Escape...Renew...Restore your Balance
Summer 2009
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Helping Children Find Focus
Massage Calms ADHD Kids
Cathy Ulrich
Many kids with ADHD who receive massage say they are happier and more confident.
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In this Issue
Helping Children Find Focus
Are Your Candles Safe?
Massage for Old Injuries
Imagine lying on a massage table. As
your massage therapist sets to work, you
feel your body relax. Your muscles
soften, your nervous system calms. Now,
imagine how you feel when the massage
is over--relaxed, alert, calm, and
content.
Anyone who has gotten a massage
understands the many benefits that it
offers. Massage is usually reserved for
adults--or sometimes infants--but what
about massage for kids and adolescents?
If massage helps calm the body and
improve alertness, how might it help
kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD)? Can children and
teenagers who can't sit still benefit from
massage?
Understanding ADHD
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder,
or ADHD, is rapidly rising as the most
common psychiatric diagnostic label for
children. Anywhere from 3-7 percent of
all school-age children and adolescents
may have it, and it is one of the primary
causes of behavioral problems in general
pediatric
settings. Nine boys
are
diagnosed with ADHD for every girl, but
the rate of diagnosis for girls has been
rising as well, and girls who are
diagnosed have the same level of
impairment as boys.
Kids with ADHD show difficulty holding
attention
and
display
impulsive
behaviors and overactivity levels beyond
what might be expected for their age
group. They typically show poorer
academic performance, have difficulty
in social settings, and can't adapt as well
emotionally as kids without ADHD.
Studies show that a diagnosis of ADHD
puts kids at higher