ATNR, STNR, Moro, and TLR are early reflexes that should fade as the brain matures. Rough guide. ATNR around 6 to 8 months, STNR around 8 to 10 months, Moro around 3 to 4 months, and parts of TLR can persist up to about 3.5 years. When they hang on, the nervous system leans on primitive patterns and the midline cerebellum has to work overtime 🧠✨ What you might see in real life. Forward head posture, rounded shoulders, flattened or exaggerated spinal curves, and even lateral curves as the A to P

As our little ones STNR is still active, the upper and lower body don’t work together smoothly. So we get her to maintains weight on all fours while using only her neck movement — When she looks down (neck flexion) — her arms naturally want to bend- a sign of retained reflex . When she looks up (neck extension) — her arms want to straighten - another sign of retained reflex. By rolling a heavy therapy ball forward using controlled neck flexion & extension, we get her to integrate the reflex so h

Two very important reflexes to integrate are the STNR & ATNR. Generally they integrate between 6 and 12 months old. When they don’t integrate, we can see a variety of functional challenges, including things like learning disabilities, handwriting difficulty, poor posture, ocular motor deficits, left / right confusion, and even misdiagnosed for ADHD! You can see them clearly when they aren’t integrated when doing activities like these! While these integration activities aren’t the most functional