Never ignore “nature’s call”. Ever. Your body is speaking. Listen up. Respect it. If you or your child is hypotonic and/or hypermobile, ignoring the urge to eliminate is a poor choice. Kids can learn this principle more easily than adults. As adults, we are able to come up with reasons to wait, reasons…… Continue reading Low Tone or Hypermobility? Don’t Ignore “Nature’s Call”
Tag: pelvic floor
Can You Prevent Pelvic Floor Issues by Changing Everyday Habits?
So many hypermobile kids and adults develop pelvic floor problems. They surface as issues with bowel and bladder control, mobility problems, and when kids become sexually active, a host of sexual dysfunctions. Wouldn’t it be better to prevent problems than solve them? Of course it would. That was a rhetorical question, posed out of frustration…… Continue reading Can You Prevent Pelvic Floor Issues by Changing Everyday Habits?
Teach Kids With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Or Low Tone: Don’t Hold It In!
People who have read my blog are aware that I wrote a book on toilet training kids with low muscle tone, The Practical Guide to Toilet Training Your Child With Low Muscle Tone. Children that have problems with muscle tone or connective tissue integrity (or both) risk current and future issues with incontinence and UITs…… Continue reading Teach Kids With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Or Low Tone: Don’t Hold It In!