Cuevas Medek Exercise
Cuevas Medek Exercise (CME, Medek) is an approach to provide automatic motor responses in motor-delayed children. This exercise system was developed and created in 1972 by Ramon Cuevas, a Chilean physical therapist.
In developmentally compromised infants, CME, Medek reinforces the natural recovery potential by using the underlying property of the Central Nervous System to propel the developmental process.
It is important and crucial in order to lead the compromised child out of the abnormal motor developmental situation to begin motor therapy at the same time as the first signs of delayed motor function appear.
Q: CME, Medek is based upon which principles?
A:
Specialized maneuvers can provoke the appearance of absent automatic motor functions
A child’s cooperation and motivation are not requisites in CME, Medek physical therapy exercises
Children benefit from exposure to the natural influence of the force of gravity
Stretching maneuvers are integrated into the CME, Medek therapy
High muscle tone in the lower extremities is not an obstacle to the stimulation of standing and positional control.
Q: What ages can benefit from CME, Medek?
A: This therapy can be applied to children from the age of 3 months until they achieve and control independent walking.
“We are the parents of a 10-month old baby girl who showed developmental delays in motor skills. We were referred by a physical therapist at Atlantic Healthcare to Renu for physiotherapy.
If our child has difficulty with one [exercise] (or seems to dislike doing it), Renu always has an alternative. She will never let the baby cry, in fact, our baby smiles as soon as she sees her. Every session has brought visible improvements to what our baby manages to do. "
- Afifa N.
** All information was given with permission from Ramon Cuevas **