IN KOLDING, FAMILIES CAN USE HAPPY REHAB AT HOME

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:41:13+08:00 In Kolding municipality, they had an idea four years ago. The idea was to let families borrow Happy Rehabs systems in periods of time, when they need extra intensive training. It’s a solution, that give more time and freedom in the everyday life, while you still get effective training. Why not let the families borrow the Happy Rehabs systems? That was the question, that the physiotherapists in Kolding municipality asked themselves, when more families asked for a more flexible and effective training. The result is the borrowing-system they have today, where families borrow a Happy Rehab system, if therapists estimates, that...

HAPPY REHAB HELPS SOFIE TO BE ABLE TO WALK UP THE STAIRS WITHOUT HELP

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:41:33+08:00 Sofie is 8 years old and has cerebral palsy on GMFCS level 2. When Sofie are training with Happy Rehab, she gets so much strength in her knees, that she can walk up the stairs without touching the railing. When Sofie started using Happy Rehab, it gave her an active dorsal flexion in her right foot and made a little change in her left foot. But it was especially when she started training with the knee motors, that she really felt a big difference. “After we started using the knee motors, Sofie began to walk up the stairs without help. Of course,...

THERAPEUTIC RIDING CREATES SYMMETRY OF THE BODY

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:41:49+08:00 Physiotherapy on horseback. A treatment that is especially popular for people with poor balance and spasticity of the body. Here the horse’s movements are used to create symmetry in one’s own movements. But what is it really about? You get more than beautiful experiences in nature out of horseback riding. Riding can have beneficial effects for children with cerebral palsy and others with walking impairments. This is what Magny Sørensen from Beitostølen HealthSports Centre in Norway has found. ”The riding posture is an ideal starting point for movement. This posture is good for training hips and back. These movements happen spontaneously in...

5 GOOD WAYS TO DO TRAINING IN NATURE

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:42:06+08:00 Nature offers many good and fun opportunities for varied and challenging training, and moving training to a new place can be good for motivation. We have found five good ideas for how you and your child can use nature for training during an ordinary walk in the woods. JUMP OVER LOGS If you are walking in the woods, chances are that you will pass a log on the way. A log can have many uses when it comes to training. Try to jump over the log . forwards, backwards and from the side. This is a really good coordination exercise, and you...

4 MYTHS ABOUT CEREBRAL PALSY

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:42:23+08:00 It must be the muscles that are injured, when a person has cerebral palsy. Or is it? And how can it be, that some people with CP has cognitive difficulties, while others have none or very few? The CP diagnosis is very diverse, and it can be difficult to know exactly what it means to have cerebral palsy for people, who aren’t familiar with the diagnosis. Therefor we have collected four of the most common myths about cerebral palsy and will explain why they tend not to be quite true. MYTH 1: IT IS THE MUSCLES THAT ARE INJURED Cerebral palsy is...