Child development

The proprioceptive system has an influence on: Visual discrimination Tactile system Vestibular system Motor control Motor planning Sequencing of movements Grading of movement (force, speed and timing) Postural stability Emotional security Body awareness Alignment of body parts Registration This system, like the vestibular system, is automatic and not part of our conscious awareness.  Bundy says…

THE ANATOMICAL REVIEW – REGISTRATION The touch system has the biggest receptor area of all the senses.  We need constant touch to keep us organized and functioning.  We register touch through receptors in our skin.  We register light touch, deep pressure, skin stretch, vibration, movement, temperature and pain from tactile receptors.    THE TACTILE SYSTEM…

THE ANATOMICAL REVIEW – REGISTRATION Sound waves enter the ear canal through the pinna. The waves now move to the tympanic membrane. After the tympanic membrane is the middle ear where the auditory waves travel over the incus, stapes and malleus. The waves now move into the inner ear into the cochlea. The cochlea has…

THE ANATOMICAL REVIEW – REGISTRATION Lights enters the eye and is refracted by the cornea. The light then passes through the pupil and is further refracted by the lens. An inverted image is then projected onto the retina. The retina consists of rods and cones – called photoreceptor cells. Rods are found in the periphery…

Sensory registration Our senses gather information from our surroundings, this is called sensory registration. This information is registered through our senses that include seeing, touching, hearing, smelling, tasting, proprioception and our vestibular system. Sensory discrimination This term is used to describe the awareness of the temporal and spatial characteristics of the sensory input we gather…

The proprioceptive system is also called the internal GPS of the body or body awareness. This system helps us to determine what our body parts are doing, where they are moving, how hard/soft they are performing tasks and the timing of movements. This system further guides our movements especially when the eyes can’t see e.g.…