Table of Contents When people hear the word “autism” they often have a specific idea of a particular behavior in their head. However, not all people with autism have these behaviors. What may apply to some people with autism does not apply to all autistic people. Plus not all autistic people belong to this classic […]
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What is plagiocephaly? Plagiocephaly is a diagonal asymmetry in head’s shape. So it is also often to see some facial asymmetry in most of the cases. Plagiocephaly is also known as deformational or positional plagiocephaly, or flat head syndrome. Plagiocephaly develops when the infant’s skull, in very early age, becomes flattened in one area. This
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What is Music Therapy and what is its significance? Music therapy is the appropriate use of music and musical elements to support, improve or restore mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health. Music provides a “rhythmic organization”, which can be transferred to other social structures, such as school and home, since rhythm is an essential element
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Pediatric physiotherapy is the specialized physiotherapy that helps children to achieve their optimal physical development in gross motor development field. What is that? The main purpose of paediatric physiotherapy is to assist children in overcoming physical disabilities. When I say disability that means a lack or impairment of a particular capability or skill. So, Paediatric
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What is physiotherapy? Physiotherapy is a science that aims to help people restore movement and function. Physical therapy can help someone recover from injuries, trauma, illness or any other disability that is related to pain or restrictions in daily life activities. Physical therapy is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain and restore the well-being
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Irene was born in January of 2015. When she was eight months old, she appeared nystagmus, she suffered sleepiness and tiredness and she was diagnosed with brain tumor on her optic nerve chiasma. Since then, she started physiotherapy sessions and currently she is on a two times per week intervention program. The purpose of this
Cerebral palsy is one of the most common relative or acquaintance neurological impairments. It refers to child’s brain and can be expressed by kinetics or/and mental deficits. The term cerebral palsy is used to describe a group of syndromes with a predominantly kinetic disorder due to a pre-existing impairment or disorder in the developing, immature
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The motor control is being determined mainly by three sensory sub-systems of central nervous system: the vestibular system, the proprioceptive system and the visual system[1,5]. The above mentioned systems are working together to maintain our balance by dynamically adapting our posture and walking in any needed way under every circumstance, a process called motor
What is the Pilates method? Pilates is a method of activation and training of the spine’s stabilizing muscles which aims at the retraining of their reflex function as well as their strengthening. This method was developed by Joseph Hubertus Pilates during the interwar period in Germany. The control and synergy of the movements, the
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What is Sensory Integration? Sensory Integration is the neurological process that organizes the senses from both the body and the environment so that we can use our body more effectively. Its bases were developed by A. Jean Ayres in the 1950s-1960s. Sensory Integration is the processing of sensory stimulation through which the Central Nervous System
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