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About Dr Eric Hansen
Dr Eric Hansen (@brainandbodyhealth_) is a Medical & health creator on Instagram, also filed under Healthcare. The account has 569,025 followers and 345 published posts. Recent posts average 831 likes and 25 comments, an engagement rate of 0.23%.
An audience of 569K puts Dr Eric Hansen in the mid-tier, between 100,000 and 1 million followers. Set against 1,151 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 494 followers per account Dr Eric Hansen follows. Dr Eric Hansen is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files Dr Eric Hansen under Medical & health, with Healthcare as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for Dr Eric Hansen runs to 12 words across 4 lines. Emoji sit alongside the words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Dr Eric Hansen dates from December 2025.
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345 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Dr Eric Hansen, 7 are videos and 3 are carousels. That mix leans toward videos. 345 published posts give Dr Eric Hansen a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 1,649 followers for each post published. Dr Eric Hansen also keeps 8 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 130 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include system, help, nervous, helps and primitivereflexes. The captions tag #primitivereflexes, #childdevelopment, #reflexintegration, #brainandbodyhealth and #melillomethod.
All you need:
A cold towel (icy cold from the fridge) 🧊
Place it gently over the forehead.
This cooling effect stimulates the vagus nerve, helping the body calm down before panic fully takes over. A simple, powerful tool for easing anxiety in kids. 🧘🏽♀️
Hope this helps!
#anxietyrelief #panicattackhelp #vagusnerve #nervoussystem calmkids emotionalregulation occupationaltherapy
One brain area that plays a huge role in both movement and learning is the lateral cerebellum.
This area helps with:
• Coordination + smooth movement
• Handwriting
• Timing + rhythm
• Speech + articulation
• Executive function + problem solving
So when kids seem awkward, messy, or uncoordinated, it’s not always just “lack of practice.”
🔎 A simple coordination check:
• Try rapid alternating hand movements
• Compare side to side
• Watch for movements that seem slower, jerky, or less coordinated
🌀 Activities that may help stimulate these pathways:
✏️ Large figure-8 movements
• Draw continuous figure 8s with the weaker or clumsier side
• Helps improve motor planning + movement smoothness
👏 Metronome clapping
• Clap in time to a steady beat
• Great for rhythm, timing, and cerebellar coordination
The goal isn’t perfection —
it’s helping the brain build smoother, more efficient movement patterns over time.
Because coordination and learning are often more connected than people realise 🧩✨
Hope that helps 💛
#coordination #kidscoordination #primitivereflexes #childdevelopment #melillomethod
Two ways to test:
1. Arms by the side, eyes closed → loud clap
(look for a subtle jump).
2. Hands on shoulders → gentle pull back
(watch if arms fling up)
Exercise to help:
• Egg rocking 🍳 — sit on a chair, hug your knees, and rock back and forth. Helps calm the nervous system, lower
stress and improve focus
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If your child startles awake from the tiniest sound and you feel like you have to tiptoe around the house… it may be worth looking at their nervous system’s startle response.
One reflex often linked to sound sensitivity is the Moro reflex — an early survival reflex connected to fight/flight and sensory alertness.
🔎 A simple way to observe it:
• Have your child close their eyes
• Make a gentle but sudden noise behind them
• Watch for an exaggerated jump, flinch, or startle response
A heightened reaction may suggest the nervous system is staying on high alert — even during sleep.
🌀 A calming activity some families try:
• Curling the child into a ball
• Gentle rhythmic rocking side to side
• Slow, repetitive movement to cue safety to the nervous system
This kind of movement can help shift the body out of “stay alert” mode and into a calmer state before bed.
Because sometimes poor sleep isn’t just about bedtime routines… it’s a nervous system that doesn’t fully switch off 🌙✨
Hope that helps 💛
#primitivereflexes #reflexintegration #childdevelopment #melillomethod #parentingtips
For some children, it can be linked to sensory processing, body awareness, postural control, or retained primitive reflexes 🧠
Sometimes walking on their toes helps them feel more stable, regulated, or aware of their body in space.
At our clinic, we look at the whole nervous system to understand why the toe walking may be happening and support it through:
✨ sensory integration
✨ primitive reflex work
✨ balance + strengthening activities
✨ proprioceptive input
Because understanding the reason behind the movement helps guide the right support 🤍
#primitivereflexes #toewalking #kidsbehavior #brainandbody #proprioception
Try This Simple Fix
Kids who struggle with heights, claustrophobia, or car sickness may actually have a vestibular imbalance — meaning one side of the brain isn’t getting enough sensory input
Quick Check:
• Look for a head tilt (e.g., tilted to the right).
• This suggests the right vestibular system isn’t firing properly.
Simple Exercise:
• Tilt the head further toward the same side as the tilt.
• Then jump up and down - 3 quick jumps!
This helps boost sensory feedback and rebalance the vestibular system
#brainandbodyhealth #drerichansen #primitivereflexes #reflexintegration #childdevelopment
Things like sitting upright, maintaining posture, balancing, or coordinating movement can require a huge amount of effort when postural control and body awareness are underdeveloped.
This can look like: • slouching in the chair • leaning on furniture • lying down often • avoiding movement tasks • losing focus quickly • tiring faster than other kids
When the nervous system has to work harder just to stabilise the body, everyday activities can become exhausting 🧠⚡️
At our clinic, we support this through: ✨ movement-based therapy ✨ proprioceptive input ✨ strengthening activities ✨ sensory supports
—all designed to help improve body awareness, postural control, and regulation 💪
Because sometimes “lazy” or “unmotivated” is really a body using all its energy just to keep up 🤍
#primitivereflexes #kidsdevelopment #kidsbehavior #kidsplay #brainandbody
Here’s What Might Be Going On - If your child is constantly popping joints, picking at their skin, or tugging their hair, it might be their brain’s way of seeking more sensory feedback — not just a bad habit. 🩵
What We Often See:
• These behaviours can temporarily calm the brain.
• They’re sometimes linked to how the brain processes touch and sensation.
• When sensory feedback improves, the urge to pick or pull often eases up.
What Can Help:
• Simple brushing or tactile play can support the brain’s sensory systems.
• Nutrient support like N-acetylcysteine (NAC) may also assist in calming the nervous system.
• Activities that build body awareness-like squeezing stress balls or clay—can help regulate those urges.
Gentle sensory work can go a long way in helping kids feel calmer and more in control 🧘🏽♀️
#primitivereflexes #brainandbodyhealth #reflexintegration #childdevelopment #parentingtips
Proprioception is the body’s internal awareness system. It helps us understand where our body is in space, how much force to use, and how to move efficiently. 🏃🏽
When proprioception is underdeveloped, kids may: • trip or fall often • bump into furniture or people • appear awkward or uncoordinated • struggle with balance or sport • seem unsure of their movements 😥
Their brain may not be getting clear feedback from muscles and joints, making movement harder to organise.
One way we can support this is through proprioceptive input—such as vibration plate work—which provides strong sensory feedback to help the brain better understand the body.
At our clinic, we use vibration plates alongside movement, sensory activities, and regulation work to support body awareness and coordination. 🙃
Because sometimes “clumsy” is really a nervous system asking for more feedback. 🤍
#primitivereflexes #childdevelopment #proprioception #kidsexercises #brainandbodyhealth
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Dr Eric Hansen's engagement
Dr Eric Hansen's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.23%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 435 followers. An average post collects 831 likes and 25 comments, close to 33 likes for each comment.
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Who is Dr Eric Hansen?
Dr Eric Hansen (@brainandbodyhealth_) is a Medical & health creator on Instagram, also filed under Healthcare. Dr Eric Hansen is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for Dr Eric Hansen runs to 12 words across 4 lines.
How many followers does Dr Eric Hansen have?
Dr Eric Hansen has 569,025 followers on Instagram (569K). Set against 1,151 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 494 followers per account Dr Eric Hansen follows. 345 published posts give Dr Eric Hansen a moderate archive on Instagram.
What is Dr Eric Hansen's engagement rate?
Dr Eric Hansen's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.23%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 435 followers. An average post collects 831 likes and 25 comments, close to 33 likes for each comment.
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Flinque files Dr Eric Hansen under Medical & health, with Healthcare as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Dr Eric Hansen, 7 are videos and 3 are carousels. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Dr Eric Hansen repeatedly use the words system, help, nervous, helps and primitivereflexes. Dr Eric Hansen's captions carry hashtags such as #primitivereflexes, #childdevelopment and #reflexintegration. Dr Eric Hansen writes those captions mainly in English. Dr Eric Hansen keeps 8 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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