Therapy blankets help with ADHD and ADD

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The so-called attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder encompasses many different clinical pictures and symptoms, which mainly develop in childhood and are neurally explainable and often hereditary.

Concentration difficulties and inattention often occur, which affect social behavior at school and in everyday life. Especially with a hyperactive and impulsive development of this disorder, children find it difficult to focus on a task. This jumpiness, combined with comorbidities such as insomnia or anxiety disorder, leads to overstimulation and exhaustion.

Children suffering from ADHD are already exposed to many stressful situations: academic performance suffers, social contacts are limited, and the body receives little rest. In addition to numerous treatment options, such as therapies or medications, there is a natural way to at least improve sleep and thereby automatically improve other factors in the child's life. Using a weighted blanket can increase the quality of sleep, which in turn has a positive effect on coping with everyday life.

The weight of the blanket affects the muscles, tendons, and joints, so that the body is perceived more intensely and can be better controlled. This is especially important in this disorder, as the stimuli during the day were heavily strained and the feeling of calming down and being present in the here and now is missing. Responsible for the onset of relaxation is the happiness hormone serotonin and the sleep hormone melatonin, whose release is promoted when the weighted blanket is applied. The muscles and nervous system relax, anxieties are reduced, and the body can overall more easily recover from accumulated stress and tension.

Summary:

• Improve sleep quality with weighted blankets and give heavily stressed bodies recovery
• Counteract overstimulation and hyperactivity with more balance during the day

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