Suit Therapy Strengthens Muscles and Builds Confidence
Watching your child struggle with muscle control day in and day out is heart wrenching. Not knowing how to help him is frustrating. With the help of space technology, however, your child can achieve improved muscle tone and coordination as well as smoother, less rigid body movements.
In the early 1970s, Russian cosmonauts used a specially designed suit to keep their muscles from atrophying while in space. The technique proved to be successful, and a Russian businessman adapted the technology for use back on Earth.
Today, the adapted suit is used to treat children with cerebral palsy. The ensemble includes a vest, shorts, kneepads, and shoes. The pieces are laced together with bungee-type cords. The cords are adjustable to apply varying degrees of tension to your child’s different muscle groups.
Because the cords are adjustable all over your child’s body, increasing the tension in one area and not another gives his muscles the strength necessary to perform certain exercises that he otherwise could not do. The suit support also provides “resistance training” to the weaker muscle groups.
In many ways, suit therapy is much like working out at the gym with weights.
Suit therapy is a common form of therapy for cerebral palsy patients across the U.S. You may have heard these suits referred to the Adeli® suit, TheraSuit™, NeuroSuit or the Penguin suit.
If you want to work with your child at home using suit therapy, training is available. Or you can have a therapist assist your child in the office. Either way, this treatment is proving to be effective.
If you want to work with your child at home using suit therapy, training is available. Or you can have a therapist assist your child in the office. Either way, this is an effective treatment.
4MyChild personally endorses the TheraSuitâ„¢ which is both patented and FDA approved.
Learn more about the extraordinary benefits of suit therapy for children with cerebral palsy.
Help Your Child Benefit from Modern Therapies and Other Forms of Assistance
Programs such as suit therapy can be expensive, yet they are an effective means to help your child thrive. And your child deserves the best treatment available. If your child’s cerebral palsy was preventable, you may qualify for financial benefits, making therapies such as the TheraSuitâ„¢ virtually cost free.
You also need to know that your medical team did everything possible to keep your baby safe and healthy. If your doctor failed you and your baby in any way, you may be entitled to financial help.
Be your child’s best advocate and talk to an expert. Some of his therapeutic expenses may be eligible for coverage.
Contact 4MYCHILD today and see if your child is eligible for Benefits4Life.
