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Showing posts with label motor coordination. Show all posts
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Monday, September 14, 2009

Super Charge Your Brain

Speed up brain impulses through repetitive body movements

Get wired! Become your own electrician laying down new elaborate body brain networks that connect sensory and motor neurons responsible for learning. Expand your neural networks and speed their electrical transmission through physical activities (e.g. talking, writing, drawing, dancing, socializing, playing musical instruments, acting, playing, engaging in sports, etc). All neural networks created through such movements are part of the circuitry regulating mood, boosting attention, heightening motivation, building academic performance skills, and extending memory.

Repetitive movements increase cellular voltage as positive and negative ions surge back and forth between communicating neurons. When the energy threshold is high enough to stimulate genetic expression, genes and chromosomes within the neuron’s cell body nucleus produce new molecules that boost cellular function. One master molecule created is BDNF, Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor, referred to as Miracle-Gro for the brain by Dr. John Ratey in his book SPARK, The New Revolutionary Science of Exercise and the Brain.

BDNF along with other Nerve Growth Factors grow new neurons, help extend neural networks and increase speed of transmission. Exercise produces and pumps more BDNF throughout the body brain to maximize growth. If you want to wire up… then fire up with exercise. You’ll have less mental static and faster neurons in your mental attic needed to excel! Insist on daily Physical Education focused on fitness to super charge your brain!

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Moving Sensory Integration Across America!

Sensory Integration on Wheels!

Diana A. Henry, MS, OTR/L is one amazing force, traveling the country bringing Sensory Integration to schools, homes and businesses and the Sensory Processing Measure (SPM) to clinics, homes and school communities. Along with her husband, Rick Ruess, they provide products and workshops across the USA traveling in their mobile home. Their mission is to promote understanding and awareness of issues related to sensory processing, sensory integration and the sensory systems. These may influence attention, motor coordination, social participation, behavior and even violence in schools.

Visit their website http://www.ateachabout.com/index.asp and access interesting articles.

http://www.ateachabout.com/pdf/SensoryIntegrationItsNotJustForChildren-rev.pdf establishes that ‘Sensory Integration: It’s Not Just for Children.’

Many wonderful products are offered on their website plus great links http://www.ateachabout.com/links.asp

Bravo Diana and Rick!

Jeff