| Recreational Therapy is a form of therapy that is | | | | shown improper growth. Thus, cerebral palsy |
| used to treat children who have been diagnosed with | | | | prevents and hinders proper movement of muscles in |
| cerebral palsy. While physical therapy, behavioral | | | | the limbs and makes the child perform clumsy |
| therapy, and occupational therapy are important in | | | | movements. Dance therapy helps the CP child to |
| the overall functioning of the body of the CP child, | | | | have better muscle coordination and body balance |
| recreational therapy also plays a very important role | | | | over a period. |
| in helping the child to gain self-esteem, help reduce | | | | Taking your child to a group session where dance |
| tensions in the body, unrelieved pain, improve body | | | | therapy is taught will be most helpful. Here in these |
| image and most of all reduces the fear factor. | | | | group sessions other children who are similarly |
| Recreational therapy can be anything from music, art | | | | affected also come to take lessons will have a |
| and even dance therapy. | | | | profound effect on your child. You child will soon learn |
| Here we are going to understand why dance therapy | | | | to gain self-confidence and would be more open to |
| can be useful in treating children with cerebral palsy. | | | | learning new skills in spite of their deformities and |
| There surely cannot be a single person in this world | | | | handicaps. Dance therapy is effective in developing |
| who would not want to tap their feet when their | | | | muscle coordination as dancing itself is a complex |
| hear a dance number playing. It is simply too difficult | | | | action and it requires the child to use their limbs |
| to resist wanting to dance when we see others on | | | | effectively to coordinate with the music. Children with |
| the dance floor truly enjoying themselves. It is natural | | | | CP will achieve as sense of rhythm when they learn |
| to dance like walking and talking. Dance and music | | | | how to coordinate movements of their limbs with |
| appeals to people's senses. Dance and music will have | | | | the music that is being played. |
| tremendous effect on children with cerebral palsy and | | | | Dance is a creative expression and this will help your |
| exposing them to these fun filled activities will have | | | | child to think in new ways in which they can express |
| huge benefits. | | | | themselves to others. When they take to dance |
| When children respond to dance therapy they find | | | | therapy, body tensions and chronic pain, which are |
| that, they have now a new way in which they can | | | | associated with Cerebral Palsy, are greatly reduced |
| express themselves to the world through | | | | too. Their motor skills are sharpened; balance and |
| movements. Dance not only helps to strengthen the | | | | flexibility are improved too. Look for dance therapy |
| various weak muscles in their body but it also helps | | | | sessions devoted entirely to kids with CP so that |
| them gain balance. Cerebral palsy, which is a medical, | | | | your child benefits from it. The internet is an |
| condition often, affects the muscles and muscle | | | | excellent resource to help you locate a dance |
| coordination as the part of the brain that involves in | | | | therapy class for your child. |
| muscle movement is damaged or the muscles have | | | | |