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What is Cerebral Palsy?
Cerebral palsy is not a disease or an illness. It is a disability caused by damage to the brain that can take place before, during, or in the early days after birth. There are many causes of cerebral palsy which include an infection while still in the womb, such as the pregnant mother contracting German measles, a difficult birth, a genetic disorder, a bleed in the baby's brain, or the baby's brain forms abnormally for no apparent reason.
The Bobath Approach
The Bobath approach to the management of children with cerebral palsy was pioneered and developed by Dr Karel and Mrs Berta Bobath. Begun in the 1940's the Bobath Concept is now well known and accepted in many countries as one of the leading approaches.
The Bobath Concept
The post war era brought an increasing awareness of the need for rehabilitation, leading a burgeoning of interest in all aspects of rehabilitation. By the early 1950's a variety of treatment approaches specifically designed to address neurological disability came into being, most of which had a theoretical basis in neurophysiology.
Bobath Children's Therapy Centre Wales
19 Park Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff CF14 7BP
Tel: 029 2052 2600
+ 44 29 2052 2600
Fax: 029 2052 1477
+ 44 29 2052 1477
E-mail: info@bobathwales.org
Website: www.bobathwales.org
Registered charity: 1010183
Company limited by guarantee: 02691690
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