Neural integration activates and balances the nervous system by completing the integration of primitive reflexes.
The five senses of the body are used to create new pathways in the brain to learn new abilities. Depending on the age and severity of the needs, changes can be noted after the very first session!
A reflex is an automatic, instinctive movement to assist with survival, growth, and development. Primitive reflexes start in the womb throughout infancy and should be inactive around month 8-12. If the reflex is no longer there, the brain has integrated the reflex and no longer needs it for development. If the primitive reflexes are not integrated, the survival brain stays in a survival mode of “Fight or Flight” which inhibits new information to be sent to the prefrontal lobes, where we think, create, communicate and make decisions. The body is more likely to react instead of controlling the impulse.
“Fight or Flight” creates chronic stress, even if there is no reason to stress. The brain is giving the body the message to constantly react like there is danger. Un-integrated primitive reflexes complicate the independent movement of body parts. Extra limb movement causes confusion in the neuro-sensory-motor system, it creates confusion and difficulty with coordination, reading, writing, speaking, and thinking. If the body is constantly busy to suppress primitive reflexes, it becomes drained of energy and causes muscle tension, weak muscle tone, and aches. Skills that should be automatic like reading and writing takes continuous conscious effort.
Done by Dr. Roxanne de Lange