We are celebrating! It’s the final day of my daughter’s Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT program). We are so proud of her. She has worked so very hard for one full month and has tolerated having a cast on her “typically functioning” arm the entire time.
There has not yet been research done to assess CIMT for babies, but it seems to me that the program has worked very well for my daughter. We will definitely repeat it again next year.
Today, the team is constructing a new custom “take-away” cast for at-home use. We are instructed to place it on our daughter’s arm for one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening, and then engage her in play-based activities. Once she outgrows it, we’ll visit our local hospital to have them construct a new one.
If you’re interested in CIMT for your child, please get in touch by commenting below. I’m happy to answer any questions you have about our experience. And now for the best part, some before and after videos!
Before and After: Playing with Musical Spinning Toy
Before and After: Playing with Red Streamers
Thank you so much to the amazing CIMT Team, especially to Ruth who never held back on showing an endless amount of love to our little one!
I have tracked the day-by-day activities and progress during therapy. Click below to see all the entries.
Cindy has a deep interest in Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) and is currently studying Early Childhood Education. She focuses most of her time on her energetic daughter: playing, cuddling and helping to make her world visually accessible. Cindy holds a degree in Marketing and has worked in the not-for-profit sector for many years.