Trauma Reflexes And Balance Exercises

Pain Reflexes And  Balance Exercises

By Suzanne Stoke, Physical Therapist @ Exercise For Balance via www.exerciseforbalance.com

   Reflexes are wired into our movement patterns and can effect our stability, requiring the need to practice certain balance exercises every day to reduce any risk of falling.   Please see  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now  Reflexes can respond to various inputs and empower different movement patterns.  Reflexes can be described as flexor withdrawal reflexes, postural reflexes, extensor reflexes, monosynaptic reflexes and more. Reflexes can also be a result of high energy impacts that effect our bodies via trauma or overuse, painful syndromes. One type of reflexive response can be named a "Trauma Reflex."

The Trauma Reflex

The Trauma Reflex occurs involuntarily in response to accidents and injuries and the need to avoid further pain as one compensates due to an injury. This reflex involves the muscles of the trunk rotators, which, when contracted, hike the hip on one side and twist the spine slightly. Examples of this would be the repetitive task of holding a young child on one’s hip, a sudden fall of any kind, limping on one side in response to, for example, a twisted ankle on the other side, falling on one’s tailbone in a fall or suffering from appendicitis. This reflex presents with side bending and rotations in the pelvis/trunk/shoulder/head. This postural compensation may be slight, or very noticeable, but its effects can be devastating. In many cases scoliosis is an example of an habituated  trauma reflex, creating a curve and tilting in the spine and trunk. Unfortunately, due to Sensory Motor Amnesia, some people stay stuck in the extremes of these postural reflexes out of habit, unable to sense the postural imbalances in their bodies.  Many medical professional see these problems as structural in nature, when in fact they are functional. Improved function of the muscles improves the structure (posture). There are specific movement patterns, for example the Hanna Somatic Education, which resolves these problems through a process of cultivating awareness of the “amnesic” muscles first, then retraining the brain to retrain the muscles to release and relax back to a new length. This process results in improved balance, coordination and overall functioning of the musculoskeletal system. These movement patterns can be combined by rehearsing specific balance exercises, which will enhance overall stability and reduce any risk of falling.

 Do Balance Exercises For Trauma Patterns

     For those folks who experience muscle imbalance and instability due to trauma reflexes, it is critical to practice certain balance exercises to maximize your balance abilities and limit the possibility of a fall. Especially for those folks who seem to spend most of their movement time in patterns of trauma reflexes, it is essential to balance those movements with certain steadiness routines. You can learn proper stability techniques and balance exercises by following the direction of a qualified Physical therapist in the exercise for balance DVD.

 Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To compensate for long term trauma reflexive movement patterns,  initiate a program of the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The healthcare professional recommended Exercise For Balance DVD is an excellent educational DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The easy to understand and to follow Exercise For Balance DVD includes  a step by step series of up to date balance and strength exercises necessary to optimize general fitness and to perform basic daily activities like shopping, doing laundry,  walking, standing, cleaning house, stair climbing or to advance to more difficult activities like skiing, dancing, bocce ball and hiking. In the  comprehensive Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve stability, steadiness techniques and balance routines from a  qualified balance specialist --- licensed Physical Therapist---who has worked with balance and dizziness disorders for over 25 years. Get your copy of the Exercise For Balance DVD by clicking on the BUY NOW button

 Move freely by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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