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[quote=Anonymous]Some kids are sensitive to touch and can experience unexpected bumps as painful.  This can be particularly true when they are in what to them is a stressful situation like school.  Certain types of sensory play can help desensitize them - e.g., swimming, ball pits, lots of baths, light and heavy massage, bounce/trampoline work.  The opposite is also true - kids who lack sensistivity can be trained by again exposing them in a supported environment to similar things.  The brain can rewire itself on this score.

You can also at the same time work on cognition - that is a different area of the brain - and help them cognitively distinguish the difference between a mild bump and a real injury.  I find with my child cognition and sensory work taken together usually help things like this.

Also, when you are sick or tired, do the normal bumps aof life hurt a little more.  Same thing with kids - when they are hungry, tired or stressed - the bumps of life will hurt more.  [/quote]

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