What is Tactile Stimulation?

Tactile Stimulation activates the nerve signals below the skin and inform the body of different touch sensations. It relates to the sense of touch and texture. Autistic people or people with tactile sensory issues may have problem in tolerating the sensations which are caused while dressing or performing routine activities. To overcome this, sensory stimulation products are used as they help in desensitizing unavoidable touch sensations and textures. Health Products For You offers a wide assortment of tactile stimulators including sand and snow, sensory massage, spatial awareness and textures to enhance tactile stimulation. HPFY offers a wide assortment of such tactile stimulation products from popular and top selling manufacturers like Skil Care Corporation, Enabling Devices, American Educational Products and many more.

How does Tactile Stimulation work?

The nerve endings transmit signals to the brain, and it interprets them as pain, pressure, vibration, temperature, and body position. Fingertips are equipped with a large number of these nerves and are extremely sensitive to all tactile stimuli. These sensations are somatic, as they originate at the surface of the body rather than internally.

Many tactile stimulation products can be key in regaining or maintaining gross motor skills and muscle movements by providing proprioceptive feedback to the patient. It is not something that happens overnight, so patient compliance to therapy can be the key to success.

What are the benfits of Tactile Stimulation?

There are plenty of benefits of using tactile stimulation products for people dealing with various health concerns, such as -

Patients with Alzheimer's or Dementia

Tactile stimulation therapy can be a great way to maintain or regain cognitive function while dealing with a stroke or other neurological disorders. Alzheimer's and dementia patients benefit from various tactile stimuli during the therapy, and those who have suffered a stroke also can begin the road to recovery through tactile stimulation therapy.

Patients with Autism

Tactile stimulation is beneficial to patients suffering from autism and people with tactile sensory issues like problems tolerating the sensations caused while dressing or performing routine activities. Tactile stimulation products are used to help in desensitizing unavoidable touch sensations and textures.

Infants and toddlers

Tactile stimulation is also very important for a newborn baby's overall growth and brain development. Different textured products are introduced to infants and toddlers to activate tactile stimuli.

Types of Tactile Stimulation Products

Sand and Snow

Sand and snow products consist of trays and tubs of different colors that are ideal for sand and water play. They help in creating a wide variety of tactile experiences with fun, resulting in enhanced tactile stimulation.

Sensory Massage

Sensory massage products provide soothing massage and pleasing tactile therapy to enhance tactile stimulation in users. The attractive shapes, sizes and colors add another level of interest in the users.

Spatial Awareness

Spatial awareness products are specifically designed to make users aware of the objects around them. They allow users to understand the relationship between two or more objects with respect to themselves.

Textures

Textured products enhance tactile stimulation with the help of contrasting textures, raised and depressed areas, fluid shapes and other interactive elements. They help in strengthening tactile perception and concentration.

Where can I buy Tactile Stimulation Products?

Health Products For You offers best quality, effective, and easy-to-use Tactile Stimulation Tools like the Skil-Care Multimodal Sensory Pillows, exclusively designed to address sight and touch and are effective in reducing anxiety, boredom and serve as a tool in helping develop the sense of touch. It improves finger strength and dexterity and used for education in touch sensations. Similarly, our another top-selling product, the Weplay Twisters Set provide tactile stimulation and improve the users circulation. The set comes with 3 Twisters. Each one has a different level of resistance to gradually help to grasp, twisting and squeezing abilities. It promotes flexibility of the wrist joint and stabilizes users emotions. Both these products are affordable in price and deliver great results by promoting your child's growth.