What is your immune system? Your immune system is made up of billions of cells – mostly white blood cells. These cells travel through the blood and seek out and attack antigens (bacteria and viruses). They can travel into organs and tissues to fix all sorts of potential sickness and disease. This process is happening[...]
At a certain age, being a hyperactive child is quite normal. Children are designed to run around and play all day. It is an important process in brain development. However, by the time children hit four or five years of age, they should have developed new abilities in concentration and focus, and should be less impulsive. For[...]
Children or adults that are over sensitive to light, are under pressure. A very primitive part of their brain has made an association between a sense of danger and light. It is crucial to understand that they have little or no control over their response to light. Instead it needs to be seen as a[...]
Being over sensitive to noise or sounds can leave you in a constant state of stress. It is important to understand that a person who is over sensitive to noise, has little or no control over their reaction to it. For them, the noise or sound is linked to a sudden fright. Their autonomic nervous system (ANS)[...]
Many children and adults are over sensitive to touch. It is common to be oversensitive to more than one of the five senses of sound, touch, sight, taste and smell. Having touch sensitivity implies that your brain has somehow associated touch with threat. It is important to understand that the child or adult has little or no[...]
To have a fear of new things is very important. It helps us to survive as we grow up. It stops us from taking dangerous risks and makes us approach things with caution. This is a wisdom we have learned as a species, and it has served us well. Sometimes however, our fear of new[...]
As human beings, we have a fear of change built in to our subconscious. It has helped us to survive as a species. It’s our conservative inner voice that wants us to stay safe all the time. Most of us are able to balance that inner voice with the ability to take risks or try[...]
Many children and adults can be overreactive. The most important thing to understand about this behaviour is that the person has little or no control over it. Cork Kinesiology can help you to understand why you are overreactive and more importantly, can successfully treat the cause of the problem. What makes you overreactive? Deep rooted[...]
Many children are fussy eaters. However, some are hypersensitive to food and at a very deep level can have a fear of food. It is common to be hypersensitive to more than one of the five senses of sound, touch, taste, smell and sight. Hypersensitivity article. A child with a fear of food has an automatic over-reaction[...]
Many children and adults suffer from hypersensitivity. It is associated with our five senses of sound, sight, taste, touch and smell. It is common to be hypersensitive to more than one of these five. Hypersensitivity article What is hypersensitivity? It is an extreme reaction to one or more of the five senses. A good example[...]