Breaking Barriers
This podcast is intended for parents who have a dream of having your baby become an athlete one day. I'm here to justify the need to begin as early as 2 month old. Research is strong, supporting documentation tells us that we are late by intervention at age 4. There is strong overlap between professional athletes and developmental stages. For example, latest approach to working with athletes is to identify faulty movement patterns in correlation to developmental stages which can begin as early as 3 month old. I will cover the stages based on current literature that supports the need to set the environment for success. As a proud parent of an 8 year old, I can attest to this. Life is full of challenges; let's begin at birth. My background in the fitness and physical medicine have provided me with 18 years of data gathering as a personal trainer and a clinician. After graduating with a bachelors with emphasis on Exercise Physiology, I decided to further pursue higher education by striving to become a Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine. Meanwhile, I also became an educator for the public school system. I had a change to teach science to 6th graders, and work as a substitute teacher. Coming from a family of educators, my passion lies in educating others about topics only covered at Universities and Institutions.
Breaking Barriers
Tasks for 3 month olds
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Dr. Alex, Physical Therapist
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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In this podcast, we will focus on the expected position of choice: tummy time. It is in the 3rd month, when the idea of tummy time takes on the most important role. Our job is simplified to gathering data via a schedule. How much time spent: 1) on our backs, 2) tummy time, 3) sitting.
I am going to argue against any added challenge of stimulus because we want to promote independence in a position before adding a challenge. For example, if you have a hard time ascending stairs, it is not fair for me to add a bag of groceries to increase complexity.
