Primitive Reflex and Sensory Integration
Research suggests that up to 90% of children ages 4-6 have at least one retained primitive Reflex.
Retained primitive reflexes can quietly impact a child’s development long after infancy. When these early reflexes remain active, they may contribute to gross motor delays, sensory seeking or sensory avoidance behaviors, learning challenges, emotional regulation difficulties, and poor coordination. Often misunderstood or overlooked, these neurological patterns can affect how a child moves, focuses, and interacts with their environment. Understanding retained primitive reflexes is an important first step toward supporting more efficient brain–body communication and helping children build a stronger foundation for movement, learning, and regulation.
If this sounds like your child, we are here to serve the whole family.
Our facility offers modalities backed by decades of clinical research to give your child’s body and brain support in combination with therapeutic exercise programs to integrate these primitive reflexes and give your child a step up to thrive.
Why these package items?
Photobiomodulation or Low Level Cold Laser therapy is best utilized at 2-3x per week for a minimum of 30 days for improved ATP production at the cell. This modality is utilized during the therapy session in combination with multi-movement and sensory patterns .
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) requires a load phase of 4-6 hours per week for 4-6 weeks. For more information check out the HBOT page on our site. This time is separate from therapy time. Many individuals opt for 90-120min sessions to accommodate their schedules.
Reflex Integration research is based off a minimum of 30 days.
Bodywork may be recommended in addition to the packages if the therapist sees joint restriction that may be preventing your child from successfully completing their full movement patterns. These are scheduled in 30min increments.
Our therapy packages are thoughtfully tailored to meet your specific needs and the unique needs of your child, taking into account developmental goals, time availability, home life demands, and the level of support that can realistically be carried over between sessions. Reflex integration is a shared commitment—one that involves not only the therapist, but the family as a whole. Consistency, communication, and collaboration are essential to meaningful progress.
The overall plan of care is designed to gently reduce reliance on lower brain center reflex patterns while supporting the development of higher brain center connections responsible for regulation, coordination, learning, and adaptability. Every child’s nervous system is different; some children integrate more quickly than others, and precise timelines are not possible to predict. Current literature and clinical models generally support a minimum of 30 days of consistent work as a foundational starting point, with progress continuing as the nervous system builds more efficient and resilient pathways over time.
Extinguish the Fire—Then the Body Can Learn.
Photobiomodulation therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy are powerful, clinically supported tools used to reduce inflammation, increase cellular ATP production, and improve oxygen delivery at the tissue level.
By calming an overactive inflammatory response and supporting cellular energy and healing, these therapies help “put out the fire” in the nervous system—creating a more stable internal environment while introducing therapeutic exercise.
When inflammation and metabolic stress are reduced, the brain and body are better able to process movement, integrate reflex patterns, and adapt to change.
Bodywork is an essential companion in this process, restoring range of motion, improving tissue mobility, and ensuring the body can move efficiently as the nervous system builds healthier, more resilient patterns.