Muscle Tone

You’ve been told by your pediatrician that your child has hypotonia, otherwise known as low muscle tone.  You then did some research, asked some good questions, and found that children with low muscle tone can also be very strong. To most people this seems like a confusing contradiction – “How can my kid have low tone but actually be strong?” Let’s start with the basics: muscle tone is defined by the amount of tension in our muscles when they are…