What does that mean when the pediatrician says my baby has hypotonia? /醫生說我的寶寶肌肉張力低（低張），這是什麼意思呢？
Let’s talk about what muscle tone is.
Muscle tone is the tension in the relaxed muscle, or the resistance in the relaxed muscle.
What does that really mean? How does that affect my child’s function?
Let’s use rubber band as an example.
I have two rubber bands. Rubber band A is a new one, and rubber band B is an old one.
If I am going to tie my hair up, I just need 2 reps from rubber band A, but I probably need 4-5 reps from rubber band B.
Now, we use this concept to look at baby’s muscle tension. Baby with low muscle tone requires more work to get to the same muscle strength compared to baby with normal muscle tone.
That is also the reason why that baby with low muscle tone seems like a “lazy” baby.
BUT IN REALITY, there is no lazy baby. It takes so much work for them to complete certain tasks, so they get tired faster.
If your baby has low muscle tone or hypotonia, it is recommended to see a pediatric physical therapist. We can modify activities to fit your little one’s level, so your child can enjoy play, and so do you too! (Schedule a 15 min free discovery call to here)
Please watch the video to learn more.
先來討論一下什麼是肌肉張力。
肌肉張力是指肌肉在休息時，本身所有的張力。
沒錯…字面上解釋就是這樣，可是到底是什麼意思勒？
我們拿髮圈來解釋，現在我們有髮圈1和髮圈2。
髮圈1是新的一條髮圈，而髮圈2是用了一段時間的髮圈。
假設我現在要用它們來綁頭髮，髮圈1可能繞兩圈就可以了，但是髮圈2可能要繞三到四圈。
把這個概念套來看低張力寶寶，他們如果要達到與正常張力寶寶的肌肉強度，他們所需要做的努力要比較多。
這也是常常低張力寶寶的爸爸媽媽覺得自己的孩子好想很懶惰，不怎麼愛動。
其實是對他們來說，要完成一個動作，真的要花好多好多的力量。
所以其實不是他們懶喔！
如果你的寶寶的肌肉張力低，建議找物理治療師幫忙喔。
我們可以把動作跟遊戲變成寶寶能夠做的程度，這樣寶寶開心，爸媽也開心！
(歡迎和我預約免費的15分鐘Discovery call)
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