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Environmental: Vestibular stimulation in daily home, playground and classroom routines.

Physical: Brain Gym Midline Movements and Lengthening Activities or other movement stimulation (bouncing, rolling, spinning, jumping).

Lisa chose, or muscle checks could lead to a choice, among activities that would foster integration by providing physical, environmental, emotional and/or energetic support:

Spinning with eyes closed, MC or notice loss of balance.

Standing balance, eyes open and closed (seconds?).

Prone extension posture (how many seconds?).

Hold left, then right mastoid, bringing attention to the semi-circular canals – part of the vestibular system – just beneath this bone.

She also performed various activities that stimulate the vestibular system, each time noticing or muscle checking to establish awareness of stress and provide a base line for measuring progress. Simply walking the bike or sitting on it would probably produce a weak muscle check (MC).

Next, we identifed aspects of bike riding that cause stress in her system. Muscle testing leads us to choose vestibular integration as a priority. We made sure that her goal is appropriate and realistic. First she did some warm ups to get ready for new learning. Lisa, a seven-year-old with low muscle tone, wanted to ride her bike around corners and stop easily. She has developed balances (a process for putting interventions into the context of a specific goal) for integration of the cranial-sacral, vestibular, proprioceptive, visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory and gustatory systems. Rita acknowledged Paul and Gail Dennison, Carla Hannaford, Jean Ayres, and Carol Kranowitz as providing conceptual and practical support for her work.

BRAIN GYMS BRAIN GYM MOVEMENTS HOW TO

The course demonstrates how to combine OT, Brain Gym and sensory integration. OT, DTSE, Brain Gym Consultant, and Edu-K International Faculty member. I took a workshop called “In Sync: Integrating the Senses through Movement” that was taught by Rita Edwards, Dip. I have often thought to myself that occupational therapy, sensory integration occupational therapy and Brain Gym are totally compatible and complimentary. In this blog post, Mary Rentschler, MEd, Brain Gym consultant and instructor, discusses how Brain Gym can be helpful for sensory integration.

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