The Spinal Galant reflex is used to help corkscrew out of the birth canal, as contractions squeeze and stimulate the back, hip rotation is the reflexive movement. When you stroke the lateral sides of an infants spine, it often triggers urination, due to the spinal galant reflex. It should integrate or mature anywhere from 6-9 months as the baby has mastered rolling and crawling. When retained or not integrated, we often see children struggle to focus, sit still, they wiggle as though they have a

If you saw our previous reel about bed wetting and the spinal galant reflex, here’s a follow up showing what it might look like when the reflex is retained. If you want to learn more about screening, testing and integrating 5 common primitive reflexes, join our live webinar on January 14th at 3pm EST. Practitioners earn 0.3 AOTA CEUs! Tag a friend or colleague who would be interested in taking this live webinar and we’ll pick a pair randomly to take this course for free! A $150 value for both of

These babies and their reflexes! This is the galant reflex. Running a finger down either side of the spine will cause a newborn to flex their bodies towards the direction of the side that is touched. It's thought that its purpose is to encourage movement and prepare the hips for crawling and walking. It develops at around 20 weeks of pregnancy and disappears between 3-9 months of age. Have you tried this with your baby? Vid credit: monaiwashington tiktok Found on @sanantonionursemidwife #baby #r

28K views · 94 reactions | Check out this excellent Spinal Galant...