BDA THERAPY BLOG

Connective tissues – fasciae – are found throughout the human body, from the top of the head to the tips of the fingers and toes. You can imagine them as the body’s internal network, like sheaths that envelop and connect every body structures – from internal organs, muscles, and bones…

How does BDA therapy differ from other approaches in its mechanism of action?

December 29, 2020

Therapies that belong to the usual, standard neurodevelopmental approach, start from the assumption that motor problems in people with nervous system damage are exclusively a consequence of that damage and improper work of the brain and other nervous system structures and that coordination and control of movement are impaired….

Regular implementation of the BDA program reduced spasticity. After a long pause he returned and increased. Why is it so?

April 28, 2020

To be able to fully answer this question in a way that is understandable, we first need to clarify one basic mix-up. In practice, I see that the term spasticity is widely used and often in the wrong context. Whenever parents notice an increase in tightness in the body of…

Questions Parents Ask: I See the Results from Passive Stretching, Should I Keep Doing It?

April 21, 2020

Short term vs. long term and Level 5 against Level 1 and 2. This is the question we often receive from parents. It is a good opportunity to explain fine details that parents often are not aware of when they observe the changes acquired by passive stretching. What are the…

BDA Therapy: Your Progress – Teodora from Belgrade

April 20, 2020

We bring you progress with the BDA therapies of little Teodora from Belgrade. Her mother explained what had improved in Teodora’s development. The first thing we noticed was her thorax, which expanded significantly, gained some volume, and it was noticeable after about a month of regular exercise….

Muscle, Tendon, Ligament Shortenings and Contracture. Are They Really Getting Shorter or Do They Just Implode?

March 30, 2020

As a parent of a child with spastic cerebral palsy or other neurological conditions and diseases, you want to prevent muscle, tendon, ligament shortenings and contractures or to reduce their negative impact if they have already developed. Basic ideas are to increase the range of motion in the joints where…

Questions Parents Ask: BDA Recommends Being Cautious About Passive Stretching. Why Is That So?

March 23, 2020

Previously we discussed structural differences in the properties of healthy and spastic/rigid muscles and connective tissues. After concluding that those differences are present, we further explained that the affected muscles and connective tissues will mechanically respond differently from the healthy structures when passive stretching is applied to them. Accordingly, the…

Questions Parents Ask: If It Works for Healthy Individuals, Why Wouldn’t It Work for Children With Neurological Disorders?

March 9, 2020

This question is a productive one. It gives an opportunity to examine the logic of the classical rehabilitation approach reasoning regarding passive stretching in great detail. I will try to present, step by step, the thought process which brought to the conclusions which are integrated in the classical rehabilitation paradigm….

Passive Stretching: Be Focused Only on Muscles or Should Broaden Perspective?

March 2, 2020

To be able to answer this question, we first have to agree on a certain realisation. For many years, the condition of the children with neurological disorders has been explained through a concept which took into account the damage of nervous system structures (the neurological part of the equation) and…