HAPPY WORLD PHYSICAL THERAPY DAY

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On the occasion of World Physical Therapy Day we bring to you all you need to know of our new launch....  KIDS SERVICES
We present our motto and our approaches to help you understand an d appreciate our efforts to serve you and your child with the best. 

with love, your physical therapist.... 

All round development of a child is every parent's dream. At Healthy Mom our kids services are organised for the same and channelized to categorically to attain best age appropriate skills in children. These services are oriented equally for healthy and developmentally challenged children. The 5 aspects of child developments include:physical, social, language, emotional and cognitive developments; and all of them together in balanced fashion are the building blocks of a healthy child's personality.


We incorporate best of all worlds and provide a composite package of services which are kids friendly, clinically result oriented, therapeutically updated and tailored according parents and caregiver. We have a 5 fold individualized therapy approach with differential weightage depending on patient's / client's needs.

 The kids services of Healthy Mom are aimed at composite development:

Play based therapy using a variety of educational and innovative toys and instruments is provided for developing gross and fine motor skills in children. 

Communication and interactive skills are improvised directly and indirectly during therapy sessions. We focus on brain developmental activities and skill training which enhance written and spoken language recognition and development.





Educational training designed to support schooling and social interactions of child are a specialized zone of our therapy system. We utilize special and generalized training ranging from pencil grip training, handwriting training to verbal and visuo motor leraning.

As we provide in clinic and out clinic group therapy sessions including school and activity camps, we aim at improving social interactions of kids and community interactions of parents with those of similar kids.


In clinic and out clinic group therapy sessions including school and activity camps for relaxation and meditative activities are an unconventional way of integrating spirituality and wholesomeness in our children. Yoga, Tai Chi and Reki sessions are individualized to suits need of physical and mental culture.

P. S. : kids therapy services are available at all outlets and portals of Healthy Mom
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Email: nootan.nayana724@gmail.com
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Why does midline crossing evolve in the first place?

Why does midline crossing evolve in the first place?: the significance of ATNR

Midline crossing is a complex functional approach directed towards reaching the opposite side of body. Midline crossing refers to any motor action that results in looking, reaching, or stepping across the body's midline. The evolution of this motor activity is aimed to integrate the left and right sides of body and brain, as explained in previous blog. Why does midline even exist?

Apart from being an important developmental milestone midline crossing is essentially laid down as a developmental skill succeeding the integration of a primitive reflex- ATNR. 

ATNR (Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex) is a primitive reflex that emerges at 18th week of intra-uterine life. This reflex helps in intra-uterine development of muscle tone and vestibular system and helps the baby during birthing process by inhibiting limb movements while the baby turns in the birth canal during delivery. This reflex can be identified within the first 3 months of life. And after birth, it ensures head tilting to the side while the baby lies on their stomach to keep their airways clear, and is the first step toward developing hand-eye-coordination. 

The reflex is initiated when the head is turned to the left or the right whilst the baby lies on its back. The turning of the head causes the arm and the leg on one side to extend, whilst the limbs on the opposite side flex. For example, if the head turns to the right, the right arm and leg will automatically extend whilst the left arm and leg both flex.

The ATNR is integrated at the age of 6 months and replaced by complex functional movements by which the baby begins to reach within the mid line of their body.

 If due to any cause (which are extensive ranging from birth problems to delayed brain development) the reflex is retained it will continue to influence limb movement every time the head is turned and will have influences on  physical movements. A retained ATNR will affect the functional reaching abilities and the baby finds it difficult for hands, feet and eyes to cross the mid line. Retained ATNR interferes with a baby's ability to centralize and reach things within the midline of body and prevents the baby from developing crossing pattern movements such as rolling over, crawling and later marching using alternative leg and arm.

The most distinct sign of a retained ATNR is the inability to cross the midline.

The retained ATNR may also present with:

More in the series... ..How does midline evolve?.... .Coming next Friday.....

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Why does this midline even exist?.....the neurological approach

Why does this midline even exist?.....the neurological approach

The body's midline is a concept of visualization and revolves around the structural and functional anatomy of brain. Our brain that we consider as a single organ is actually made up of two separate hemispheres: the left and the right hemispheres, separated by a structure called longitudinal fissure.

But the two hemispheres are not actually separable as they are connected by a structure called corpus callosum. It relays information from the left hemisphere to the right hemisphere and vice versa serving as a big information highway between the two hemispheres of brain.

So as an irony, we have two separate brain hemispheres which are actually not separate but connected.... why so? So the two hemispheres, or the left and right brain are actually responsible for proper functioning of the body. The left side of the brain is responsible for controlling the right side of the body. It also performs tasks that have to do with logic, such as in science and mathematics. On the other hand, the right hemisphere coordinates the left side of the body, and performs tasks that have do with creativity and the arts. Both hemispheres are connected by the corpus callosum and serve the body in different ways. 

Therefore, the entire body and brain actually have two interconnected halves. As in brain the corpus callosum serves the function of inter-connectivity and interdependence, on physical level, the midline crossing activities serve the function of connecting the two halves of body and stimulate integration of left brain with right body and vice versa. 

 Midline activities are important to help coordinate the two sides of the body together and encourage communication between the right and left sides of the brain. Bilateral coordination is an important step in developing midline crossing.

 Development of bilateral skills, both symmetrically and asymmetrically, helps in development of midline crossing begins. 

A child with midline crossing difficulty, finds it difficult to integrate the two halves of body and brain and as a result each side of the body tends to operate on its own. Children who avoid crossing the midline work the right side of the body with the right hand and the left side of the body with the left hand or they turn their body to avoid crossing the midline. This interferes with the normal development of a dominant hand and makes bilateral motor tasks very difficult.

More in the series... .Why does midline evolve?.... .Coming next Friday.....

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The quote holds true for most of the things in life and so it does for the body's midline. It is an invisible line... we cannot see it and most of us don't even know about it. But nevertheless it does exist. its an imaginary line that divides the body in left and right halves. The previous blogs have spoken too much about it but with this blog and for many more to come we shall answer the "WHY's":

Why does this midline even exist?

Why does midline crossing evolve in the first place?

How does midline crossing evolve?

So, in simple terms we are going to explore the fundamentals of this topic and starting this time from the level zero. 

Upcoming next..... sunday

Why does this midline even exist?.....the neurological approach

Have you been thinking about your child's midline crossing troubles? Have you noticed any problems with bilateral skills in your child? Then definitely some of our questions must been storming your mind? So we continue to place the pieces of puzzle and here we are with more answers.....

What other problems can occur when a child has crossing the body’s mid-line difficulties?

• The child may avoid Pencil based activities and Reading

•The child may become angry or frustrated when engaging in fine motor activities.

•difficulty in performing self-care tasks independently (age influenced).

•difficulty in coordinating both sides of the body.

What can be done to improve the ability to cross the body’s mid-line?

•Bilateral integration skills (using both sides of the body at the same time).
•Core stability and trunk rotation to encourage the physical movement of crossing the body’s mid-line.
•Hand dominance: The consistent use of one hand or foot most often that allows refine movement control to develop.
•Planning and sequencing: The ability to follow multi-step instructions to achieve a defined outcome or end point.
•Body awareness: The information that muscles and joints send to our brain that tells us about our body position
•Daily Life Skills: Incorporate some mid-line crossing activities into your daily life skills (eg set up socks and shoes for dressing on the wrong side of the body when the child is sitting so they are forced to cross the body’s mid-line to dress.

Activities to help develop the ability to cross the midline:

Pop bubbles with only one hand (they will have to reach across their body to pop the bubbles floating on the opposite side).

Reach for bean bags, balls, stuffed animals, or other objects across midline, then throwing at a target.

Draw large figure eights (the infinity sign or an 8 turned on its side) on paper, on the floor with a finger, in the air with a finger, or drive a matchbox car around a figure eight pattern.

Let the child play with sand, scooping sand from one side of the body and putting it into a bucket on the opposite side of the body without switching hands.

Let the child pretend to drive a car with a ball in his/her hands to use as a steering wheel and encourage the crossing of his/her arms as he/she turns the ‘steering wheel’ 

Touch the opposite elbow and knee.

Cross one foot over the other while walking sideways.

Knee slap walk- Walk around raising each knee while touching/slapping it with the opposite hand (or elbow). Change it to a skip while touch.

Windmill-stand with feet spread apart and arms extended out to the sides. Bend over at waist and tap right hand to left foot. Stand back up and then bend and tap left hand to right foot.

Hold your nose, then cross the other hand over and grab your opposite ear.

Write your name in the air while rotating your foot in a circle clockwise.

Wall washing and make sure the arms cross midline while scrubbing.

What activities can help improve crossing the body’s mid-line?

  

Craft: Threading beads, cutting and pasting, folding paper.

Finger Puppets: Placing finger puppets on one hand and encouraging the child to remove the puppets with the opposite hand.

Blocks and Percussion: Getting the child to bang blocks or percussion instruments together in their mid-line.

Twister: Playing ‘Twister’.

Simon Says: Playing ‘Simon Says’.

Streamers: Getting the child to make streamers or ribbon circles and patterns in front of their mid-line (use two hands together or one in each hand).

Marching games using their arms and legs.

Stickers: Placing stickers on one arm and encouraging the child to remove them with the opposite hand.

Why do we need therapy if child feels difficulties in crossing the body’s mid-line?

Therapeutic intervention to help a child with crossing mid-line difficulties is important to:

•Help a child develop hand dominance.

•Help prepare a child for pencil skill and fine motor tasks in school 

•Help a child to complete age appropriate self care tasks (e.g. dressing).

•Help a child improve their gross motor skills such as kicking, hitting balls and running.

•Help improve the ability to visually track effectively across a page so that literacy skills develop easily (e.g. so that reading is fluent).

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Play based therapy for kids with midline crossing disorders and all types of rehabilitation services are available at all outlets and portals of Healthy Mom 
Contact details: whatsapp number: 9755700579,9453443603(no calls accepted, only whatsapp messaging )

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Have you been thinking about your child's midline crossing troubles? Have you noticed any problems with bilateral skills in your child? Then definitely some of our questions must been storming your mind? So here we are with answers.....

What is the body’s mid-line? 

The body’s mid-line is an imaginary line down the centre of the body that divides the body into left and right.

What is crossing the body’s mid-line? 

Crossing the body’s mid-line is the ability to reach across the middle of the body with the arms and legs. This allows children to cross over their body to perform a task on the opposite side of their body. By the age of 3 or 4 to 8 years old, child should have mastered the bilateral skill (using both sides of the body together) called “crossing the midline”.

Crossing the body’s mid-line is an important developmental skill needed for many everyday tasks such as writing, reaching towards your foot to put on a shoe and sock with both hands and hitting a ball with a bat

 

Why is crossing the body’s mid-line important and what are the effects on children who don not cross the body's midline?

Crossing the midline of body is required for the appropriate development of various skills.

When a child spontaneously crosses the mid-line with the dominant hand, then the dominant hand gets the practice needed to develop good fine motor skills by repeated consistent hand dominance.

If a child avoids crossing the mid-line, then both hands tend to get equal practice at developing skills and the child’s true handedness may be delayed.

Children who have difficulty crossing midline may appear ambidextrous because they are often observed using both hands, but they actually have a hidden neuroprocessing issue. Both sides of their brains are not communicating, resulting in decreased coordination, decreased motor control of movements and difficulties achieving higher level skills. Often, these children end up with two unskilled hands

Difficulty crossing the mid-line also makes it difficult to visually track a moving object from one side to the other or track from left to right when reading, meaning reading can also be delayed.

While the child is moving his/her eyes from left to right across the page, the eyes will stop at midline to blink and refocus; however, when this happens, the child will very frequently lose his/her place on the line and become confused as to where they left off.

It also affects handwriting, as diagonal lines cross the midline, and the child may need to stop in the middle of the page to switch hands when writing from left to right. Many self care and daily living skills require crossing midline, example, perfecting the skill of putting socks or shoes on requires one hand to cross over to the other side of the body.

How can we say child has problems with crossing their body’s mid-line?

If a child has difficulties crossing the body mid-line they might:

These children generally have difficulty coordinating gross motor patterns (e.g. crawling, skipping, star-jumps) and can’t participate in sports that require good coordination (e.g. Basketball, baseball, netball, tennis). As it is expected for this age group that most self care skills are independent or requiring only minimal assistance, the child suffers from increased pressure and anxiety in a school age. 

We pause here, but we shall be back with more on this next week.... 

We will continue to update you more on bilateral skills and midline crossing disorders and bring to you more information on:

1.What other problems can occur when a child has crossing the body’s mid-line difficulties?

2.Do you know what activities can help improve crossing the body’s mid-line?

3.Why do we need therapy if child feels difficulties in crossing the body’s mid-line?

4.If left untreated what can difficulties crossing the body’s mid-line lead to?

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   Do you have a child who has difficulties crossing the body's mid-line :

* They might have not yet established a hand preference, sometimes Using their left and sometimes Using their right to draw, color, Write, eat, and throw.

* They might have difficulty coordinating gross motor patterns (e.g. Crawling, skipping, star-jumps)

   

* They might have difficult keeping up in class due to poor handwriting Skills.

* They might have difficult can’t participating in sports that require good Coordination (e.g. Basketball, baseball, netball, tennis).

* They might have increased pressure and anxiety in a school aged  child As it is expected that most self care skills are independent or requiring only minimal assistance.

Are you thinking about this and is your child facing these type of problem which was neglected by u please concentrate on your child ....give some attention and time ....don't take for granted if your child having this problem this might be crossing the body's midline disorder because By the age of 3 or 4 to 8 years old, child should have mastered the using both sides of the body together called “crossing the midline”. 

1.What is crossing the body’s mid-line?

2.Why is crossing the body’s mid-line important?

3.How can we say child has problems with crossing their body’s mid-line?

4.Affects on children who do not develop the bilateral skill.

5.What other problems can occur when a child has crossing the body’s mid-line difficulties?

6.Do you know what activities can help improve crossing the body’s mid-line?

7.Why do we need therapy if child feels difficulties in crossing the body’s mid-line?

8.If left untreated what can difficulties crossing the body’s mid-line lead to?

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