Case Study 13 year old male Diagnosis: Cerebral Palsy Medical History: This patient is a thirteen-year-old male diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy birth. His female therapist, physical therapist assistance (PTA) at Andalusia Regional Hospital has been seeing him since he was three months old. This patient is an outpatient along with a homehealth patient. He has had surgeries for muscle releases of contractures. Since the PTA has been seeing him of his entire life, I will only …showed first 75 words of 1016 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1016 total…Texas this past week. My opinion: The PTA has been seeing him all his life, and she reports progress after surgeries, but compliance with the HEP, dynaplints, and immobilizers hinder further progression. There is only so much that can be doe to educate the family of the importance of these things. I believe the overall care of this patient to be good. I wouldn’t change anything, except for maybe more motivation from the therapist.