Mackayla was born in April 2001, with severe perinatal hypoxia as a consequence of quadriplegic spastic-athetoid cerebral palsy. She received  conventional therapy treatment from birth until mid 2004 when she began to receive CME physical therapy with  PT Catherine Meehan certified CME II practitioner, (who successfully passed examination for CME III certification in March 2006, in Santiago, Chile). From the beginning the parents noticed small but significant improvements in Mackayla motor functions as a result of the new physical therapy.The father brought Mackayla to Chile in April 2006 for an intensive CME physical therpy program of 7 days (21 sessions) with Ramon Cuevas. At the initial assessment, she presented the characteristic signals of athetoid neck movements and posture as well in upper extremities. Mackaila experienced significant improvement in two basic functions during the 7 days of CME physical therapy; the first was trunk control reaction when sitting on the sofa with no trunk support (pictures below), function which was totally absent 4 days before.

The other wonderful improvement was the endurance to keep the standing position and take steps supported by the ankles. Mackayla only began to control the standing position by the ankles after the family incorporated CME physical therapy as a basic routine. The average amount of guided steps by the ankles, before the intensive therapy in Chile was 11 steps followed by collapsing sitting down and surprisingly, during the therapy session number 12 on the fourth day of the program Mackayla was able to take 246 consecutive steps guided by the ankles.  She became excited and collapsed sitting 10 inches before touching the elevator door in front of Ramon’s office; the father and the grandfather were witnesses of this amazing performance. This response to the exercise means that Mackayla has a great potential for postural control.