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What's Proprioception again?
What's Proprioception again?
Proprioception is our sense of where parts of our body are in relation to each other, and how much force is needed to move parts of our body to a particular position or to complete a particular task. Children with limited proprioception are often clumsy, wiggly, and seek out a great deal of movement during their day to make up for their decreased sensation.
What activities will help a child increase their sense of proprioception?
What activities will help a child increase their sense of proprioception?
- Heavy work or activities involving weighbearing through the arms and leg
- crab walks
- bear walks
- wheelbarrow walking
- propelling scooters on belly
- wall push-ups
- chair push-ups
- squats
- trampoline
- bouncing on hippity hop
- carrying heavy items like books, full backpacks
- stacking chairs
- climbing (trees, rock wall, rope, stairs)
- hanging (parallel bar, monkey bars)
- crashing (bag chair, mat, ball pit)
- Stretching, yoga
- Riding a bike
- Body Sock
- Weighted blanket, weighted vest
- Firm hugs
- Putty
- Stress balls
- Use of heavy utensils, weighted pencils, vibrating pencils to challenge control
- Use of mechanical pencils to decrease pencil pressure
- Use of foam pads under paper when writing to decrease pencil pressure
- Breathing exercises
- Have child push, pull, carry things around the house, other environments, i.e. shopping cart in grocery store
- Allow/encourage child to assist with household chores, i.e. vacuum, sweep, rake, shovel snow, carry laundry basket, grocery bags. ****BONUS! This build's child's sense of accomplishment, responsibility, purpose, appreciation.****
- Regular trips to the playground!
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