Are we doing enough CPT?

humphrey711

New member
I realize this isn't going away and I do her PT daily as directed by the therapist at our clinic. I have asked about the vest and they suggested we keep doing it manually. I also recently called a chest therapist who does home visits and asked her to come over and show us some new positions. I was told that after the age of 2 there are some new positions we could try to encourage drainage. When she called me back she told me she had talked to my clinic about what I was doing and they were very happy with what I was doing and didn't see a need to change. They also told her that they wanted to wait until the age of 3 as there is concern with fluids from her stomach getting into her lungs when she is tipped.

She is very used to having PT as I do it every day but she does fight having it done on her front. I don't want to force it and make it miserable for her so she freaks every time I try to do anything but I do worry that we aren't doing her front and under her arms. Does anyone have suggestions on how to do that without her having to be forced?

Thanks,
Karen
 

humphrey711

New member
I realize this isn't going away and I do her PT daily as directed by the therapist at our clinic. I have asked about the vest and they suggested we keep doing it manually. I also recently called a chest therapist who does home visits and asked her to come over and show us some new positions. I was told that after the age of 2 there are some new positions we could try to encourage drainage. When she called me back she told me she had talked to my clinic about what I was doing and they were very happy with what I was doing and didn't see a need to change. They also told her that they wanted to wait until the age of 3 as there is concern with fluids from her stomach getting into her lungs when she is tipped.

She is very used to having PT as I do it every day but she does fight having it done on her front. I don't want to force it and make it miserable for her so she freaks every time I try to do anything but I do worry that we aren't doing her front and under her arms. Does anyone have suggestions on how to do that without her having to be forced?

Thanks,
Karen
 

humphrey711

New member
I realize this isn't going away and I do her PT daily as directed by the therapist at our clinic. I have asked about the vest and they suggested we keep doing it manually. I also recently called a chest therapist who does home visits and asked her to come over and show us some new positions. I was told that after the age of 2 there are some new positions we could try to encourage drainage. When she called me back she told me she had talked to my clinic about what I was doing and they were very happy with what I was doing and didn't see a need to change. They also told her that they wanted to wait until the age of 3 as there is concern with fluids from her stomach getting into her lungs when she is tipped.

She is very used to having PT as I do it every day but she does fight having it done on her front. I don't want to force it and make it miserable for her so she freaks every time I try to do anything but I do worry that we aren't doing her front and under her arms. Does anyone have suggestions on how to do that without her having to be forced?

Thanks,
Karen
 

humphrey711

New member
I realize this isn't going away and I do her PT daily as directed by the therapist at our clinic. I have asked about the vest and they suggested we keep doing it manually. I also recently called a chest therapist who does home visits and asked her to come over and show us some new positions. I was told that after the age of 2 there are some new positions we could try to encourage drainage. When she called me back she told me she had talked to my clinic about what I was doing and they were very happy with what I was doing and didn't see a need to change. They also told her that they wanted to wait until the age of 3 as there is concern with fluids from her stomach getting into her lungs when she is tipped.

She is very used to having PT as I do it every day but she does fight having it done on her front. I don't want to force it and make it miserable for her so she freaks every time I try to do anything but I do worry that we aren't doing her front and under her arms. Does anyone have suggestions on how to do that without her having to be forced?

Thanks,
Karen
 

humphrey711

New member
I realize this isn't going away and I do her PT daily as directed by the therapist at our clinic. I have asked about the vest and they suggested we keep doing it manually. I also recently called a chest therapist who does home visits and asked her to come over and show us some new positions. I was told that after the age of 2 there are some new positions we could try to encourage drainage. When she called me back she told me she had talked to my clinic about what I was doing and they were very happy with what I was doing and didn't see a need to change. They also told her that they wanted to wait until the age of 3 as there is concern with fluids from her stomach getting into her lungs when she is tipped.
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<br />She is very used to having PT as I do it every day but she does fight having it done on her front. I don't want to force it and make it miserable for her so she freaks every time I try to do anything but I do worry that we aren't doing her front and under her arms. Does anyone have suggestions on how to do that without her having to be forced?
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<br />Thanks,
<br />Karen
 

Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
Is she struggling because she's missing out on something. DS would sometimes struggle in that position because he couldn't see the tv or dvd player to watch his cartoons. Another thing we tried when he was younger was to sing to him -- we'd make up goofy songs while we did cpt.

We never did the positions at a downward incline. And he was a refluxer and we didn't have spit up issues.

And I still don't think 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week is adequate.
 

Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
Is she struggling because she's missing out on something. DS would sometimes struggle in that position because he couldn't see the tv or dvd player to watch his cartoons. Another thing we tried when he was younger was to sing to him -- we'd make up goofy songs while we did cpt.

We never did the positions at a downward incline. And he was a refluxer and we didn't have spit up issues.

And I still don't think 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week is adequate.
 

Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
Is she struggling because she's missing out on something. DS would sometimes struggle in that position because he couldn't see the tv or dvd player to watch his cartoons. Another thing we tried when he was younger was to sing to him -- we'd make up goofy songs while we did cpt.

We never did the positions at a downward incline. And he was a refluxer and we didn't have spit up issues.

And I still don't think 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week is adequate.
 

Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
Is she struggling because she's missing out on something. DS would sometimes struggle in that position because he couldn't see the tv or dvd player to watch his cartoons. Another thing we tried when he was younger was to sing to him -- we'd make up goofy songs while we did cpt.

We never did the positions at a downward incline. And he was a refluxer and we didn't have spit up issues.

And I still don't think 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week is adequate.
 

Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
Is she struggling because she's missing out on something. DS would sometimes struggle in that position because he couldn't see the tv or dvd player to watch his cartoons. Another thing we tried when he was younger was to sing to him -- we'd make up goofy songs while we did cpt.
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<br />We never did the positions at a downward incline. And he was a refluxer and we didn't have spit up issues.
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<br />And I still don't think 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week is adequate.
 

Buckeye

New member
I wonder if it's just her age? Two years old is a tough age to make kids do anything they don't want to do.My son was diagnosed at a much later age so I thought it would be hard to get him used to doing the CPT since he hadn't done it every day of his life, but he actually loves it. We do 20 minutes twice a day with Albuterol prior to the CPT.I do think doing it every single day is key to getting them to accept that it is part of their everyday life.
 

Buckeye

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I wonder if it's just her age? Two years old is a tough age to make kids do anything they don't want to do.My son was diagnosed at a much later age so I thought it would be hard to get him used to doing the CPT since he hadn't done it every day of his life, but he actually loves it. We do 20 minutes twice a day with Albuterol prior to the CPT.I do think doing it every single day is key to getting them to accept that it is part of their everyday life.
 

Buckeye

New member
I wonder if it's just her age? Two years old is a tough age to make kids do anything they don't want to do.My son was diagnosed at a much later age so I thought it would be hard to get him used to doing the CPT since he hadn't done it every day of his life, but he actually loves it. We do 20 minutes twice a day with Albuterol prior to the CPT.I do think doing it every single day is key to getting them to accept that it is part of their everyday life.
 

Buckeye

New member
I wonder if it's just her age? Two years old is a tough age to make kids do anything they don't want to do.My son was diagnosed at a much later age so I thought it would be hard to get him used to doing the CPT since he hadn't done it every day of his life, but he actually loves it. We do 20 minutes twice a day with Albuterol prior to the CPT.I do think doing it every single day is key to getting them to accept that it is part of their everyday life.
 

Buckeye

New member
I wonder if it's just her age? Two years old is a tough age to make kids do anything they don't want to do.<p>My son was diagnosed at a much later age so I thought it would be hard to get him used to doing the CPT since he hadn't done it every day of his life, but he actually loves it. We do 20 minutes twice a day with Albuterol prior to the CPT.<p>I do think doing it every single day is key to getting them to accept that it is part of their everyday life.
 
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