Significance of Motor Examination in Cerebral Palsy

    When patients come to us with K/C/O neurological diseases like Cerebral palsy or syndromes with developmental delay, it is imperative to conduct the motor examination in detail along with the neurological examination. 

     As an  Ayurvedic doctor, I would first advise examining the patient using Ayurvedic parameters. i.e., assessment of the dusti of dosha, dhatu, and srotas, as well as the involvement of rogamarga. This is of prime importance. This should be coupled with an examination of the motor system and neurological system in detail. There has always been a debate about the relevance of using investigations and various parameters according to the modern system of medicine. I firmly believe that both Ayurvedic and modern parameters and modern investigations has to be used to diagnose the disease. This helps in the accurate diagnosis and also the prognosis of the disease. New investigations are available which exactly tell us about the cause and pathology. All these help us to be on the same page as allopathic doctors regarding diagnosing the disease.

    The next important thing is to explain the diagnosis, and prognosis in simple colloquial language to the patient. Ayurvedic terminologies are oblivious to the general public. so, if we explain the disease to the patient using Ayurvedic terms, then the patient can't understand us. Rather, we explain them using simple terms and with the help of some modern investigations. 

    To summarize, we become good and efficient doctors when we have the best of both worlds i.e. Ayurveda and up-to-date investigations from the Modern system of medicine.