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Why Primitive Reflexes need Gravity?

Uncategorized Jan 08, 2026

Because gravity is a reflex.

A reflex is a response to stimuli. We are exposed to gravity from the moment we are born to the day we die. It's a reference point.

When a baby or adult needs to bypass the structure of gravity, their body's are already saying, they need help. So yes, you might have an overactive or non-responsive primitive reflex. Anyone could agree with that visual observation. However, if the cause of this hyper or hypo response is due to a lack of a proper gravitational reaction, then your course of action is to enforce your gravitational reflex response first!

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Severe Allergic Reaction

Uncategorized Jan 06, 2026

I've had this cough for the past two months. I finally decided to go in to see if it was serious. They gave me an IV steroid, and I had a severe allergic reaction. It affected my entire body. I was losing heart function; I couldn't move my legs or parts of my face.

I knew I had to get on my skeletal buoyancy and midlines.

After a severe allergic reaction, my nervous system experienced:

threat

loss of airway confidence

facial/cranial swelling

autonomic instability

What did I do instinctively?

re-established midline

restored skeletal buoyancy

used external load for organized opposition

rebuilt internal reference before adding intensity

It’s not exercise. It’s system recovery.

Click HERE to see a video of how, after a severe allergic reaction that disrupted my system, I deliberately re-established midline, skeletal buoyancy, and controlled load.

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Parent Plan Workshop

Uncategorized Jan 03, 2026

Early Intervention & M.O.V.E.M.E.N.T. Plan Workbook

Are you looking to understand better your child’s developmental pathway and how early intervention can support long-term success?

This specialized workshop is designed to give parents the clarity, tools, and confidence they need to take meaningful action at home.

Hosted by Michelle M. Turner

Leading Expert in Optimal Movement Development

In this workshop, you will learn:

How early intervention shapes the foundation of growth

What the M.O.V.E.M.E.N.T. Plan reveals about your child’s development

Practical steps you can apply immediately

How to identify and support gaps before they turn into delays

The session includes access to the M.O.V.E.M.E.N.T. Plan Workbook, which guides you step-by-step.

Seats are limited. If you’re committed to understanding your child’s development on a deeper level, this workshop is for you.

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Early Movement & Development of Cerebral Palsy

Uncategorized Jan 01, 2026

If you’re a parent who has ever thought:

“Something feels off, but I don’t know what I’m looking at,”

This course was created for you.

Understanding CP is a complete, month-by-month video course designed to help parents:

• understand optimal movement

• recognize early deviations

• identify warning signs (without diagnosing)

• and support their child’s movement as early as possible

This course does not diagnose cerebral palsy.

It teaches you how to observe, understand, and respond to movement — starting at birth or after known or unknown trauma.

What’s included:

Birth to 12 months

Month-by-month video lessons

Deviation videos (what’s typical, what varies, and when to pay attention)

Clear warnings explained calmly and clinically

Development questionnaires for every milestone

Webinar PDFs for every stage of development

Visual posters to support learning and observation

This is the mo...

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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Because gravity is a reflex.

I've had this cough for the past two months. I finally decided to go in to see if it was serious. They gave me an IV steroid, and I had a severe allergic reaction. It affected my entire body. I was losing heart function; I couldn't move my legs or parts of my face.

I knew I had to get on my skeletal buoyancy and midlines.

It’s not exercise. It’s system recovery.

Early Intervention & M.O.V.E.M.E.N.T. Plan Workbook

In this workshop, you will learn:

Understanding CP is a complete, month-by-month video course designed to help parents:

What’s included:

The 5 Organization Stages of Movement

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

1. Horizontal Organization

2. Vertical Organization

3. Transitional Organizat...

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

1. Midline Organization (the most significant indicator)

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

Here are 3 reasons why starting now matters:

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

Compensation Uses Muscles. Development Uses Movement.

These strategies work in the moment.

Key Principles

Movement Lesson Deviation 1 — Optimal Tummy Time

Movement Lesson Deviation 2 — Limited or Inconsistent Tummy Time

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