| Bodywork is perfectly suited for reducing the | | | | distractibility, poor concentration, or |
| symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity | | | | impulsivity begin to affect performance in |
| Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is a condition | | | | school, social relationships with other |
| typically appearing in young children, | | | | children, or behavior at home, ADHD may be |
| although teenagers and adults may also be | | | | suspected. Because the symptoms of ADHD vary |
| affected. Someone with ADHD has difficulty | | | | so much, ADHD must be diagnosed by a |
| controlling their behavior and/or paying | | | | professional. Primarily consisting of |
| attention. It is estimated that between 3 and | | | | stimulants, pharmaceutical intervention is |
| 5 percent of children have ADHD, or | | | | the first choice in treating ADHD. In an |
| approximately 2 million children in the | | | | effort to control affected individuals, an |
| United States.Symptoms | | | | increasing number of school age children are |
| | | | regularly medicated.The Brain |
| The principal characteristics of ADHD are | | | | |
| inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. | | | | The suggested etiology of ADHD consists of |
| Symptoms begin over the course of many | | | | many proposed theories. Whether stemming from |
| months, often with impulsiveness and | | | | genetics, environment or trauma, most experts |
| hyperactivity preceding inattention, which | | | | agree the brains of individuals with this |
| may not emerge for a year or more. A child | | | | condition function differently than those |
| who "can't sit still" or is otherwise | | | | unaffected. Research scientists have learned |
| disruptive will be noticeable in school, but | | | | a great deal about ADHD by using modern brain |
| the inattentive daydreamer may be overlooked. | | | | imaging technology. National Institute of |
| The impulsive child who acts before thinking | | | | Mental Health (NIMH) researchers found that |
| may be considered a "discipline problem," | | | | children with ADHD had 3 to 4 percent smaller |
| while the child who is passive or sluggish | | | | brain volume in several regions, than age and |
| may be viewed as unmotivated. Each of these | | | | gender matched controls. According to Jay |
| children may have different types of ADHD.All | | | | Gordon, MD, a "deficiency in central nervous |
| children are sometimes restless, sometimes | | | | system dopamine probably causes many, if not |
| act without thinking and sometimes daydream. | | | | most, of the problems associated with ADHD. |
| When the child's hyperactivity, | | | | |