How to carry out family rehabilitation training for children with motor development delay

What is developmental delay? Simply put, it refers to the phenomenon of slowing down or abnormal sequence in the process of growth and development. The most obvious is that the child cannot lift his head when he should, cannot turn over when he should, and so on. So what is motor delay? It can actually be called psychomotor retardation, which often occurs in infancy and is often used to describe the backwardness of motor or intellectual skills and the failure to meet the requirements of normal development milestones. At this time, we as parents should pay attention. Although it is normal for children to be delayed, the existence of diseases such as mental retardation cannot be ruled out. Who doesn't want their children to be smart? So what else don't we know about children's motor delay? Next, I will lead all parents to understand the story behind it, hoping to help all parents and help every child grow up healthily.

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1. Things about children’s motor development delay!

When attending a party, the growth and development of children has become a topic of discussion among parents. Some parents will ask questions such as "How old is the child?", "Can he crawl?", "Can he walk?", "Why is my child not as tall as children of the same age?", "How tall can my child grow? Will he be a dwarf?", etc. In fact, normally, children have obvious differences in growth and development because they are affected by factors such as the inheritance of their parents' genes and the differences in the delivery of their parents' nutrients. However, it cannot be generalized, because the developmental delay in some children is not necessarily a normal physiological phenomenon, but may be a pathological state, including that after 3 months, their heads cannot stand up, and after 6 months, they still cannot turn over or grab things with their hands. The prognosis of motor delay during this period can be normal, but in some cases it is an early manifestation of diseases such as cerebral palsy and mental retardation. If there are obvious motor abnormalities in infancy, such as stiff limbs and immobility of one limb, or there is no obvious improvement in motor delay in early childhood, there may be lifelong motor abnormalities. Therefore, as a parent, you should pay enough attention to the growth and development of your child. Childhood developmental delay can cause certain harm to children. If a child's development cannot keep up with his or her age, it may lead to a series of diseases in the child. When a child shows developmental delay, parents should pay attention and check in time to see the specific cause of the child's developmental delay.

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2. What are the symptoms of motor delay in children?

After the baby is born, parents will take care of them wholeheartedly. They not only hope that their baby eats well and dresses well, but also hope that their baby grows up healthily. But some parents have found that the baby's head, turn over, walk, and talk are later than normal babies. They all say that he is developmentally delayed, so what exactly is developmental delay? "Lift at two, turn over at four, sit at six, crawl at eight, stand at ten, walk at one year old, run at two years old, and jump on one foot at three years old" is a mnemonic method, which is mainly aimed at children's development. When a child with slow motor development does not know these movements, it will not only take longer than others to learn, but it is even very likely that he will not learn them for a lifetime, which is terrible! From real life, it can be found that walking is more obvious, often 3-4 years old or 4-5 years old to walk by themselves, and it is unstable. Specifically, the manifestations of motor development delay can be summarized as follows: at 2 months, the baby will not look at the mother, and the baby will not smile. At 3 months, the baby will not make a sound and cannot raise his head to 45° stably. At 6 months, the baby will not turn over and will not feed things into his mouth with his hands. At 8 months, the baby will not sit up straight independently. At 10 months, the baby cannot crawl. At 15 months, the baby cannot walk alone.

3. What should we do for children with delayed motor development?

Children with motor retardation mainly show that they start to raise their heads while lying on their stomachs, sit, stand, and walk later than normal children of the same age. This is especially true for walking, where they often cannot walk on their own until they are 3-4 years old or 4-5 years old, and they cannot walk steadily. Here are 4 common motor training methods.

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(1) Head control training: For children who lean back, press their shoulders to help their heads lean forward. For children who cannot lift their heads, their heads will fall back when they are pulled up from a supine position. They should hold their shoulders and slowly lift them up. Put a small pillow on his chest, or roll a towel on his belly, and use sounds to tease him, so that he can lift his head little by little, and gradually increase the time.

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(2) Elbow support training: The elbow and shoulder are in a vertical line, and the upper arm is perpendicular to the ground. Keep the above posture while looking up and forward, and then practice maintaining various head postures and neck flexion, extension, lateral flexion, rotation and other movements. For children who have difficulty completing the exercise, you can help with the upper arm, raise the head or stimulate the trapezius muscle with your fingertips.

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(3) Hand support training: During the training, the child lies prone, with fingers straight and outstretched, lying flat on the ground, hands shoulder-width apart, elbows straight, shoulders, elbows, and hands in a vertical line, and the area above the abdomen must be lifted off the ground. At the beginning of the training, a therapist is generally required to assist in controlling the elbow or use an elbow orthosis. On the basis of maintaining the above posture, the child should exercise the head in all directions to suppress the symmetrical tension neck reflex.

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(4) Sitting posture training: If you are not able to sit still, you can sit cross-legged, lean forward and straighten your waist. Sitting cross-legged is good for spastic hip joints. If he is too soft, you can sit with one hand on the chest and one hand on the waist. For older children, straighten his knees and sit on your legs. Straighten his back, hold his hips and press down. If the child has high muscle tone, parents can try to bend the hips forward behind the child.

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Conclusion

When parents get together, their favorite topic to discuss is their children. They are even more anxious when they find that their children are not growing as fast as others. In fact, each child's growth and development trajectory is unique, and the development of other children is not the standard for evaluating the development of their own children. Parents are advised to go to regular medical institutions for formal diagnosis and training first, and then go home to conduct rehabilitation training for their babies.