KHOU-TV (CBS) Channel 11-Houston, Jan. 25, 2007 GALVESTON -- In the past 30 years there have been great advances in both preventing and treating cerebral palsy. Yet the number of babies born with the disease remains about the same. A novel procedure pioneered on the East Coast that is now being done by one doctor in the Houston area. It's called PERCs, and it offers new hope for children with cerebral palsy. Cruz Martinez was born premature and with cerebral palsy. He knows what it is to struggle. Growing up, determination served him well. "I just never had the attitude he was different," his mother Michelle Martinez said.  At 16, Cruz's room reflects his passion for music. It doesn't show how difficult going to a concert could be.  "I would have to stop for at least a minute or two to catch my breath or take a time out to let my legs rest, and I hate doing that," Cruz said. The Martinez family opted for a new surgery. At the University of Texas medical Branch in Galveston, Dr. David Yngve carefully makes tiny incisions along Cruz's leg in order to nick the tendons where they blend into muscles that are too tight.