The load at the start of Adeli Suit treatment is minimal, to be added gradually from session to session, depending on the patient’s condition. The length of treatment is raised gradually from 25 or 30 minutes at the start of the course till 45 to 90 minutes at the end (including breaks for rest). Prior to each Adeli Suit session, each patient undergoes a round of preparations. The aim of this prior workout is to render less pronounced those posture-tone reflexes which will be handled during the Adeli Suit treatment program.

Preparations prior to Adeli Suit treatment

It is advisable to do the following at this prior stage:

• when the condition is mild, all the ways needed to relax as much as possible the spastic muscles and stimulate the hypotonic muscles (including various kinds of massage, such as general massage, segmentary massage, nerve-point massage, etc., postisometric relaxation, microresonance therapy, etc.) combined with correcting drug therapy, and homeopathic and homotoxicological therapy;
• when the condition is severe or nearly so, the above mentioned procedures should be supplemented with a course of micropolarization of the brain and the spinal cord and/or a course of neuropeptide arginine-vasopressin—that is, the procedures aimed, above all, to improve the functional state of the brain, normalize the cortex-to-subcortex exchange and the supraspinal effects, activate the trophic process in the nervous system and augment neuronic sprouting.

In all cases, it is advisable to undertake a course of psychological correction with a psychologist to heighten motivation and develop in the child (and in his parents) the right outlook on treatment and expected outcome.

Although passive movements are crucial in Adeli Suit workout, they should be incorporated in the exercises aimed to manage individual elements of a single motor action.  They will help to develop kinetic and visual sensations of the pattern of movement in progress, retard any concomitant reactions, and stimulate the development of isolated and reciprocal movements.

Adeli Suit Therapy Sessions

The following tasks should be in view when performing the main stage of Adeli Suit rehabilitation:

• normalizing the tone of the muscles (correcting the posture-tone reflexes);
• correcting the faulty patterns of the support-and-motor apparatus (the extremities, sections of the spinal cord, and others);
• improving the mobility of the joints;
• managing the weakness (hypotrophy, atrophy) of individual groups of muscles;
• forming vestibular and antigravitational reactions and static-and-dynamic steadiness (balance and spatial orientation);
• improving muscle-and-joint sensation (kinesthesia and proprioception) and tactile sensations;
• improving the general support of the extremities and the support of their individual segments;
• developing dexterity of the arms and hands (minor motor management);
• improving the functions of the cardiovascular, respiratory and other systems.