Cure-like Brain-repair in a Girl with Atrophied Cerebellum and Pons through Coordination Dynamics Therapy

The cerebral palsy girl Sophie had from birth an atrophy of the cerebellum and ponds. At an age of 5.5, Coordination Dynamics Therapy was started. At the beginning, Sophie was incontinent and her speech was very poor. She could not stand, walk, run or jump. When falling, her protection automatism patterns were not working. The first fundamental progress in repair was achieved when the protection automatisms appeared in Sophie at an age of 6.5 years. The parents were not so much afraid anymore when trying to make her walking and Sophie tried now to walk by herself. The protection automatisms became operational at a time when she became able to exercise by herself on a special coordination dynamics therapy device. When the protection automatism occurred, the learning to walk became much easier and less risky. Sophie was not afraid anymore to fall and she tried herself now to walk without falling and she liked it. At an age of 8 she was able to walk without falling. Sophie’s trot gait crawling improved. The pace gait crawling became possible with poor performance. At an age of 9, Sophie could creep, crawl, upright, walk, jump and play with a ball. She was fully continent. Her speech had improved, so that the Author started to understand her. Her writing got better and her higher mental functions improved. She still had some problems with the balance, but she managed without falling. She was not able to run. The mother, teacher by herself, taught her at home. Through 6 years of CDT, at an age of 12 years, Sophie could fully manage the balance. She became able to run and jump freely and walk to a 1km distant supermarket for shopping.

Sophies cerebellar and pons repair is compared with the repair of a traumatic cerebellar and pons injury and her repair-stimulated development is compared with the development of healthy children in the age range between 3 and 18 years, quantified by coordination dynamics values and the ontogenetic landscape for locomotion, based on the System Theory of Pattern formation. Sophie could not fully catch-up so far with the normal development. Further therapy is needed. The health of normal pupils could be enhanced if the training on the special coordination dynamics therapy device would be included in school sport.