Depending on the needs of you, your child, and others in your family, other types of therapy may help, too. These may include: Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy: “Rehabilitation & Physical ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD ... Conventional drug treatments, such as steroids, combined with physical therapy remain the standard course of treatment despite merely delaying disease progression.

The Muscular Dystrophy Association trusts the decision ... that change how the muscle cells “read” the mutated gene, physical therapy or surgery to correct spinal curvature, Hesterlee said.“ ...

Amber Sapp, a St. Petersburg resident, is a physical therapist and mom to 18-year-old Garrett, who lives with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. [ Sapp family ] “You’re just an over-protective ...

Sixty-four cases of muscular dystrophy were diagnosed according ... One boy who was also receiving physical therapy with androstenolone had marked increases in strength and vital capacity.