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Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy refers to a group of non-progressive, non-contagious conditions that cause physical disability and applies to the cerebrum in the brain and the disorder of movement.

The brain damage normally doesn't worsen, but secondary diseases are very common. Most notable are various orthopedic difficulties and motor disorders, arthritis and osteoporosis.

Cerebral palsy cannot be cured. Standard treatments include drugs, mechanical aids, physical therapy, behavioral therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. All these approaches are focused at helping the patient overcome developmental disabilities or learn new ways to accomplish difficult tasks.

Dr Steenblock - Personalized Regenerative Medicine

Dr. David Steenblock has worked with more than 3,000 stem cell patients. Not only is he a pioneer and expert in the medical use of stem cells but has also had over 30 years of experience doing alternative medicine.

Dr. Steenblock is working wonders with Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, ALS and many other neurological conditions.

Stem Cells show to have Amazing Benefits for Cerebral Palsy Patients!

In our experience, stem cell based treatments produce benefits, some remarkable in scope, within 3-4 months after a treatment!

One good example: A mom brought her 12 year old daughter in who had suffered from severe Cerebral Palsy since birth and had been given around $300,000.00 worth of different medical, physical, occupational and other therapies since age one. Within three months of the young girl’s stem cell treatment, the Mom told us, “Stem cells have given us more results in three months than all of the other treatments we have given our daughter since she was born 12 years ago!”

In addition, a great deal of other clinical evidence has accumulated during the past decade pointing to the fact that stem cells in cord blood and bone marrow produce sometimes dramatic improvements in Cerebral Palsy patients. Many have reported experiencing significant reductions in spasticity as well as notable improvements in motor function, and there are many cases in which Cerebral Palsy children who were blind from birth began seeing for the first time in their lives following a stem cell treatment. You will likely not see these genuine medical miracles being objectively discussed by mainstream doctors, though if they looked closely they’d find good cause to shout this good news from the rooftops. There is, in fact, nothing that comes close to what stem cells are able to do in terms of improving the damaged functions of children and adults with Cerebral Palsy.

Also: Dr. David Steenblock and his team have documented impressive clinical improvements in older Cerebral Palsy patients treated using their own stem cell rich bone marrow at his clinic here in the U.S. (Mission Viejo, California). One very remarkable case involving a teenager named “Emily” is showcased in this short video: http://www.stemcellmd.org/?p=1058

Dr. Steenblock’s comprehensive stem cell-based approach to Cerebral Palsy is geared to:

(1) prepare a patient’s body to respond vigorously to injected stem cells

(2) identify and deal with dietary, lifestyle and other factors that tend to contribute to or complicate Cerebral Palsy

(3) remove impediments that tend to compromise patient responses to stem cells as well as stem cell activity in the body.

In general, though, if your child is generally healthy and has been since birth, in most cases no special evaluations other than a current physical exam and routine blood tests are required. This type of condition is by far the most responsive condition to stem cell therapy we have ever seen since the bodies of children in general do not harbor chronic infections, hormonal abnormalities or other things that interfere with stem cell proliferation and activity. In those children who are underweight and not meeting their developmental milestones certain growth factors such as DHEA, IGF-1 and HGH should be measured to be sure they are not deficient. Any deficiencies may be due to dysfunction in those parts of the brain that produce these factors caused by birth trauma or injury. If the child suffers from some type of growth hormone deficiency, these should be given for at least three months commencing after the stem cell rich tissues are administered.

How is a Bone Marrow Transplant Done?

Children who weigh 70 lbs or greater can usually be treated successfully with their own stem cell rich bone marrow.
Typically, Dr. Steenblock harvests health building bone marrow from either a patient’s tibia (thick shin bone) or the iliac crest (hip bone).

To do this he first deadens the area using a local anesthetic and then inserts a thin-needle attached to a large syringe. He then draws the bone marrow up into the syringe. Most patients report that they are comfortable and relaxed during the collection process. The entire bone marrow harvesting and treatment process typically takes only a few hours.

Administering the stem cells

The collected stem cells are typically re-infused by intravenous drip. However, in some cases a “lumbar puncture” is done. How does this work? In general, a syringe containing the patient’s stem cells is attached to a thin needle that is carefully inserted into the spinal canal low in the lower back. Once in place a small amount of the fluid (Cerebral Spinal Fluid) is drawn up in a syringe and mixed with the stem cells and this is then injected back into the CSF. As CSF circulates in and around the brain it carries these new regenerative stem cells with it, typically taking between 6-7 hours to complete a single cycle.

A simple bone marrow procedure for a child is usually $6K USD since these children usually take more time and effort to treat than adults. If the administration of the cells is done by lumbar tap (into the CSF) the cost is $12K USD and if done by intra-arterial catheter placement into the brain’s blood vessels, the cost is $21K USD. In general Dr. Steenblock recommends umbilical cord stem cells (in Mexico) for younger children and bone marrow treatments for older ones. Of course a combination of both will often give better results than either one of these by themselves. The spinal and femoral artery catheter procedures are done in Mexico by a licensed surgeon and his team of specialists.