Primitive Reflex Integration Approaches
Primitive Reflex Integration therapy can provide a non-invasive approach for helping with physical, emotional, behavioural and cognitive challenges. The role of infant reflex movement is to promote infant milestones development towards increasingly skillful functioning that becomes ever more refined and efficient, thereby replacing the need for reflex activated movement. However, studies have shown that primitive reflex integration therapies can assist if ongoing reflex interference remains a contributor to later emotional, sensory, learning, behavioural and mental health challenges. Mind-BodyTech offers several different primitive integration approaches that can assist with any such unhelpful reflex effects.
“Get Ready for School” DVD 1st chapter.
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The first chapter of the "Get Ready for School DVD" by Robyn Cox is provided here to explain more about the ways in which infant reflex development affects learning and skills success. If you are interested in viewing the remaining 3 chapters (which include lots of easy and fun self-help activities) do contact me. I can arrange with you a suitable time to make it available to watch (without charge or commitment).
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Alternatively, you can follow the link to purchase your own copy of this DVD by clicking below:
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Before coming to see Mandy my son suffered from poor coordination, low-self esteem and lack of emotional and behavioural control. These concern areas were addressed during his sessions, resulting in noticeably improved co-ordination and advances in his ability to self-regulate, stay calm and relax.
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If you are ready to come for sessions, Mind-BodyTech provides movement based, primitive reflex integration programmes that use developmental movements, gentle isometric pressure and self-awareness to rebuild the foundations necessary to help overcome learning, sensory, emotional and behavioural challenges. Integration of the primitive reflexes is important because:
• They are the basis of our nervous system and our ability to move.
• They originate in the unconscious area of the brain that is responsible for survival. If, under stress, we are still moving from here, then we are not able to easily access our conscious rational brain areas where we can process and analyse information. Instead we stay in the survival and stress mode of thinking, feeling and behaving.
• As we get older our retained reflexes trigger our fight/flight response, even when there is no rational reason for the stress. So stressed behaviour becomes our learnt pattern of responding.
• When our movements come from active primitive reflex movement patterns there will be challenges with coordination. This, for example, can lead to reading and writing difficulties, language and speech delays, problems with communicating, organising, concentrating, comprehending, fidgeting, etc. Other challenges may be seen in poor bladder control, breathing difficulties, skin problems and having an uncontrollable sweet tooth.
• Indicators, such as weak muscle tone, muscle weakness, chronic body aches, poor endurance and fatigue are also typical.
From very early on in utero, the primitive reflex movements literally help to develop the brain. The movements lay down the patterns of neural networks and myelinisation of pathways that allow the connection of the various areas of the brain that are so important later on for learning, behaviour, communication, relationships and emotional well being.
However, if primitive reflexes are not properly integrated and instead remain active, adaptations will inevitably occur and many difficulties can then emerge. Furthermore, working observations suggest that reflexes integrated in infancy can later reactivate because of trauma, injury, toxins and stress. Integration of the primitive reflexes allows optimal developmental progression. Promoting good foundations for wellbeing through precisely devised movement also provides a natural pathway to success.
• They are the basis of our nervous system and our ability to move.
• They originate in the unconscious area of the brain that is responsible for survival. If, under stress, we are still moving from here, then we are not able to easily access our conscious rational brain areas where we can process and analyse information. Instead we stay in the survival and stress mode of thinking, feeling and behaving.
• As we get older our retained reflexes trigger our fight/flight response, even when there is no rational reason for the stress. So stressed behaviour becomes our learnt pattern of responding.
• When our movements come from active primitive reflex movement patterns there will be challenges with coordination. This, for example, can lead to reading and writing difficulties, language and speech delays, problems with communicating, organising, concentrating, comprehending, fidgeting, etc. Other challenges may be seen in poor bladder control, breathing difficulties, skin problems and having an uncontrollable sweet tooth.
• Indicators, such as weak muscle tone, muscle weakness, chronic body aches, poor endurance and fatigue are also typical.
From very early on in utero, the primitive reflex movements literally help to develop the brain. The movements lay down the patterns of neural networks and myelinisation of pathways that allow the connection of the various areas of the brain that are so important later on for learning, behaviour, communication, relationships and emotional well being.
However, if primitive reflexes are not properly integrated and instead remain active, adaptations will inevitably occur and many difficulties can then emerge. Furthermore, working observations suggest that reflexes integrated in infancy can later reactivate because of trauma, injury, toxins and stress. Integration of the primitive reflexes allows optimal developmental progression. Promoting good foundations for wellbeing through precisely devised movement also provides a natural pathway to success.
