Improving quality of life for all children

Proprioceptive sense refers to the sensory input and feedback that tells us about movement and body position. It's "receptors" are located within our muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons, and connective tissues. It is one of the "deep senses" and could be considered the "position sense“.

PROPRIOCEPTIVE DYSFUNCTION
1.The proprioceptive sense is not receiving or interpreting input correctly within these muscles and joints.
2.It manifests itself as kids who are clumsy, uncoordinated, and have difficulty performing basic normal childhood tasks and activities.
3.Lack of proper messages regarding whether muscles are being stretched, whether joints are bending or straightening, and how much of each of these is happening, children will have the following "clinical" signs of proprioceptive dysfunction...
–Postural Stability
–Motor Planning
–Grading Movement
–Motor Control

VESTIBULAR DISORDERS

Vestibular (balance) disorders - Vestibular disorders can cause dizziness, vertigo, imbalance, problems with hearing, nausea, fatigue, anxiety, concentration, and other symptoms. They can deeply affect a person's day-to-day functioning, ability to work, social relationships, and quality of life.

–Balance & spatial orientation - Difficulty maintaining straight posture
–Vertigo and dizziness - Sensation of being pulled in one direction
–Cognitive and psychological - concentrating and emotional maturity
– Rion’s Belt addresses the Sense of Movement

By providing additional ways to focus on the body’s position, we allow researchers to collect data on how the body responds to balance required activities. Ballet, gymnastics and other forms of physical activity all require increasing levels of balance and spatial orientation.  By focusing on “off-balance” activities and training we can provide ways for researchers to address and focus on Vestibular improvements.