Why does my Child Struggle with Continence? A Sensory Explanation
Difficulties with continence can be due to lack of body awareness.
When we have good body awareness, the interoceptive, vestibular and proprioceptive systems are working well.
The vestibular system provides us with our sense of balance and head position.
The proprioceptive system provides us with a sense of how our body is positioned and a sense of how much pressure we are using.
The interoceptive system provides us with the awareness of internal feelings including, but not limited to
Hunger
Internal temperature-feeling hot or cold
Pain
The feeling of fullness such as when eating or when the bladder is full.
When the systems are not working well, we may over eat, have decreased motivation to eat, be less willing to dress for the weather and have difficulty with continence.
Therapy can help get the right input needed to improve these systems. Often the input needed is the ones that are avoided, so the systems often do not improve on their own.
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Thanks,
Mary
Moving Parts Therapy LLC
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