Rood’s Approach

Rood’s Approach

What is Rood’s Approach? Rood’s approach is a neurophysiologic and developmental treatment approach that was developed by Margret Rood to improve the tone of muscles (both flaccid and spastic) in 1940. Rood’s basic theory was that motor patterns are developed from primitive reflexes through proper sensory stimuli to the appropriate sensory receptors in normal sequential…