Alex demonstrates moving from a quadruped (hands and knees) position to a tall kneeling position, with assistance. The purpose of this exercise is to develop the back extensors and greater trunk control.
Besides having "high tone" in his leg abductor muscles,Alex has dystonia in his trunk muscles--yet another consequence of his spastic cerebral palsy.
Notice how Alex is interested in dumping those pieces and cleaning them up again! His PT is right when she says he's a great cleaner-upper at home!
Tall kneel is one of our go to exercises. We used to have Devin do it along a smaller lego table. The legos would distract him and he would do it longer. Now we do more "walking" on your knees to strengthen those muscles.
ReplyDeleteThat is a super-good idea, Pam! Hey, we still have your stander! If you're going to be at the event next week, maybe we can talk about what you want us to do with it.
ReplyDeleteI think we may be out of the loop because Devin is at Ridgeway. I'm not sure what event your talking about. If your done using the stander, I can swing by and pick it up but your welcome to use it if it's working for Alex.
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