A simple air cushion
Sitting on an air cushion and playing with toys will reveal significant, yet unspoken, information about a childs’ condition to a therapist. This simple activity calls into play co-ordinated, and multiple, sensory and motor functions; any failings of these will indicate something specific to the watching physical therapist. For example: When a child is sitting and reaching forward to play with toys, eye movements tell the child where the toys are in relation to the body. The child has to maintain balance and, in doing so, the vestibular system is called into play. As the child’s eyes track the toy, […]
