SAMARPAN PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC

MOTOR NEURON DISEASE

IT IS ONE OF MOST DEVASTATING TYPES OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER WHERE IN THERE IS A PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATION OF MOTOR NEURONS CAUSING AMYOTROPHY,WEAKNESS AND CORTICOSPINAL SIGNS

CAUSES:

ITS MENIFISTS IN DIFFERENT FORMS LIKE:

1. AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
2. PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY
3. PROGRESSIVE BULBAR PALSY
4. PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS

PATHOLOGY:

DISEASE AFFECTS PRIMARILY UPPER MOTOR NEURON AND LOWER MOTOR NEURON

TREATMENT:

• GENTLE ACTIVE EXERCISES
• PASSIVE EXERCISES
• SELF STRETCHING 
• NO FORM OF VIGOROUS RESISTED EXERCISES
• LIGHT WEIGHTED ORTHOSIS MAY BE GIVEN
• PROPER POSITIONING