When primitive reflexes like STNR, ATNR, and Moro are still active, it’s not just “tight muscles.” It’s the nervous system holding onto patterns it was supposed to let go of. Today we’re using movement, targeted laser therapy, and brainstem work to help Kai’s body start letting go. 🧠 Violet light over T1 helps increase blood flow to the cerebellum, fueling coordination and reflex integration. 🎯 We’re opening up his low back, hips, and neck to reduce reflexive tension and support efficient move

ATNR and STNR can be graded 1–4. If a head turn causes a tiny arm drop, call it a 1. Halfway is a 2. If the arm drops fully or the face heads to the floor, that is a 4. A 1 to 1.5 is workable, which means we can safely push vestibular work now. If it were a 4, we would hold off on vestibular until those reflexes calm. Eye drift at near often points higher in the brainstem. That upper area helps with convergence and divergence, while reflexes like Moro and TLR sit lower. With milder ATNR and STNR

Integrating the STNR reflex: First watch my reflex highlights at the top of my page and start with integrating the TLR reflex. ~ The STNR reflex helps your infant learn to move the top half and the bottom half of their body independently from each other. The symmetrical tonic neck reflex is commonly referred to as the “crawling reflex” because it allows your baby to make the transition from lying down to getting up on their hands and knees. ~ The integration of the STNR is reliant on the head po

It’s all because of a retained reflex called the STNR - symmetrical tonic neck reflex. It’s a reflex that splits the body in half from top and bottom, and it helps to allow babies to learn to crawl forward. When it doesn’t integrate, or mature, that leaves the person’s body movements at the mercy of what their head, neck, and eyes are doing. It’s extremely exhausting! It can be 10 times harder for people with this reflex retained to copy from the board, sit properly in a chair, ride a bike, etc.