Cerebral Palsey Relief with Acupressure

This is the web page that will focus on Cerebral Palsey. This page will include background, research, articles, how to start using the points, blogs, facebook, twitter connections and all other networking information. This page will be open only to people who are part of the acupressure study program and are allowing us to assist them to get the best personal results possible and to track their progress.

The link to the points for relief of Cerebral Palsey are found below. In general you should include the points for Cerebral Palsey along with the specific points for the part of the body or type of Cerebral Palsey that you are working with.

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy Research

Acupuncture/Acupressure & Cerebral Palsy

Researchers at the children's hospital, Zhejiang Medical University in China spent over a year researching the effect of acupuncture and acupressure treatment for children suffering from infantile cerebral palsy (ICP).

75 children took part in the study which involved comprehensive meridian therapy including scalp and body acupuncture supplemented with acupressure and massage. The number of treatments each child received ranged from a minimum of 10 to a maximum of 120, the exact number being assessed according to the child's needs.

The effect of the treatment was measured by evaluating the children's performance of physical exercise, social adaptability and their intelligence quotient (IQ) both before and after the treatment period. The results revealed " a very positive improvement in the children's physical capability and an increase of their intelligence."

Zhou XJ; Chen T; Chen JT [75 infantile palsy children treated with acupuncture, acupressure and functional training] Chung Kuo Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih (CHINA) Apr 1993, 13 (4) p220-2

In another study seventy five children with Cerebral Palsy were treated with a comprehensive meridian therapy including scalp and body acupuncture, acu-point injection and auriculo-point stimulation, supplemented with acu-pressure (shiatsu) and massage, and functional training.

Each child received a minimum of ten treatments in a twenty day period, and a maximum of 120 times within a year. The effect of the treatment was evaluated by analysing the children’s performance of physical exercise and their social adaptability, and the intelligence quotient (IQ) of 30 children who each received 6 courses of treatments was compared prior to and after treatment.

The results showed that the treatment produced a ‘very positive improvement in the children’s physical capability and an increase of their intelligence’.

Zhou XJ; Chen I; Chen JT [75 infantile palsy children treated with acupuncture, acupressure and functional training] Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang Medical University, Hangzhou. Chung Kuo Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih (CHINA) Apr 1993, 13 (4) p220-2, 197