Sorry about sp...it's CranioSacral Therapy

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Sorry about the spelling error in my previous message... it's

actually called CranioSacral Therapy (not cranialsacral), and I have

also heard it called " manual integrative therapy " .

Donna

> My baby was banded at Cranial Technologies in Houston at the age of

> five months, and his treatment lasted three months. He went from a

> cranial vault asymmetry of 12 mm to 4 mm. His right forehead

> prominence improved greatly with the treatment, and his head looks

so

> much more symmetrical.

>

> I would like to see more improvement, and I have been taking him to

a

> physical therapist for Cranialsacral therapy (I started researching

> Cranialsacral therapy after reading about it on the Plagio Parent's

> Support website). She tells me that it will actually help with bone

> alignment, and I figure it certainly can't hurt to try this therapy

> until he is two years old. I am hoping his asymmetry will improve

> even further, and the therapy is also supposed to help with jaw

> alignment. I am worried his jaw or palate will be out of alignment

> because of the plagio, and when she was doing the therapy she

> actually found and released restrictions in bones inside his mouth.

>

> I found the following information that may be useful, and have also

> provided a link to the source of this information:

>

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> How can CranioSacral Therapy help my baby or older child?

>

> Sometimes the bones of the skull or mouth are compressed or out

of

> place in infants or children. This is most common following a

> difficult labor and delivery or a childhood injury to the head.

>

> When the skull bones are slightly out of place, an infant may have

> difficulty latching on and/or sucking at the breast. Toddlers and

> older children may have bite problems, headaches, strabismus,

> hyperactive behavior, symptoms of autism, chronic earaches and/or

> learning disabilities.

>

> A CranioSacral treatment is designed to help the bones of the head

> and mouth gently move into optimum position. CranioSacral Therapy

can

> also help children who favor odd or twisted neck, back, shoulder,

or

> hip positions. Gentle traction and connective tissue release

> techniques are used to restore normal range of motion and help the

> child's body unwind and relax.

>

> http://www.balanceplace.com/craniokids.htm

>

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> I hope someone will find this information useful.

>

> Donna (another " 's mom "