Not Crawling - Movement Lesson can Help!
Feb 03, 2026
By around eight months of age, a child who has successfully integrated their horizontal, vertical, and transitional stages should begin four-point crawling: hands under shoulders, knees under pelvis, with vision available forward. This pattern is not about strength or getting from one place to another. It is about whether the body can stay organized while moving.
You’ll see why alternative crawling patterns — such as army crawling, bear crawling, or asymmetrical crawling — often emerge when the system cannot maintain visual midline, rotational midline, or structural midline at the same time. These patterns are not “bad,” but they do tell us where the nervous system is compensating to stay safe.
