TLR Reflex
Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex (TLR)
Emerges: Flexion
Birth: Present
Inhibited: 4 months post-natal
Emerges: Extension emerges at birth
Inhibited: Progression from 6 mo – 3 yr
- Motor control
- Upper/lower trunk
- Closely related to Moro Reflex
- Primitive response to gravity
When TLR remains facilitated beyond 4 months (flexion) 3 years (extension)
- Balance/gravitational insecurity
- Toe walking
- Clumsiness
- Eye function distorted
- Poor sense of time and directions
Integrating this reflex will:
- Incorporates awareness of balance, space and depth
- Unpark the brain pattern
- Allow the child to move forward