Plantar reflex

A reflex is an involuntary response to a stimulus. People are born with several different reflexes. There are reflexes for just about everything in your body. Most reflexes are active after birth. Examples of theses are, how a baby eats and their desire to get from point A to point B. I am just going to focus just on the reflexes of one- three month olds infants. This study I observed a six week old baby, named Lucy. Her mother gave permission for Lucy to be observed and tested for six different reflexes. The first reflex I performed on Lucy was to test her rooting reflex. This reflex is the happens after someone strokes a baby’s cheek or around the mouth. The baby should then start to make a sucking motion toward the stimulus. This reflex…

A reflex is a simple, involuntary, or automatic action that the human body does in response to certain types of stimulation without you even having to think about it. Every healthy person has many different types of reflexes, most of which we are born with. From the beginning newborns automatically know how to root for the breast for feeding or grasp a finger. Reflexes are the most complex motor activities that neonates demonstrate. Infants have dozens of reflexes there are three sets critical…

Eric estimated her to be approximately 23 inches long. The observation began with testing Riley’s physical development. Eric tickled the bottom of her foot, causing her toes to fan and then scrunch back together. This response is known as the Babinski reflex and it does not disappear until a baby is nine months or older (Santrock, 2014). She also showed evidence of the blinking reflex when her dad blew a puff of air into her face. This is another example of a typical response of an infant her…

Biophysical When babies are born the weight a little more than 7 pounds ( Ashford & Lecroy, 2010, p.246). Raziel was born completely healthy, with no problems, weighing about eight pounds. Raziel had no problems during birth according to his mother. By my observations, Raziel has been developing well, for his age. His brain development and physical growth show that Raziel is heading on the right path, his mother said that she is blessed that he came out healthy because she was sometimes nervous…

hands and feet should also be examined for abnormalities such polydactyly, syndactyly, club foot, and other abnormalities. The nurse should also examine the spine and hips for any abnormal curvatures NEUROLOGIC: The neurologic examination consists of a general screen as well as some reflexes that are specific to newborns. The baby’s alertness should be tested by stimulating the foot or cheek. Observe the posture of the infant while lying supine. There should be flexion at the hips, knees and…

the tendon on the outside of the foot causing pain on side of foot and just by the front of the heel 9. Corns - often from tight fitting shoes that put pressure on the toes BOTTOM OF FOOT 1. Plantar fasciitis - heel spurs - heel pain: these are all types of foot pains you may experience on the bottom of the foot. Sometimes, it is difficult to keep up normal activities such as walking, because of these causes; sometimes the pain is aggravated by wearing thin sole shoes or weight bearing for a…

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Plantar Fasciitis is the number one leading cause in foot pain. The plantar fascia is a flat ligament that connects the heel bone (Calcaneus) to the toes and it also helps to support the arches underneath both of the feet. When the plantar fascia gets pulled or inflamed then you will feel the bottom middle of your foot pulling or stretching out and will usually hurt. It will usually hurt most when you are walking or standing to put pressure on the foot. Most athletes or middle aged people who…

change so much in such a little time. We see video’s on how much we move and how much activities we did. Now we can remember it and not have to watch videos so there we can see how much we can change in just a little bit. Now this paper will be telling all the research and experiment test we did. Infants have a lot of reflexes when they are born, but we only did a couple with the baby Rylie. Infants usually out grow all the reflexes in a little over a year. The reflexes that were the Tonic…

Introduction: A reflex is an action that your body does in response to without you having to think about it. There are many types of reflexes and everyone is born with it. For my assignment it will be based on different reflexes of the knee jerk reflex between boys and girls. This reflex is called a stretch reflex and it happens when you tap the tendon below the patella, or kneecap. I choose this assignment because I want to see the different time measurement of how fast a boy’s and girl’s…