For some context, my husband is a private practice chiropractor with more than 500 hours of post-graduate study and certification in manual therapy techniques beyond chiropractic. He has worked hard to diversify his study to encompass the best from many conservative care fields such as chiropractic, physical therapy, osteopathy and neurology to name a few.
For our purposes, it is his certification in Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) according to Dr. Pavel Kolar that is most intriguing since much of DNS is based off of developmental patterns of infants.
To quote my husband:
“The normal development process of infants is predictable and can be seen in every healthy infant with the exact same patterns. These patterns then become our map of what physiological movement is. This genetically predetermined process, guides our rehabilitation from infants to adults and these principles have been extremely successful in treating cerebral palsy patients as well as increasing the performance of professional and Olympic athletes.”
And to quote the DNS website:
“The nervous system establishes programs that control human locomotion, which is compromised of posture and movement. This ‘motor control’ is largely established during the first critical years of life. Therefore, the Prague School emphasizes neurodevelopment aspects of motor control in order to assess and restore dysfunction of the locomotor system and associated syndromes.”
The proper motor control that is established during these first few years of life has an effect on the structure of the body as well, which forms our joints, curves of the spine, angles of the hips, position of our feet, etc. This is indeed a critical time—and I hope you’re excited to explore more with me!
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