Head control is so important for every day life. By increasing head control even just slightly for a child or adult it can mean opened opportunities for communication and mobility. It allows increased choices for communication devices and it can allow for the uses of switches that can control wheelchairs or other mobility options. […]
Righting Reactions
What are righting reactions you may ask. Righting reactions are the reactions that help bring our head, trunk, and body back to midline so we can keep our balance. They help us to be able to stand on a boat, or a moving train. They help us to regain our balance after we catch our […]
Bilibo Chair – Developing Head Control
(didn’t have photo rights on the kiddo so a doll will have to do) I must say I have to give credit to this idea to a parent. I was working on head control with a kiddo and in order to isolate the head and neck muscles I had the kiddo in full flexion […]
Developing Head Control with Pull to Sit
[] Pulling to sit can work on a baby’s head control as well as develop their core muscles such as their abs. When they are lying flat on their back this will be the hardest position for them to control their head and neck muscles because they have to work fully against gravity. In order […]