Sydney Chiropractor Dr. Rachael Veronesi highlights the fact that the prevalence of plagiocephaly is on the increase in Australia. This condition results in cranial asymmetry (or misshapen head), and is caused by mechanical forces that exert pressure on the skull of a rapidly growing baby. As Dr. Veronesi points out, “Many parents think of this […]
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Retained Neonatal Reflexes – Getting Help
When a child makes his or her entrance into the world, they are born with what we call primitive reflexes, or neonatal reflexes. These are tools which help him or her survive their early months of life, such as how to get attention, how to feed etc. Obviously as time goes on we would expect […]
Symptoms of Retained Neonatal Reflexes
Babies are born with certain reflexes, known as primitive or neonatal reflexes. Some of these reflexes, such as the rooting reflex and the sucking reflex, are vital to baby’s survival. Other reflexes are thought to be remnants of an earlier time in our evolutionary development. In most children, these reflexes fade as the baby’s brain […]
