• Replies 7 replies
  • Subscribers 79 subscribers
  • Views 2109 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Proprioception difficulties

ladynicotine

Hi

Apologies if this should be under "health & well-being".  I was diagnosed this year, & one of the problems I seem to have is "proprioception difficulties".  Does anyone know where I might be able to find some sort of list of what these might mean other than "can't catch a ball" & "walks into things a lot"?  

Obviously no-one is going to be able to list them all, but because none of the problems I have a particularly obvious to others & I've lived with them all my life, I have no way of judging what might be autism related & what everyone else out there has difficulties with.

Thanks

Parents

  • As a child I lacked adequate proprioception, being uncoordinated, but being interested in cricket I practiced and significant skill is obtainable but a complex physical task can be more difficult initially.

    "Proprioception" is the meta-sense of awareness of the location of body parts. You can see the effects of its lack of development when a baby struggles to put food into the mouth, missing the oriface. You can test yourself for proprioception difficulties by closing your eyes and trying to touch a particular part (fingertip, nose etc); difficulties will present in terms of accuracy and speed.

    The cross stitch no doubt is helpful in developing and maintaining dexterity and no doubt serves you as hobby interest, but perhaps you could return to your martial arts practice both for the OT benefit of this activity as well as the improvement in your personal security, anxiety reduction and general fitness benefits. It might well have a positive effect on your depression also. I note that you find excersise difficult at the moment but martial arts can be trained without cardio/aerobic stress.

    Can you tell us what promted the diagnosis of proprioception difficulties? Does lack of physical proficiency significantly impact your life?

Reply

  • As a child I lacked adequate proprioception, being uncoordinated, but being interested in cricket I practiced and significant skill is obtainable but a complex physical task can be more difficult initially.

    "Proprioception" is the meta-sense of awareness of the location of body parts. You can see the effects of its lack of development when a baby struggles to put food into the mouth, missing the oriface. You can test yourself for proprioception difficulties by closing your eyes and trying to touch a particular part (fingertip, nose etc); difficulties will present in terms of accuracy and speed.

    The cross stitch no doubt is helpful in developing and maintaining dexterity and no doubt serves you as hobby interest, but perhaps you could return to your martial arts practice both for the OT benefit of this activity as well as the improvement in your personal security, anxiety reduction and general fitness benefits. It might well have a positive effect on your depression also. I note that you find excersise difficult at the moment but martial arts can be trained without cardio/aerobic stress.

    Can you tell us what promted the diagnosis of proprioception difficulties? Does lack of physical proficiency significantly impact your life?

Children
No Data