United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

Our daughter is aproaching her first birthday. the specialists we deal with in London Ont. assure us that her nerve damage is 99% healed. It has been a long year watching and waiting to see her progress.
When she was born the dr. thought he had broken her shoulder, although he never spoke directly to us. when i asked questions I was told her shoulder was "bruised" and not to worry. however it was clear to me that her right side was paralyzed, and she had that distinctive " waiter's tip". Because we couldn't get any information from the hospital we surfed the net and found this site. the information we found here was a lifesaver for us. It helped empower us to find the help that our daughter needed.

My daughter is turning 2 yrs. at the end of the month. She doesn't have full range of motion back in her left arm. She doesn't weight bare on it at all and is only able to move it to a 90* angle (shoulder level) Any advice on different thing you found to work with your daughter? That I might beable to try with mine

Hello,
My daughter still does not use her affected arm for most things. As a crawler she always carried something in the right arm... her rattle a cookie etc.
We try to encourage her to use it by offering to pull her up but only on the right side. As much as possible we try to encourage her to use it. The dr.'s say that she should have the ability to use it but it's still wait and see. As far as range of motion we found some exercises such as the stop sign and a bicep rotation ( that hurt her ) it kept the muscle from shortening during the healing process. Talk to your dr. or physio therapist. I hope you find some things that will work for your child. It is a long process isn't it?