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Hanin Abed-alGhanni
Born into a poor family, she was affected by meningitis immidiately
after She was born. She sufress from spastic quadriplegi with severe mental
retardation as we as speech and vision problems. She was admitted to the JMF
on
1/12/2003 and according to physical therapy assessment she was
suffering from the following:
• Severe speslicity in both upper and lower limbs.
• Very poor head control and inability to sit and roll or stand.
• Shortening in some muscles of both lower and upper limbs.
Therefore the child took intensive physical therapy by using different
types of exercises such as:
• Balance exercises in sitting position.
•Stretching and range of motion exercises to lengthening the
contracted muscles and maintain the joint.
• Weight bearing exercises for both upper and lower limbs to reduce
spasticity.
• The use of standing frame.
After several sessions of physical therapy the
therapist can notice obvious progress:
The child now can sit with minimal support according to sitting
balance and head control improvement. The spasticity is reduced as a
result of intensive physical therapy
Complications of the paralysis like joint
calcification and fixed contractors, osteoporosis, joint
dislocations have also been preveited.
For the past two years, Hanin learns and trains at
the Aya Center for
special needs education. JMF contributes
towards Hanin’s fees, as well as providing physical and
occupational therapy at JMF center, and she is continuously
improvming.
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