Impact of Crawling on Child Development
Discover the importance of crawling for child development, including enhancing balance, strength, vision, body awareness, and motor planning. Explore how crawling aids in the development of crucial skills like mobility, upper extremity strength, and tongue/jaw lateralization.
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The developmental impact of crawling The developmental impact of crawling
WHAT IS CRAWLING? Motor milestones: Quadruped: 7 months Crawling/creeping: 7-10months Creeping vs. Crawling Crawling Creeping 9, 10
WHY IS WHY IS CRAWLING CRAWLING IMPORTANT? IMPORTANT? More than just a form of mobility! 1. Balance 2. Strength 3. Vision 4. Body awareness 5. Mobility 6. Motor planning 7. Upper Extremity Development 8. Tongue/Jaw lateralization 3, 9, 10
BALANCE Protective Extension Rocking, rotating, reaching Righting reactions Proprioception, vision, & vestibular system
BALANCE REACTIONS 3, 10
STRENGTHENING Role of reflexes Proximal strengthening Scapular strengthening Co-contraction of antigravity flexors and extensors
STRENGTH 3, 9, 10
VISION Binocular vision Depth perception Hand eye coordination Pic 1 Scanning the environment 1, 2, 3, 5
BODY AWARENESS Weight bearing through the joints Tactile awareness Pic 2 1, 2
MOTOR PLANNING Right and left hemispheres working together All four lobes of the brain Graded control Dissociation of movement Pic 3 9, 10
MOBILITY Exploration Decision making Movement out of personal space 3, 7, 9, 10
UPPER EXTREMITIES Joint control: shoulder, elbow, forearm, hand Arches of hand Motoric separation Hand strength/tone Bilateral coordination Reach and play with toy Pic 4 Pic 5 3, 9, 10
TONGUE AND JAW DISSOCIATION Dissociation of tongue and jaw for chewing and speech Hips and the jaw Speech generation during physical activity Pic 6 5, 6, 8
WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DONT DON T CRAWL? Maybe nothing Likely Something
EXAMPLE Mr. and Mrs. Smith are concerned about their 7y.o. daughter s difficulties with: Handwriting Unclear speech General clumsiness she runs into the walls, avoids participating in sports and often loses her balance. Weakness She s just kind of awkward. Maybe she didn t crawl!
DID ALL OF YOUR PATIENTS CRAWL AS INFANTS?
INTERVENTION IDEAS Reteach crawling Play games in quad Wall push ups Ball push ups Flashlight tag Prone in net swing Play games in prone/prone prop Leap frog Trampoline Vision Vision Flashlight tag Scavenger hunt Card game in prone prop Strength Strength Transitioning in and out of quad Stability ball work Scapular strengthening Visual game while: Quad on platform swing Lateral/forward reach on barrel swing Trampoline Hippotherapy Treatment on a swing Pelvic motion on a stability ball Global Global Proprioception Proprioception Blue swing Crashing Balance Balance UE weight UE weight bearing/ bearing/ Proprioception Proprioception Prone in net swing Quad on trampoline Push ups (wall, ball) Playing in quad Retrieving game pieces in quad Speech Speech
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