idiopathically tiptoeing

tali122 | 23:26 Fri 13th May 2005 | Parenting

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my 10 year old son has been idiopathically( i.e for no reason) tiptoeing and continually standing up since the age of 3 and despite physio has not improved, according to my research these are signs of cerebral palsy - and yet the various specalists have not mentioned it once
any parents with same probs including dyspraxia?

need help/advice

my 2 yr old

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sian744

Hi there

my son age 13 has just been diagnosed with Dyspraxia, they too thought he might have cerebal palsy amongst other things. My son doesn't tip-toe but he does have tight ham-strings/hypermobilty and lax joints and this causes him problems.

Sian

tali122

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thanks sian, with my son it is tight ankles.he is also on special needs

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