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Help for 4-Year-Old Boy with Low Muscle Tone and Balance Difficulties

July 23, 2012

Eric is a 4 and one-half, year old boy with very low muscle tone and has extreme difficulty with balance and core strength. Having Eric wear the BalanceWear Vest has shown instant results and changes.

On day one, Eric was able climb stairs one step after another on his own for the first time in his life without holding the rail. Our therapist had been working on this skill for two years. After the weights were strategically placed in the Balance Wear Vest Eric was able to stand straight up and hold balance while being pushed in different directions. Eric has had incredible strides in strength and balance since being introduced to the vest. He can climb equipment at the park that he used to not be able to do without assistance. He is much sturdier on his feet. His gate and walk is more balanced and not as wobbly. In the clip below Eric (wearing a shirt over his BalanceWear vest) shows how he has now gained the ability and confidence to climb playground equipment.

He is more aware of his body in space and can correct himself before falling. Overall, the use of the BalanceWear Vest has helped Eric develop more skills and has given his core more strength. One activity Eric could not do before the vest was jump. He is now an AWESOME jumper, on and off the trampoline. The vest has truly made a difference for Eric.

Ronnie and Meghan
Simi Valley, California

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Motion TherapeuticsMTI provides innovative, non-invasive wearable postural control and balance stabilizing products that may help individuals with mobility and balance issues. The company's patented BalanceWear® series of Truncal Orthosis vests and patented Balance-Based Torso-Weighting Methodology (BBTW®) was developed to provide help to patients balance and mobility disorders by stabilizing the trunk. Many older individuals and those persons with neurological conditions may have a loss of postural control and compromised balance as a symptom of a medical condition. BalanceWear may be helpful for such conditions. NOTE: BalanceWear is not a medical treatment or cure for any disease.

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Motion Therapeutics  |  PO Box 13242  |  Oakland, CA 94661  |  Ph: 888-330-2289  |  Fax: 510-254-3371 Motion Therapeutics, Inc. products and services are protected, in whole or in part, by U.S. and/or foreign patents. The following is a partial list of patents that Motion Therapeutics, Inc. either owns or licenses for its products: U.S. Patent No. 7,156,792; U.S. Patent No. 7,708,673 B2. In addition, other U.S. and foreign patents are pending for the Company’s products, technologies and services.

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