Psychomotor therapy

Psychomotor therapy lies under the paramedical field and aims to treat a variety of disorders and difficulties in all age groups that prevent a person from performing many tasks easily and independently.

It is based on both psychic and motor aspects. It focuses on eight psychomotor domains that are essential to the child development and that are divided into several important sub-domains like fine and gross motor skills, body unit, muscle tone, in addition to learning prerequisites such as attention, planning, problem-solving, and memory.

Through psychomotor therapy, children develop motor skills including the ability to move the whole body, to hold a pen or pencil correctly, and it improves their handwriting. The more the patient progresses through psychomotor therapy sessions, the more self-confidence and essential skills are improved.

Also, adults and the elderly benefit from psychomotor therapy sessions; they can develop a lot of cognitive and executive skills, especially in attention deficit cases, planning and mental flexibility problems, or mental health disorders. By working on cognitive functions, it can help patients being more attentive, being able to follow steps and strategies by themselves to achieve their goals and improve their memory. Moreover, patients with degenerative disorders, such as Parkinson, can benefit from gross motor skills and maintain balance improvement.

Psychomotor therapy works on the treatment of many psychomotor, neurodevelopmental and genetic disorder such as:

• Intellectual disorder
• Mental health disorder
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Learning difficulties
• Cerebral paralysis
• Global development/ psychomotor development delay
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Down Syndrome
• Alzheimer
• Parkinson
• Psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder)
• Epilepsy

And many other disorders.