Dynamic gymnastics: benefits and harms for a newborn

A newborn baby is vitally needed not only sleep, nutrition and mother's warmth, but also physical activity. Many parents use regular exercises, while others choose dynamic gymnastics. Only it should be performed competently and very carefully so as not to harm the baby. What outweighs the application - is it good or bad? How to do it right? Let's get it together.

Dynamic gymnastics - what is it?

Dynamic gymnastics, developed by M. Trunov and L. Kitaev, differs from ordinary charging in a more energetic set of exercises aimed at shaping and strengthening the muscles of the infant. In addition to the usual elements of charging and massage, dynamic gymnastics combines exercises to improve the vestibular apparatus. So, an adult throws up, swings and rotates the baby, holding the arms or legs. Outsiders are most often horrified by such acrobatic sketches, automatically writing “desperate” moms and dads to crazy people.

Indeed, such exercises are not quite ordinary, so parents need to carefully study and understand the sequence of applying dynamic charging and the increase in workload for babies before moving on to practical exercises.

So, we can distinguish several types of exercises of dynamic gymnastics:

• hardening;
• massage;
• exercises on the ball;
• exercises in the air.

All these procedures must be combined so that their effect on the baby is as effective as possible.

Benefits for newborns and infants

Adherents of this set of exercises are sure of its great benefits for babies. Among the advantages of dynamic gymnastics, its positive effect is usually distinguished not only on physical development, but also on the general psychological state of newborn children. What else is it useful for?

1. Dynamic charging helps the baby to better navigate in space.
2. It allows you to correct the baby’s muscle tone, strengthens the muscles, develops joints of the arms and legs and develops flexibility.
3. With its help, there is an effective development and improvement of the vestibular apparatus in the newborn.
4. It strengthens the nervous system of the baby, its immunity.
5. Also, such a set of exercises is considered a good opportunity to establish a trusting and friendly relationship with adults and, accordingly, with the outside world.
6. It is believed that dynamic gymnastics compensates for the lack of childbirth experience in children born using cesarean section.
7. Parents who use dynamic exercises in working with babies note that they have a good appetite, sleep soundly and are much less capricious.
8. Early exercise reduces injuries throughout life. Kids who are trained from the first days of life are unlikely to tuck their leg or break their arm, actively playing sports.

Possible harm to babies

Let's see if the dynamic exercises are as good as they are said. Such acrobatic "tricks" look rather risky, and many experts question the safety and benefit of such charging for babies. What arguments do opponents of dynamic gymnastics give?

1. Such exercise is stressful for the newborn. Indeed, dynamic charging is often started to be used within a couple of weeks after birth. It is believed that increased secretion of stress hormones in infants can lead to hyperactivity in a preschooler.
2. Dynamic gymnastics is based on the innate reflexes of babies - in particular, the grasping reflex and the Moro reflex. Exercises artificially stimulate them, while normally they should gradually fade away by 2-4 months (reading an article about reflexes).
3. Inexperienced parents are sometimes difficult to calculate the optimal load. Therefore, intensive training can lead to sprains of the newborn, microtrauma of the tissues of the joints, impaired blood circulation. In the future, problems with the ligamentous apparatus are possible.
4. Psychologists are confident that due to the fact that the baby from an early age gets used to the sensations of speed, rise and fall, he does not form a natural fear of heights. At an older age, underestimation of the danger of a situation can cause a variety of injuries.

We avoid negative consequences: the rules of gymnastics

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So, you saw a lot of arguments both in favor of dynamic gymnastics, and against it. Of course, only parents make the final decision. If you are sure that such exercises are necessary for your baby, we will tell you how to secure classes.

• Exercises should begin four weeks after the birth of the baby.
• Consult your pediatrician first about the presence or absence of contraindications. If the baby is healthy, he can do dynamic charging.
• Do not perform exercises based on materials from the Internet or study guides. To get started, contact an experienced instructor for advice and services. He will show and teach how to properly organize classes.
• Minimize the likelihood of injuries - secure the training site to avoid the consequences of possible falls.
• Properly evaluate your own strengths, avoid using extreme exercises. Choose a gentle training program.
• Begin exercises after a warming massage, thereby preparing the muscles and ligaments for work. The duration of the first lessons is 8-10 minutes. Do them slowly and extremely carefully so as not to scare the baby, build up the load and pace gradually.
• Do not exercise immediately after feeding, wait at least an hour. This is especially important for exercises on the ball.
• If the child is not in a good mood, do not force him to do exercises because you need it so much. Better wait for the time when everyone will have a wonderful mood. Dynamic gymnastics should become for the baby the same usual ritual as feeding or bathing.

We consider contraindications

Dynamic charging can be useful for a newborn, subject to a competent approach and consideration of contraindications. The danger of such exercises is as follows:

• the presence of dysplasia of the hip joints in the baby and other pathologies of the musculoskeletal system;
• deviations in the work of the cardiovascular system of the child;
• neurological diseases, including increased intracranial pressure.

When choosing dynamic gymnastics to improve the physical development of a newborn, study all the pros and cons, consult a pediatrician about possible contraindications. Only by following the precautions will exercise help your child grow up healthy and happy.

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