{"id":12549,"date":"2025-06-18T14:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/?p=12549"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:42:17","slug":"ucp-arizona-zero-gravity-babyg-cerebral-palsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/ucp-arizona-zero-gravity-babyg-cerebral-palsy\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Hot-Button Health Topics in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"asset-masthead\">\n<header class=\"asset-header\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<h1>Zero-Gravity Gains<\/h1>\n<div class=\"posts-single-content__content post-content content js-post-content\">\n<p>Baby steps don\u2019t always come easy for children with cerebral palsy and other developmental challenges, but United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of Central Arizona is hoping zero-gravity assistance may help. This spring, the organization will become the first clinical setting in the U.S. to offer BabyG, a balance and gait trainer that allows a child to move while suspended in a harness over a robotic track.<\/p>\n<p>The trainer is designed to provide security and fall protection as children develop the ability to crawl, stand and walk at their own pace. UCP occupational therapist Valerie Pieraccini says it\u2019s a game changer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren under the age of 3 years old are in a period of developmental neuroplasticity, when the old adage \u2018If you don\u2019t use it, you lose it\u2019 applies to the developing parts of a young child\u2019s neural network,\u201d she says. \u201cChildren with cerebral palsy, rare disorders or genetic disorders that result in a motor disorder often do not have the opportunity to move and play like their peers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixmag.com\/2025\/03\/14\/5-hot-button-health-topics-in-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here:<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zero-Gravity Gains Baby steps don\u2019t always come easy for children with cerebral palsy and other developmental challenges, but United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of Central Arizona is hoping zero-gravity assistance may help. This spring, the organization will become the first clinical setting in the U.S. to offer BabyG, a balance and gait trainer that allows a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":12550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feel-good-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12552,"href":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12549\/revisions\/12552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucpofcentralaz.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}