{"id":344881,"date":"2024-09-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/dysproprioception-and-dys-disorders\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T09:00:00","slug":"dysproprioception-and-dys-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/dysproprioception-and-dys-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Dysproprioception and DYS Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beyond the 5 classic senses (hearing, smell, touch, sight, taste), proprioception could be thought of as a 6th sense<\/strong>: it’s our ability to perceive ourselves without relying on vision. For some professionals, a dysfunction in this sense could have an impact on learning. While the medical world’s leading hypothesis for the origin of DYS disorders is neurological, a proprioceptive origin<\/strong> raises interesting questions\u2026<\/p>\n

Proprioception and learning<\/h2>\n

Proprioception is the conscious or unconscious perception of the position of different body parts without the help of sight<\/strong>. It relies on millions of sensory receptors located in our muscles, skin, tendons, ligaments, and joints, which send signals to the brain to build this “body schema<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

In the womb, the foetus’s brain already takes control of stretching and curling movements. Through movement, the child gradually learns to picture themselves, first roughly (around age 3<\/strong>) then fully (around age 11-12<\/strong>). After that, it keeps “updating itself<\/strong>,” evolving with growth, weight changes, injuries, and so on.<\/p>\n

Motor habits are built on automatic, proprioceptive movements. Good proprioception is essential<\/strong> for maintaining posture, being coordinated, writing legibly, walking in a straight line, dancing in rhythm, playing a musical instrument, and more.<\/p>\n

According to Professor JP Roll of the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), this 6th sense is “the primary sense, the one that gives meaning to the other senses.”<\/strong> Constantly connected to them, it influences how they work and tells the brain where they sit within the body.<\/p>\n

Cognitive disorders associated with dysproprioception<\/h2>\n

Any dysfunction in proprioception leads to postural problems<\/a><\/strong>: the child thinks they’re sitting up straight when in fact they’re slouched. It also causes spatial localisation difficulties<\/strong>, behind clumsiness, trouble catching objects, motion sickness, discomfort in crowds, and more.<\/p>\n

But dysproprioception may also create perceptual anomalies<\/strong>: information from the 5 senses is no longer organised in sync, generating a constant state of alertness. With a brain overwhelmed by sensory data that’s hard to process<\/strong>, the child will unconsciously filter some of it out, even when it’s useful.<\/p>\n

Yet these filtered-out auditory and visual cues<\/strong> could help explain certain learning disorders<\/strong>: for example, these “blind spots” can hinder a student learning to read, unable to guess a word when they can only see part of it (dyslexia<\/a>, dysorthographia); poor fine motor control and poor awareness of hand and finger position, as well as of the line being drawn, can hinder a student learning to write (dysgraphia)\u2026<\/p>\n

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Don’t hesitate to discuss the link between dysproprioception and learning disorders<\/strong> with the specialists on the Ora-Visio platform<\/a>: proprioceptive treatment might just help your child, alongside more conventional rehabilitation through speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, or psychology\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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