Guest guest Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 My son can turn the tap all the way to hot in his baths and seem to enjoy it. He also has a generally high pain tolerance. He came home from preschool with a giant bite mark and I guess he never even complained to teachers. CC > > I am definitely sensitive to cold but I can wash dishes in extremely hot > water that bothers others. My son plays with the sink water and uses hot > and it freaks us out. With that said he seems to tolerate normal temp > water in the bath. It seems to me it is that his hands are insensuitive > to the hot water but not the rest of him. Anyone know about this? Have a > similar kid? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Mark has had extremely insensitive hands and feet through the years. This is why we had to do deep pressure.... to get them 'feeling' again. We had to stimulate his pain threshold 2 times daily to effect a 'normal response to pain'. This had to be done for over 10 months to normalize this. This weird pain response can have a dramatic affect on manual ability down the line as the child has difficulty experiencing the 'fine qualities' needed for various motor tasks such as hand writing. To write proficiently, one needs to be able to 'feel' the pencil, to 'feel' the pressure required from the pencil to paper. In addition, the small motor muscles of the hand tend to be week and limp... these need to be strengthened as well. I suspect that many of our children due to a lack of sensitivity in the hands, don't use them like other kids and thus they become weak and almost disabled entities in themselves. Most dyspraxics have 'severe' dysgraphia and this is the 'major' issue when it comes to education. In the end, all most all of them end up using assistive technology in the form of keyboards or laptops. Janice [sPAM] [ ] Heat tolerance I am definitely sensitive to cold but I can wash dishes in extremely hot water that bothers others. My son plays with the sink water and uses hot and it freaks us out. With that said he seems to tolerate normal temp water in the bath. It seems to me it is that his hands are insensuitive to the hot water but not the rest of him. Anyone know about this? Have a similar kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Is the cause metal? Janice wrote: >Mark has had extremely insensitive hands and feet through the years. This is why we had to do deep pressure.... to get them 'feeling' again. We had to stimulate his pain threshold 2 times daily to effect a 'normal response to pain'. This had to be done for over 10 months to normalize this. This weird pain response can have a dramatic affect on manual ability down the line as the child has difficulty experiencing the 'fine qualities' needed for various motor tasks such as hand writing. To write proficiently, one needs to be able to 'feel' the pencil, to 'feel' the pressure required from the pencil to paper. In addition, the small motor muscles of the hand tend to be week and limp... these need to be strengthened as well. > >I suspect that many of our children due to a lack of sensitivity in the hands, don't use them like other kids and thus they become weak and almost disabled entities in themselves. Most dyspraxics have 'severe' dysgraphia and this is the 'major' issue when it comes to education. In the end, all most all of them end up using assistive technology in the form of keyboards or laptops. > >Janice > > > [sPAM] [ ] Heat tolerance > > > I am definitely sensitive to cold but I can wash dishes in extremely hot > water that bothers others. My son plays with the sink water and uses hot > and it freaks us out. With that said he seems to tolerate normal temp > water in the bath. It seems to me it is that his hands are insensuitive > to the hot water but not the rest of him. Anyone know about this? Have a > similar kid? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 You have just described my youth. collierfamily3 wrote: >My son can turn the tap all the way to hot in his baths and seem to enjoy it. He also has a >generally high pain tolerance. He came home from preschool with a giant bite mark and I >guess he never even complained to teachers. > >CC > > > > > > >>I am definitely sensitive to cold but I can wash dishes in extremely hot >>water that bothers others. My son plays with the sink water and uses hot >>and it freaks us out. With that said he seems to tolerate normal temp >>water in the bath. It seems to me it is that his hands are insensuitive >>to the hot water but not the rest of him. Anyone know about this? Have a >>similar kid? >> >> >> > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Don't know but as Mark reports that his extremities sometimes get numb when he has casien, I believe that it has something to do with the milk I've been pouring into him all of these years. (like since 1 years old!) Janice [sPAM] [ ] Heat tolerance > > > I am definitely sensitive to cold but I can wash dishes in extremely hot > water that bothers others. My son plays with the sink water and uses hot > and it freaks us out. With that said he seems to tolerate normal temp > water in the bath. It seems to me it is that his hands are insensuitive > to the hot water but not the rest of him. Anyone know about this? Have a > similar kid? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I got that with milk and get it when milk returns and when fluoride returns. Right now in fact. Janice wrote: >Don't know but as Mark reports that his extremities sometimes get numb when he has casien, I believe that it has something to do with the milk I've been pouring into him all of these years. (like since 1 years old!) > >Janice > > [sPAM] [ ] Heat tolerance > > > > > > I am definitely sensitive to cold but I can wash dishes in extremely hot > > water that bothers others. My son plays with the sink water and uses hot > > and it freaks us out. With that said he seems to tolerate normal temp > > water in the bath. It seems to me it is that his hands are insensuitive > > to the hot water but not the rest of him. Anyone know about this? Have a > > similar kid? > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Hey Ya'll, Thought I would chim in regarding the hands and feet. could neve feel tickles in her feet and as the last 2 years have gone by, we have done all the deep pressure...... and have watched sensation go from her feet...... her hands (started to play and use them more and was constantly feeling stuff and comparing stuff ie. feel feathers, feel metal- you could see her calculating the differences as she would feel all the differences). Now, she does not like the deep pressure in her hands anymore, it is uncomfortable! Now she can feel tickles in her axilla area! Now, she enjoys feeling light touch on her arms! It is really neat to see. Although she does not like the deep pressure in her hands, I know they are not " right " yet since her play is not that good/fine motor is poor- similar to what Janice said. Kathy ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Search http://search./search?fr=oni_on_mail & p=graduation+gifts & cs=bz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Kathy, It was lovely reading about your success with deep pressure. We've been doing it twice daily for a year now and we long ago stopped doing the legs but still continue to work the hands and arms. After getting his 'feeling' back, Mark really hates the deep pressure now... tough luck kid! I still do it and will continue to do it until... I suppose I will do it until he can be as proficient as I am with his hands, until they are as strong as a mans and he can perform intricate tasks with them. He is supposed to do 'Shop' next year in junior high..... could be interesting. I hope he ends the year with all of his fingers. Of course, I shall let the teachers know of his fine motor issues but I really don't think that they truly understand the condition and how dangerous it can be. At any rate, if he can succeed in shop without issues, then perhaps I will stop the deep pressure.... (I doubt that he can though) Janice [ ] Re: Heat tolerance Hey Ya'll, Thought I would chim in regarding the hands and feet. could neve feel tickles in her feet and as the last 2 years have gone by, we have done all the deep pressure...... and have watched sensation go from her feet...... her hands (started to play and use them more and was constantly feeling stuff and comparing stuff ie. feel feathers, feel metal- you could see her calculating the differences as she would feel all the differences). Now, she does not like the deep pressure in her hands anymore, it is uncomfortable! Now she can feel tickles in her axilla area! Now, she enjoys feeling light touch on her arms! It is really neat to see. Although she does not like the deep pressure in her hands, I know they are not " right " yet since her play is not that good/fine motor is poor- similar to what Janice said. Kathy __________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Search http://search./search?fr=oni_on_mail & p=graduation+gifts & cs=bz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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