06/10/2025
Today is World Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day!
One person with Cerebral Palsy we had the pleasure of meeting was Ben.
Ben is a young man who loves watching Rugby and has been using his DMO suit for over a decade. When he was a baby, Ben was diagnosed with Asymmetric Cerebral Palsy with Dystonia, which causes symptoms like high muscle tone in his arms and legs, and low tone in his trunk— limiting his ability to sit unaided.
Today, Ben’s suit helps to maintain his spinal posture and increase his head control, which helps him to scoff his favourite pasta!
Orthoses can play a significant part in supporting people with Cerebral Palsy, including our own Dynamic Movement Orthoses (DMO). Our team of trained clinicians have a combined total of over 250 years’ experience in neurological, musculoskeletal and genetic conditions, helping thousands of patients for the last 20 years.
Since he was two years old, Ben has been using our Dynamic Movement Orthoses (DMO) Suits to help manage the symptoms of Cerebral Palsy. Ben’s DMOs have helped in a variety of ways such as dampening down dystonic movements, posture support and head control.
For more information about how we can help support Cerebral Palsy patients around the world visit www.dmorthotics.com/knowledge-hub/conditions/cerebral-palsy/