This study approached the method of image training through the integration of proprioception and imagination based on cranial neuroplasticity among learning characteristics in order to find out whether the Feldenkrais Method, a cognitive healing program, can help hemiplegic disorders. Therefore, various previous research data were collected and used with the significance of proving that the program can give cognitive healing and effects to the physical senses and functional disorders of hemiplegic patients.
The cognitive healing goal of the Feldenkrais Method for hemiplegia disorder was to re-activate the independent movement of each body part, to efficiently perform functional tasks in real life, and to lead a healthy life with balanced posture and stable walking.
During the repetitive learning of movement through self-awareness, the brain integrates, recognizes, and embodies sensory and motor functions of each part of the body through sensory and motor nerves, improving immediate response to stimuli, appropriate timing, coordination, and mobility, and stability. In addition, it helps activate neurons by imagination to react with body sensation and motor nerves, and image training using VR virtual reality can also help promote visual cerebral cortex, improving exercise function and performance, thereby promoting balance and stability of the body.
The method of image training through the integration of proprioception and imagination inherent in the Feldenkrais Method helps activate neurons, which are brain cells, and is considered to have its ability and effect by integrating somatic sensory/motor nerves and sensory/motor functions. Thus, the Feldenkrais Method proves to be a cognitive healing program that can have a positive impact on hemiplegic disorders.