How can shoulder exercises for kids improve their handwriting?
Because shoulder exercises for kids work on improving the strength and stability of the shoulder girdle muscles. Ok, but…But why are the shoulder girdle muscles so important? When the large muscles of the shoulder girdle (SG) (the pectorals in front and the trapezius and rhomboidus muscles at the back) work effectively together, they provide stability for the smaller muscles in the hand and arm to do their job effectively. That means that your child can learn to cut with scissors and write without getting tired or producing messy work. Other fine motor tasks such as craft work, tying shoelaces etc are also much easier to carry out when the shoulder girdle muscles give good stability. Does my child have poor shoulder girdle stability? • Does she use whole arm movements when coloring or drawing (instead of hand and finger movements)? • Can you see movement in her arm and shoulder as she writes? • Does she tense up her neck and shoulders as she attempts to cut with scissors, or use a kn
