Cerebral Palsy

September 18, 2004

Thanks Roger. I saw the person today and I don't have much time now so I have to

be breif. Yes music in the tx period relaxed her and music therapy is a big and

growing valid option. I am a member of a group that plays the suzuki Q-chord

(electronic autoharp)- lots of therapists.

Also the spasticity stopped w touch enough to put needles in, and

touch/gentle qikung reduced the shaking and anxiety/depression.

rw2 wrote:

I've never dealt with cerebral palsy, either, but have had experience with other

degenerative CNS disorders, including ALS, and in many of these conditions, I've

concluded that music therapy can be very effective. There is a lot of research

on the effects of music on health, especially CNS development and disorders; I'm

surprised that more health professionals don't harness this data and use it in a

systematic way clinically. (I wrote an article on how one might understand and

use European classical music in a TCM context:

)

ALS results in motoneurone cell death, and while the cells are deteriorating,

they often fire in abnormal ways, resulting in muscle fasciculations. In several

cases, I found that playing certain types of classical music would result in

immediate (within minutes) and significant (70%) reduction of fasciculations.

The Bach suites for solo cello were especially effective, and I recommend these

for people with various types of Interior Liver Wind. Many types of rock music,

on the other hand, significantly aggravate Interior Liver Wind conditions.

Other major factors in CNS degenerative disorders: heavy metal toxicity (esp.

mercury), excessive electromagnetic field exposure, neurotoxins such as

aspartame and MSG. - I've seen several people with ALS who have had major

previous exposure to electrical shocks and/or excessive EM fields such as

microwaves, one was a rock musician who was repeatedly shocked from handling

electrical connections in amplification systems. In all types of CNS

degenerative disorders I've seen, I recommend that these people avoid harmful

EMFs of all types. (I shudder to think of what types of illnesses the current

cell-phone craze will cause.)

The following article presents an interesting hypothesis for the relationship

between ferromagnetic heavy metals and sonic shocks in triggering

neurodegenerative disorders:

The Environmental Origins of TSEs: The Ferromagnetic-Prion Theory

by Mark Purdey; Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, 2004 July,

pp.83-88.

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