Posted on July 16, 2008 at 10:42am
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Yesterday I took the kids to a little shop in town, somewhere we go farely often. Apparently one of the workers was babysitting ,who I am asuming to have been her grandaughter, the kids were all playing around togther. A few times I saw the little girl,3 years old or so, push Deacon, so I suggested to him to get in the cart, but like any 3 yr. old wanted to stay by his big sister, so I let him. The kids hide in a clothing rack, and when the grandmother tells them to get out, Deacon takes a…
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Take care and hang in there!
Jill
Anyway, take care and I'll chat with ya later! Jill
Mitchell has Graston won't even try to explain it as there is an international site that shows the technique with videos :
http://www.grastontechnique.com/Slide_Show.html
We go twice a week, and it has really helped Mitchell.
Your son is still quite young, so at this stage it would only offer a slight benefit, however as he gets older (and once his heels start lifting off the floor) that will be the time that Graston will really pay off.
It has long been found that keeping the heels on the floor keeps boys walking longer. Our chiro has just done Graston on a child with DMD whose heels were a good 2" off the floor. After each graston session his heels "dropped" anywhere from 1/2" - 1". Now bearing in mind this was on a child who had not had their heels on the ground for some time, so I'm confident that early intervention with Graston before the heels lift too much will prove very successful at keeping the tendons from contracting prematurely.
Our son has been non ambulant for 3 years now, but the improvement to his contractures was remarkable - it has increased Mitchells range of motion, which combined with regular stretches has made a big difference to him.
Hope that helps,
Jules
was leaving a message for Jill and noticed your post re chiros. We have had Mitch at the chiro's for 6 months but not for "cracking" - for Graston. If you want to know more drop me a line and I'll give you more info. Mitch is the first DMD boy to have the treatment (that any practioners know of) and we have been really happy with the results. :-)
I sooo "enjoyed" the conference! I was, however, on information overload. I tried taking noted but man, those presenters talk at lightning speed, so I gave up after the first day and just occasionally jotted down info. here and there. It was great to meet so many parents and talk and share our stories. I was really interested in what the researchers said about upcoming trials but was disappointed that things just aren't moving fast enough!! I want a GREAT treatment yesterday. Most clinical trials will be starting in a year and some can be completed quickly (one researcher said w/in 18 mos) others will take longer (maybe 3 yrs.). But I am soooo very grateful that things are on the horizon and that researchers are dedicated to finding something for our boys. Most agree that treatment will be a cocktail of several drugs that target certain areas. We heard about some promising drugs and can't wait to see these progress to viable treatments for our boys. The one that I think is the most promising will be utrophin. This will work for ALL the boys and it is something our bodies produce already. I hope you can go next year--you will learn so much and I would love to meet you!
Have you gotten an appt. date to see Wong yet? Were you able to press your original dr. for info. about the specific mutation? Our next appt. with Wong is Feb. 17. It would be great ifwe happen to be there at the same time=)
Hope all is going great in your neck of the woods and that you are feeling and doing well with all of this md stuff. Jill
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