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Has someone ever told you that your child has low tone? Or high tone? Have they explained exactly what that means and how it can affect your child’s development? What is Muscle Tone? The word “tone” is commonly used to describe how much muscle definition a person has. The medical definition of tone is different and describes tone as the …
I am a mother of a 10 month old baby boy who has stiffness or hypertonicity in his ankles that keeps his leg claw shaped. By 10 months he should be showing independent sitting and crawling but my baby is not doing so. He was able to roll on tummy before and is not even doing that for the last two …
My daughter was born 3 months ago via c-section (she was breech). Since birth, she has been very rigid and stiff. Her legs would constantly lock tight and she could even stand on her feet with straight legs (being held of course) within the first month or so. I’m just concerned because I’ve been reading stuff about cerebral palsy and …
