What are the primitive reflexes and why do we need them?

Everyone is born with a set of primitive reflexes in order to go through the early years of life, particularly the first year. Primitive reflexes navigate a newborn to look for food (rooting and suck reflexes) or to change the position of the body in order to avoid a danger or to prevent suffocation (Moro & ATNR reflexes).

The list of reasons why the primitive reflexes are necessary and essential in the early development is long. You can find more information on the reflexes: Primitive Reflexes.

Vision, ability to see and to perceive, is very much connected to the other elements of the sensory systems such as the vestibular, proprioceptive and auditory.

In day-to-day life, due to the modern lifestyle and prolonged use of of screens as well the lack of outdoor activities, we tend to over-stimulate our visual system. This in turn very often creates a mismatch between the visual and other sensory systems. We at Orthovision do not only look into a child’s/person’s ability to see objects at a distance (20/20 vision) but into all elements of dynamic vision and the connection between the visual and the other sensory systems.

That’s why we believe that remediation of the visual dysfunctions and a well-connected and balanced sensory system is the way to work on visual issues. This will have a significant impact on a person’s ability to function in everyday life.

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