimen. If muscles are weak, they are exercised to prevent atrophy through lack of use. If muscles are spastic, they require treatment to prevent contracture or permanent and abnormal contraction that may result in significant mobility losses. Other cles are spastic, they require treatment to prevent contracture or permanent and abnormal contraction that may result in significant mobility losses. Other forms of physical therapy aim to improve motor development and coordination. Behavioral and psychological therapy may also be required to teach coping skills and activities of daily living, as children with cerebral palsy grow older. Speech, vision and hearing impairments may require specific therapy by specialists to minimize or remove deficits.

Drugs are also used to treat cerebral palsy. For patients with spastic cerebral palsy, muscle-relaxing drugs may be prescribed, or injections of alcohol may be given to relax certain muscle groups temporarily. Patients with athetoid cerebral palsy may be given drugs that decr