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MIDLINES, STANDING, and GAIT

Uncategorized Dec 30, 2025

We’re deep in the architecture phase of the Midline book.

Not writing exercises.
Not listing milestones.
Not fixing movement.

We’re mapping the structure that movement depends on.

Right now, the work is focused on visualizing and defining:
• gravity
• buoyancy
• rotation
• and how these forces establish midline before skill ever shows up

Because if that architecture isn’t there, no amount of strengthening, bracing, cueing, or gait analysis will create functional movement.

This book isn’t about teaching bodies what to do. It’s about understanding when a body is available to do anything at all.

We’re building this from the ground up:
• prenatal → birth → horizontal → vertical → transitional → locomotion
• not as milestones to chase
• but as organizational stages that repeat across a lifetime

Midline isn’t a line. It’s a return. It’s reversibility under force. It’s how gravity stops being something the body braces against and becomes something the body negotiates.

This is the part mo...

Understanding CP and Development

Uncategorized Dec 27, 2025

The 5 Organization Stages of Movement

Each stage organizes the body to manage a new level of force, complexity, and intention.

1. Horizontal Organization

The horizontal stage is where movement begins against gravity with the body fully supported by the floor. Here, the nervous system learns foundational force distribution, midline awareness, and sensory integration through rolling, weight shifting, and prone/supine movement. This stage builds the base for postural control and prepares the system to eventually organize movement upward against gravity.

2. Vertical Organization

The vertical stage introduces movement against gravity through supported sitting and early upright control. The child learns to stack the pelvis, spine, and head while managing balance without collapsing or fixing. This stage depends on a successful horizontal base and establishes the stability required for controlled transitions.

3. Transitional Organizat...

Plagiocephaly, Tummy Time, and Physical Therapy

Uncategorized Dec 20, 2025

Plagiocephaly - what are some of the deviations you would see if a child was not helmeted, but plagiocephaly was improved with tummy time and PT

First, it’s essential to clarify what we mean by “improved.”
Improved head shape does not automatically mean improved movement organization.

Tummy time and physical therapy can absolutely change how the skull looks.
The question is whether the midline structures for movement were restored or worked around.

Here’s what I look for clinically.

1. Midline Organization (the most significant indicator)

Even when plagiocephaly looks better, I often still see:

a preference to rotate or initiate movement to one side,

difficulty crossing midline with the head, arms, or legs,

or a “frozen” center where the child moves around the midline instead of through it.

You can’t miss a milestone—but you can miss a midline.

If the midline is still off, future transitions (roll...

Why You Should Start Movement Lesson™ Now — Not Later

Uncategorized Dec 18, 2025

The holidays are coming — and for many families, that means therapy interruptions.

But your child’s development doesn’t take a break.

The brain keeps learning, and the body keeps adapting — every single day.

Therapists take time off, schedules shift, kids get sick… but movement never stops.

That’s exactly where Movement Lesson™ comes in.

Here are 3 reasons why starting now matters:

Because the brain learns everywhere — especially at home.

Even 5 minutes a day — while playing, watching TV, or before bedtime — can build new neural pathways.

Because every delay costs a stage of growth.

Each developmental milestone (rolling, reaching, looking) builds the foundation for the next.

When we delay, the whole process slows down.

Because you are your child’s best therapist.

No one knows your child’s body, reactions, and emotions better than you do.

We’re just here to guide you.

Start small — one video, one movement, one touch....

Muscles Vs. Movement

Uncategorized Dec 16, 2025

Compensation Uses Muscles. Development Uses Movement.

Compensation relies on whatever the system can access quickly — and the fastest, simplest resource is muscle. Muscle tightens, braces, pushes, and holds. It can create the appearance of competence. A child can prop themselves into sitting. A child can stiffen through the legs and bounce into standing. A child can lock the arms to prevent falling. A child can use momentum to mask instability. A child can pull to stand because they cannot rotate to stand.

These strategies work in the moment.

But they do not teach the nervous system anything new.

Development, on the other hand, is about movement, not muscle. Movement must be able to rotate, transfer, cross midline, change planes, and adapt to gravity. Movement teaches the brain how to predict, recover, and explore. Movement builds diagonal strength, efficient momentum, perceptual awareness, and sensory regulation.

Compensation can make a child look ...

Why Tummy Time Matters

Uncategorized Dec 13, 2025

First true developmental milestone

Organizes gravity, breath, vision, and movement

Foundation for rolling, reaching, and future posture

Not optional, not an activity — a biological requirement

Key Principles

Babies do not “hate” tummy time.

If tummy time fails, it signals a movement organization issue, not a behavior issue.

Movement Lesson Deviation 1 — Optimal Tummy Time

What you see:

Gentle buoyancy through chest and limbs

Head turns left and right without effort

Hands and feet respond to gravity

Baby alternates between alert and calm states

No distress, no collapse

What this means:

The nervous system is organizing efficiently

Baby is building horizontal foundations on time

Movement Lesson Deviation 2 — Limited or Inconsistent Tummy Time

What you see:

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Why Midline Matters — Especially As We Age

Uncategorized Dec 11, 2025

(And why these skateboard exercises aren’t doing what people think they are)

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Most people think balance problems come from “weak muscles” or “slow reflexes.”

They don’t.

The real issue is midline collapse — the nervous system loses access to the body’s central rotational axis. When you lose midline, everything else begins to fall apart:

You stop transferring weight efficiently

Walking requires micro-rotations through the spine, pelvis, ribs, and feet. When the midline is gone, gait becomes stiff, flat-footed, or shuffling.

Reactions slow down

Your ability to catch yourself from a fall or navigate uneven ground depends on rotational sequencing around the midline. Without it, the body defaults to bracing rather than adjusting.

Vision + balance disconnect

Your eyes stabilize because your spine stabilizes.

Lose midline → lose vest

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