Primitive reflexes 

Occurs when you touch the palm of a baby’s hand. The baby will automatically close their fingers around the object that touched their palm. It helps develop the muscles in the baby’s hands and fingers, laying the groundwork for voluntary grasping and fine motor skills later on. This early practice helps babies gain the strength and coordination needed for more complex hand movements as they grow. 

An uninhibited palmar reflex can negatively affect fine motor skills and oral motor skills, making it difficult for the thumb and fingers to move independently. It can cause stress on the mouth, jaw, throat, digestive tract, and hand muscles, impacting speech and articulation. Children and adults with this reflex may use excessive force with their hands, and experience digestive issues due to constant stomach acid production. Misalignment of the pelvis and spine, jaw tension, and teeth grinding can also occur. Symptoms include poor manual dexterity, difficulty regulating hand strength, poor pincer grip, speech disorders, sensitive palms, and poor digestion. 

A primitive reflex observed in infants where turning the head to one side causes the arm and leg on that side to extend while the opposite side flexes. This reflex aids in the development of hand-eye coordination. 

If uninhibited, the Asymmetric Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR) disrupts balance and coordination, making tasks like crawling, walking, writing, and reading difficult. It affects eye movements and midline crossing, leading to sloppy handwriting, slow movements, and learning stress, or issues with driving. This can result in frustration and difficulties with planning, chaos in head, house, and life in general.  

This reflex causes the hip to lift when the lower back or hips are touched. This reflex helps stabilize the pelvis and lower back, impacting overall posture and alignment. It aids in the body’s response to tactile stimuli around the hips and lower back, affecting how individuals experience comfort or discomfort. The reflex supports the coordination of movement between the upper and lower body, impacting activities like sitting, walking, and maintaining balance. 

If uninhibited, it can lead to misalignment of the spine, walking with one hip twisted, and difficulty maintaining pelvic stability. This reflex often results in discomfort with tight clothing around the hips and lower back, frequent fidgeting or tics, and challenges in sitting still. It can also contribute to back pain, pinched nerves, muscle weakness, and issues with bladder control. Additionally, it can affect balance, hormone levels, and sensitivity to sound and language processing, potentially exacerbating concentration problems and distractibility. Feeling worried all the time, thinking in negative perspective, seeing risk everywhere, and obstacles instead of opportunities. 

Supports early oral motor skills. It triggers when the cheek or jaw is touched, causing the head to turn and the mouth to open slightly with a forward-moving tongue and a desire to suck and swallow. It is linked to feelings of safety and attachment, playing a role in comfort and bonding. The reflex helps integrate sensory input from the mouth and face, which is crucial for developing proper eating habits and communication skills. 

Uninhibited can lead to sensitivity around the mouth, excessive drooling, too little suction in a baby, and difficulties with solid food. It may impact speech and articulation, also causing issues like difficulty looking at someone while speaking. This reflex can affect hand motor skills and disrupt a sense of safety, potentially leading to relationship difficulties, anxiety, and issues with menstruation, fertility, and pregnancy. It leads to smoking, sucking thumb, biting nails, and excessively touching face. 

Causes the body to respond to head position changes: when the head is bent forward, the body tends to curl or collapse, while bending the head backward extends the arms, legs, and back. TLR helps stabilize posture and manage muscle tone according to head orientation. It helps adjust body position in space, impacting depth perception, direction, and sense of gravity. It integrates head, body, and limb movements, which is essential for developing proper posture, coordination, and visual-motor skills. 

An uninhibited TLR leads to poor balance, muscle tone issues, and difficulties with spatial orientation. Children with this reflex may struggle with crawling. Children and adults might have difficulties in coordination, focusing, depth perception, and time management. They often have back pain, poor posture, might experience anxiety and fear of heights, and car sickness. They