Essential Elements

. A reflex comes out to protect when we experience a trauma. That trauma can be spraining an ankle, studying for a test, being involved in a car accident to having surgery……. Our reflexes should come out to protect, then integrate back to our brain stem to work without cortical involvement. If we had too many traumas or the trauma is too overwhelming, reflexes can stay “on” or fail to do what they were designed to do. This can cause visual, sensory and auditory issues. Reflexes can contribute to PTSD. There are reflexes related to fight or flight/fear. The reflex that relates to a “startle” response is called the Moro reflex. The reflex related to the “freeze” response is called Fear Paralysis. These two reflexes can cause anxiety, improper balance, affect our posture and cause our brain to be on alert more than it should. Moro and Fear Paralysis are triggered by the vision and auditory systems. When we integrate these two reflexes, our visual and auditory systems calm down.