Hypermobility, motor planning and dyspraxia: three massive concepts in one sentence. Let’s start with motor planning (because I’m hoping you already have a grip on hypermobility). For many people, motor planning is a bit of a ‘la-de-dah’, airy-fairy kinda phrase. What does it actually mean? It should probably have been phrased “movement making” because that […]
I’ve been asked to comment on the concept of hypermobility and proprioception in children (and adults). This is an interesting topic because once again, we have two ends of a spectrum in people with hypermobility. Those who have good proprioception and those who have terrible proprioception….(and then there are those of us who once had […]
Now that Spring is almost upon us and the weather is starting to warm up (here in Australia anyway) it’s time to think about getting the kids outside in the fresh air (and maybe a little bit “out of your hair” or at least “out from under your feet”) and practicing their gross motor skills. […]