When a young child struggles with writing, the immediate instinct is to look at hand strength or pencil grip. However, the true culprit often lives deeper in the nervous system: unintegrated primitive reflexes. These are automatic movement patterns that help babies survive and develop. If they fail to integrate naturally, they force the body to… Continue reading Beyond the Pencil Grip: The Neuro-Optometric Link Between Posture, Primitive Reflexes, and Visual Stability
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Primitive Reflexes
Primitive reflexes are involuntary responses to stimuli that helps infants grow and develop safely in their world outside of the womb. These responses are developed in the central nervous system to protect the infant, and as the child develops, these reflexes are designed to become integrated when the frontal lobes of the brain develops. Not… Continue reading Primitive Reflexes