I'm a 22 year old with Cerebral Palsy and I have seen a massive improvement in my health by using essential oils. Particularly peppermint and lavender. Peppermint can be used with grapeseed or other carrier oils like olive or almond oil to help fight pain and relax spastic muscles. The oils are very potent so you have to dilute them. I have been putting a combination of Frankincense, Lavender, Helicrysum, Cypress, ginger and grapeseed on my hands and feet which now have circulation in them for the first time ever. They used to be blue and freezing cold! And because of the circulation I can now wiggle them! Lavender also helps for sleep and relaxion and I use it frequently as a spray in my house with water as well as applying it topically. Please take this advice if you can! It has done wonders! And I cannot bear the thought of someone being in pain as I always was if I can help.
I also do a detox that is very simple and helps with pain. I mix it up in a bag. All it is, is 1 cup of baking soda, 1 cup sea salt and one cup Epsom Salt. You take a 1 cup measuring cup of that and put it into hot water and soak your feet in it. It pulls toxins and access lactic acid out of your system and relaxes you. You will most likely sleep. Wait for the water to cool completely and sit for about 45 minutes and you will be relaxed. It pulls toxins out of your body that have built up for years.
Please try it. I have taken myself off my muscle relaxers because of doing this. Please take it from someone who knows. My toes are moving for the first time ever!! :)
Replied By Lindsay (Ut) on 07/06/2015
OH MY GOD! Me too!! I am using essential oils and I have cerebral palsy and it has helped immensly! I'm 23 years old. I also do a foot detox with the epsom salt, baking soda and sea salt! It is so cool to see someone else that is going through the same thing! How does it feel to move your toes finally?? I can too after never being able to! They were cold and blue. As someone who also has CP, let me just say that I am so happy for you!! :D I have also taken myself off my muscle relaxers. I think we should exchange notes back and forth. I have so much information. That is so cool :)Replied By Yvonne (Muskogee, Ok.) on 08/15/2015
Hello everyone:) I have been looking for home remedies' for my 9 year old grandson how suffers with the muscle stiffness of CP. He has a very rare disorder called Schezincephaly. I have been looking for this very thing. I am going to try these things in hopes that not only will it relax his spastic muscle's but get him off the Baclofen that he takes. Any more advice would be a true Blessing:) I am so very happy for you that you are no longer in pain. Thank you for being so kind in sharing this information :) I hope we can all keep in contact with each other.Replied By Kasy (Hot Sulphur Springs, Co) on 11/09/2015
For the tight muscle mix you mentioned with frankincense, what is the measure of drops for each oil? I'm guessing you're using a 5ml bottle and filling to the top with your carrier oil after the EOs are put in?Replied By Helper (Earth) on 02/25/2016
Take enemas of acv. Also take baking soda daily. Also soak in epsom salt, b soda (2 lbs of each) plus borax (1 big cup)Replied By Luann (Michigan) on 04/06/2016
Hi, Our son has this diagnosis as well. I am looking for a good "recipe" for the oil combinations for our son. His hands and elbow joints are tight and have contractions. I am losing the battle with just stretching.Replied By Emily (Johnson) on 05/24/2016
Luann, I am just wondering if you started using essential oils with your son and what oils you used. I have someone with CP and is interested in trying essential oils but I need to be honest and say that I am not real familiar with CP and which oils to use. Any help or suggestions would be really appreciated.Replied By Regina P. (Kentucky) on 09/05/2016
Hi, I have been using essential oils on a three year old with schizencephaly for around a year and a half now. You probably want to make this a massage ritual with the stretches incorporated. It takes time, but it is worth it. Over time I have experimented with various blends of oils, I find this one the most effective: cedarwood, marjoram, lavender, and helichrysum. [I am allergic to frank. so I never tried it.]. Helichrysum is rather expensive! I get my oils from Hopewell though and their price is not bad. The carrier oil I use is 1/3 St John's Wort infused oil and then whatever else I have on hand (grapeseed, almond, avocado, etc.) I also have a different oil blend I use at times in conjunction with this one on the core: black pepper & wild orange to help build muscle strength. During the day we do stretches too and I use the oils then if they are on hand, massage first and then stretch. Massage "primes" the area to stretch so it causes less discomfort. I would also argue that a massage technique is essential to applying essential oils to CP children/adults. There are videos on youtube about how to message children. One of that is actually a CP kid. I think Zachary is his name. You can search on youtube for Zachary massage and it should come up. It was very helpful for me when I was starting out.
That being said, it was not until she was put on Baclofen (the slow taper started in Feb and we are still not at the dosage prescribed for her) that the massage therapy with EO had a staying power I could build on from day to day. Before the medication, she would tighten up pretty quick after the massage and so everyday was maintenance to keep what was there. It worked insofar as her hips did not dislocate and she was getting stretched out at least for a time, but really keeping the muscles loose for later massages on a deeper level was not possible. I fought hard to keep her from needing the drug; I regret taking so long to at least try it. M's spasticity is just too pronounced. Hope this helps!
Replied By Carla (Jasper Al 35501) on 09/09/2016
My 12 year old grandson has cp and is in a wheelchair ...he was on a walker but his spastic movements got so bad he was unable to use the walker without falling....do you know of any oils that could relax these involuntary movements.....thank youReplied By Mike (Phoenix, Az) on 10/09/2016
Anyone using CBD oil?Replied By Miranda (Ny) on 05/10/2017
My boyfriend has cp and I'm am new to essential oils. What is something can do to try and help him? Not sure what I should try first to know what works for him?Replied By Sheri (Alabama) on 05/18/2017
My daughter is 15 and her feet have the same as you are describing. I would like to try the oils also. Can I please get an amount of each one that you used? Thank you.Replied By Leah (Isiolo, Kenya) on 06/18/2017
I am a missionary working in Kenya. We are opening today a clinic for disabled children. We had a PT come out and train our women on performing PT with the kids. But I would also like to use essential oils on them. Can you give me any other advice on what oils to start with. Most of our kids are under 6 so I am reticent to use Peppermint. Thanks for any help you can give.Replied By Siti (Malaysia) on 09/17/2017
I have quadripleglia cerebral palsy. Age thirty four. Any essential oils suitable for me?Replied By Timh (Ky) on 09/18/2017
Siti: Rosemary and Lavender are recommended for overall health of body & mind, but if you can afford to buy a complete collection of Essential Oils you can use any number in time and appropriate conditions.Replied By Karen (Ma) on 10/31/2017
I have found Marjoram essential oil to be very helpful for spasms. That is Origanum marjorana. The maximum I would use in a ten ml roller bottle would be 20 drops for a 3 to 5 year and up.Replied By A.m. (Washington) on 11/16/2017
We attended the IAAHP therapy classes in Philadelphia. We saw many kids with cerebral palsy. They have a technique called "masking" that they use because they say these kids are chronically oxygen deprived. They recommend having the child rebreathe his co2 through a ventilated bag (quart size ziploc with a straw in the bottom for smaller kids) until he gets reflexive deep breathing for twenty seconds, or NO MORE THAN A MINUTE. All the blood vessels are open and the cells receptive for the oxygen that comes in when the mask goes off. Repeat 1 time every six minutes. We saw tight hands and arms relax with this technique. Also, these kids who could not move grew lung function as measured by a huge increase in chest size.
There is a Russian technique, Buteyko breathing, that I would look into for the same effect. We showed parents of a non-speaking child (who clearly was oxygen deprived) the masking technique, and after one mask, we asked him if he wanted another and he said "no". Both of us heard it but the parents were so convinced he was a non talker it went right by them.
Replied By Villa Kabugo (Uganda, East Africa) on 01/12/2018
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