Young children with cerebral palsy who use medial thigh supports are TWICE as likely to show DETERIORATION of their hip subluxation than children who don't!

Kim et.al. Are Seating Systems With a Medial Knee Support Really Helpful for Hip Displacement in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy GMFCS IV and V? Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019

What!?

Why?

Is it possible that your solution may be causing the problem? Maybe...

My recent interview with Sharon Sutherland and Dr Jenn McKee was a Holy-Smokes addition to the WiredOn Development Podcasts and if you work with any children who need supported seating, standing or wheeled mobility - then you can not afford to miss this episode.

I dig into all the tricky bits around wheelchairs and seating we constantly run up against as therapists, managing head support and keeping feet on footplates, complex bodies, silent pain, navigating team disagreements and technology shortfalls, getting family buy-in, dynamic systems and of course medial thigh support (previously known as pommels).

----9:02 minutes Symptoms to Solutions - Human First vs Technology First Approach to Postural Care

----11:21 minutes A Practical Example of a Human First Approach

---15:22 minutes Be Aware of the Bandaids

---19:44 minutes Is the Cure the Cause of the Disease?

---20:42 minutes Considering Medial Thigh Supports

---24:49 minutes Bringing in Family Centred Care

---27:10 minutes Accommodating Deformity vs 'Fixing' it

---28:16 minutes The Life Box

---30:07 minutes The Body Always Wins

+ much much more...

Click Here!

You'll find links to all the extra resources on the page, including the article mentioned above about hip subluxation and medial thigh support, the life box video and the seating footprint.

If you haven't yet caught it, there's a great discussion going on about the research article in the Facebook Group > https://www.facebook.com/groups/wiredOnDevelopment/posts/1822575391872108/

Come join the discussion!

Warm regards,

Mindy

PS. Sharon and Jenn are both CEO experts which means it's easier than you think to get their eyes on your kids. Just look out for the CEO link under the podcast player on the website > https://www.wiredondevelopment.com/single-post/taking-the-work-out-of-sitting-lying-and-standing