Children are timid, do not love sports, can not go up and down the stairs independently, need to intervene?
In the rehabilitation department of Shangluo Renzhen Chinese Medicine Encephalopathy Rehabilitation Hospital, parents will often hear parents say: 'Children are not stupid, they just don't love to learn'; 'My son is very smart, that is, lazy'; "Children are not concentrated in class, restless, can't sit still, and their academic performance is relatively poor"; "My child is timid and afraid of exercise, does not like to go up and down stairs independently"; "My son does not like to rotate, shake, slide and other activities" and other problems, these performances of the child may be a problem in the vestibular system, requiring vestibular treatment intervention.
The vestibular system is located in the inner ear and its main functions are:
1 brain stem position integrates all input sensory information;
2 Scout the position of the head;
3. Regulate the movements of the body and the eyeballs, especially the relationship between the body and gravity;
4 Maintaining muscle tone (i.e. muscles in an active state) affects posture and balance response function specifically to maintain the upright posture of the body in a group of muscles;
5 Maintain physical and emotional stability.
How can parents determine whether a child has vestibular dysfunction? There are mainly the following problems:
1) The perception of spatial distance is not accurate, the sense of direction is not strong, the left and right cannot be distinguished, the shoes are upside down, and it will be lost in places where there are many people.
2) Can't tell the difference between similar graphics and objects, won't play jigsaw puzzles.
3) Often fall or hit the wall, often break things, poor body movement coordination, such as doing jumping boxes, Trojan horses and other technical actions appear clumsy, tie shoelaces, button buttons and other delicate movements are slower.
4) Dizzy in circles in situ, excessive sensitivity to height, afraid of crossing the ditch, do not like to be lifted, afraid of taking the elevator, do not dare to play on the swing.
5) Distraction in class, love to do small actions, lack of self-control, do homework and look around, grind and rub, absent-minded, often write typos, reverse words; often read upside down, do things backwards.
6) Willful, active, clingy, like to tease people, impetuous and bad temper, difficult to control the occasional collision between classmates and disciplinary behavior, resulting in interpersonal tension.
7) Difficulty in working with people, difficulty sharing toys and food with people, and not considering the needs of others.
8) Often encounter setbacks, loss of confidence, easy fear of sadness and anger or excessive excitement.
9) Some children may have slow language development, late speech, difficulty or unclear language expression. Some children may also have slow language development, unsatisfactory speech, and difficulty in language expression.
So how can we improve these problems?
1. Cycling, scooter: when children who can take the initiative to ensure safety, multiple times a day, the speed of cycling depends on the child's situation; parents of children who will not use it can be assisted (this activity is mainly for children who can walk and jump).
2. Swing activities (bed sheets, bath towels, etc.): Wrap the child in a towel or sheet, and the parents will pull one end each, pull the towel left and right or up and down, so that the child swings with the towel. At the same time, you can let the child hold the small ball object and swing it while throwing the ball at a fixed target; or let the child sit at one end of the towel and the parent pulls the other end to move on the plane.
3. Jumping activities: You can complete activities such as two-foot jumping, one-foot jumping, alternating jumping back and forth left and right, and jumping obstacles on the ground.
4. Rotation, rolling activities: swivel chair game (3-4 years old), let the child sit on the chair, the parent rotates the chair on the side, the speed gradually accelerates; the front roll (4-5 years old), let the child imitate the parents to do the forward rolling action continuously.
5. Chasing, running speed activities: such as catching chickens, driving a small train, going up the mountain and down the river, catching the tail and other games.
6. Swing class: such as wooden board platform, hanging ring, bucket class; self-made slide class: linear, circular, stepped slide; trampoline; 4 skateboard.
7. Crouching big cage ball to catch things: assist the child to lie down on the big dragon ball, maintain the aircraft posture, do a quick dive according to the child's individual differences, you can also grab the toy on the ground, the big cage ball to do back and forth rolling, you can put the toy place from near to far.