Can Clumsy Be Cured?

Can a normal (but clumsy) person improve his or her coordination? In other words, can a klutz be cured? The answer is yes, according to Jim Buskirk, a physical therapist and co-founder of the Dizziness and Balance Center in Chicago.

Is clumsiness a disorder?

Dyspraxia is sometimes called “clumsy child syndrome” and is often considered ubiquitous with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), a unique but very similar diagnosis also associated with poor eye-hand coordination, posture, and balance.

Can a person be born clumsy?

Yes, new research has revealed that clumsiness is something you're born with. The University of Delaware wanted to get to the bottom of why some of us are more accident prone than others and, to do so, took a sample of 1,500 student athletes across 18 different universities during pre-season training.