Retained Primitive Reflex: Help your child feel better in their body and do better in school.

In partnership with Blessingways Family Wellness

Is your child struggling

• in school?
• in daycare?
• at sports?
• at home?

He or she might have a Retained Primitive Reflex.

Here are 20 behaviours that could indicate that your child has retained primitive reflexes: 

1.         Distracted and fidgety

2.         Unable to sit still

3.         Learning difficulties

4.         Struggles with written and verbal instructions

5.         Challenges with reading and/or math

6.         Poor handwriting

7.         Tight pencil grip

8.         Difficulty doing fine finger movements like stringing beads

9.         Opens and closes hands when writing or cutting with scissors

10.       Sticks out tongue when using hands

11.       Motion sickness

12.       Anxious or fearful

13.       Clumsy

14.       Walks with toes pointed in or out

15.       Very ticklish

16.       Bed wetting beyond age 5

17.       IBS over the age of 4 years

18.       Thumb sucking beyond 1.5 years old

19.       Eats with hands rather than utensils

20.       Doesn’t like to walk on grass

Come and learn what retained primitive reflexes are, and what you can do to help your child feel better in his/her body and do better in school. Although the information is about kids this is an adult only event.

This informative session runs on two dates but you only need to attend one.

Dr. Melanie Beingessner, Dr. Laurence Dion and Dr. Leah Robinson are pediatric-focused chiropractors from Blessingways Family Wellness and they would love to help you understand what retained primitive reflexes are and what to do if you suspect that your child has them.