Tone in babies
Have you heard of tone and unsure what low, reduced or good tone may mean in regards to your baby? Is your baby too stiff? Is your child floppy? Are you concerned about your child not reaching milestones? Either book online here or read below to learn about tone and your child.
Muscle tone is the resistance in a muscle. This can be measure/assessed from birth and is important in all aspects of development. Muscle tone acts to protects the joints, reduce the chance of muscle injury, reduce neck or back discomfort and limits spinal joint stress. Below are 4 reasons why muscle tone is so important in children.
Muscle tone is the indicator of effective development in our children.
Good muscle tone is the basis to achieve appropriate development, especially through progression of gross and fine motor skills such as rolling, hopping, skipping even through learning to write and learning a new skill.
Muscle tone helps with confidence and ability with skills that require balance, coordination and proprioception.
This helps to ensure your child can feel safe when trying a new skill, new surface and new height, which helps improve brain development and gross motor skill development!
Muscle tone supports posture/alignment, which helps with proper biomechanics of the body/joints.
This helps your child to be more upright by having a strong support around the hips, pelvic, shoulders and spine.
Good muscle tone in early months and years of life is crucial in the development of the lower limbs
The most important stage for good development of the hips, knees and feet (to encourage opening of the body - straightening of the legs and good ankles - rather than flexed birth position) is 0-3 years old.
Good muscle tone helps to keep the joints of the spine in optimal alignment which helps to support and assist with your child’s development. It is not uncommon nor unusual for your Edgewater Chiropractor Dr Karli to pick up reduced muscle tone in children. If you would like your child’s muscle tone assessed, book in online to get an appointment.
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