Cerbal Palsy, or Cerebral Palsey, comes from Cerebral="from the brain" and Palsy (Paulsy, palsey etc) which is a medical term for the condition where there is a problem with the control of muscles in the body.

Cerbal Palsy Types:

• Spastic Cerebral Pasly
• Athetoid Cerebal Palsy
• Ataxic Cerberal Palsy
• Mixed Cerebral Palsey
  

Cerebral Palsy - brain damage

CP is caused by a brain (cerbal) damage in early childhood and children with cerebral paulsy may develop problems using their hands, walking, eating and talking normally. The palsey condition is not progressive and does not affect the intelligence or expected life span.

Cerbal palsy types

• Spastic Cerebral Pasly , the most common of the CP types, is when muscle tone is too tight. The result is movements that are stiff and difficult.
• Athetoid Cerebral Palsy (dyskinetic) comes from a varying muscle tone which will result in uncontrolled and involuntary movements
• Ataxic Cerebral Palsy is caused by a low muscle tone. It will typically result in poor coordination of movements, a damaged balance and depth perception.
• Mixed Cerebral Palsy comes from a mixed muslce tone, some muscles to tense, others too loose which will result in a mix of the spastic and the athetoid cerebral palsy types.

Other types of Palsey are Supranuclear Gaze Palsy which is when you are unable to look in one direction, also that following a cerebral damage.

Muscle tone

Cerebral paulsy is caused by a damage to the brain in areas that control the muscle tone. Muscle tone can as a result be too tight, too loose or both. Changes in the muscle tone is what makes us move our bodies, arms and legs. Muscle tone can be thought of like "muscle tension" which needs to be just right - for all muscles. Any overtightening or under tightening will result in poor coordination and considering that there are an immense amount of muscles which all need the right tension, it is not strange that a small brain damage can cause a problem - Cerbal Palsy or as it is sometimes also calles - Cerebral Palsey..