BODY MOVEMENT

If a blind child does not receive special training in this

area, he may not know how his body can move and this
movement may be awkward. When he walks he may
have either poor posture. Or the upper part of his body
may be rigid. The child might not know how to bend at
the waist or may walk with his feet far apart .

EXAMPLE OF BODY MOVEMENT

FLEXION - is the bending or the condition of being bent,

especially the bending of a limb or joint

ADDUCTION - is the movement of body part toward the

body’s midline for fingers or toes.

ROTATION – is movement in which something, or a bone

whole limb, pivots or revolves around a single long axis.
PRONATION – is the forearm is a rotational movement
where the hand and upper arm are turned inward.
Pronation of a foot refers to turning of the sole outward.
So that weight is borne on the medial part of the foot.

SHOULDER JOINT – is formed where the humerus fit into

the scapula like a ball and socket .

CIRCUMDUCTION – means the circular movement of a

body part, such as a ball and socket joint or the eye. It
consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction
and abduction.

RADIAL DEVIATION – the wrist is complex series of joint

that are formed around the carpal bones and the radius
and ulna. The wrist is capable of three set of distinct
movement.

ULNAR DEVIATION – also known as ulnar drift, is a hand

deformity in which the swelling of the
metacarpophalangeal joint causes the fingers to become
displaced, tending toward the little finger.
OPPOSITION – is that in which thumb swing so that it
comes face to face with one or another of the fingers,as
in grasphing a needle or a ball.This movement is called
opposition.

EVERSION - is the movement of the sole of the foot away

from the median plane. Inversion is the movement of the
sole toward the median plane.

INVERSION – refers to movement that tilt the sole of the

foot away from inversion is the movement of the median
plane. Inversion is the movement of the sole towards the
median plane.

DEPRESSION – refers to movement in a superior

direction. Depression refers to movement in an inferior
direction, the opposite of elevation.
ELEVATION – is the upper movement of structures of the
body. The movement of elevation is the opposite of the
movement of depression.

PROTRACTION – is movement of a body part in the

anterior direction being drawn forward . The movement
of protraction is the opposite of the movement of
retraction.

SUPINATION – is a movement where the hand and upper

arm are turned inward. Pronation of the foot refers to
turning of the sole outwards, so that weight is borne on
the medial part of the foot.

HYPEREXTENSION – is an excessive joint movement in

which the angle formed by the bones of a particular joint
is opened, or straightened beyond its normal, healthy,
range of motion.

DORSIFLEXION – is the movement which decreases the

angle between the sole of the foot and the back of the
leg.
PLANTAR FLEXION – movement of the foot in which the
foot or toes flex downward the sole compare
dorsiflexion.

EXTERNAL ROTATION – is rotation away from the centre

of the body. Internal and external rotation of the arms
occurs at the shoulders, causing the elbow to rate.