Re: Cranial Sacral therapy

[Guest guest]

a, I just asked S. the same thing earlier this week because she

told me a month ago her son Karl has had and still receives this therapy and

is doing very well with it and this is what she sent me:

There are people ALL over the city. Go to _www.upledger.com_

(http://www.upledger.com/) and look in the consumer/looking for a practioner

section.

There is a place where you type in your zip code and can locate all the

practioners who are close to you.

She told me a lot of other positive stuff too but I'll let her respond

directly to you so the information is coming to you first hand.

Reece

[Guest guest]

Thanks ! Sorry I missed this thread earlier this week--I will check out

the website. Thanks so much!

a

Re: cranial sacral therapy

a, I just asked S. the same thing earlier this week because she

told me a month ago her son Karl has had and still receives this therapy and

is doing very well with it and this is what she sent me:

There are people ALL over the city. Go to _www.upledger.com_

(http://www.upledger.com/) and look in the consumer/looking for a practioner

section.

There is a place where you type in your zip code and can locate all the

practioners who are close to you.

She told me a lot of other positive stuff too but I'll let her respond

directly to you so the information is coming to you first hand.

Reece

[Guest guest]

Hi a--

A friend got me a couple of books on cranio sacral therapy when Karl was

about 3 1/2, shortly after he was diagnosed. I was intrigued, but put it

aside because we were doing so much else, and Karl was making progress.

Then out of the blue when he was about 4 yr and 8 months, we had this

horrible aggression come out of nowhere. He started head butting again,

hitting, throwing his head into the sofa, a lot of tantrums, . . . .and

nothing had changed except for he was eating triple his normal amounts. So,

I was musing, .. . hmmm, growth spurt, . . .and was musing about the study

that said the brains tend to be larger, and I just had an inspriration that

his growth spurt might be causing a lot of internal pressure. Then I

remembered about the cranio sacral, and thought, well, it can't hurt, I'll

try it.

We went for one session. The aggression almost completely gone, his

movements became more coordinated. But most impressively he spontaneously

answered a question from another child for the first time in his life. At

that time, it was very difficult to get him to answer questions, and he

NEVER responded spontaneouly to other children other than to avoid them.

I was hooked. We began seeing the therapist 2 X a week over the next 8

months. During that time we saw lots of improvements across the board.

Improvements in physical coordination, speech, social connectedness,

increase in self-control, broadening of interests, interest in other

children, wanting to have friends. . . it was difficult to have him lie on

the table.

The progress was up and down, like anything. . . After about 8 months, we

began less frequent sessions spacing more like 1X every other week or every

3 weeks. Now we see two therapists who do " multiple hands " cranio sessions

1X a month with occaisional in between sessions if something seems to need

extra adjusting. It's been very interesting to me that the cranio seems to

have direct effect on Karl's bowel control. Sometimes after a session, he

will lose it, and have accidents all over the place even as he makes a leap

in his language (like now asking appropriate why questions frequently

throughout the day). If I knew then what I know now, I would have spent

more money on cranio at the beginning. Oh well. Of other people I've

spoken with, it seems that the kids who are hyper, have some aggression,

some SIBs, are the ones who benefit the most.

I've been so impressed with what I've seen with Karl, that I began using

cranio to address some of my own health problems. I've been very pleased.

I use a different therapist though. Each one has a slightly different take

on how they approach it, so you have to find one with whom you can

communicate well and who specializes in children.

Also, as Karl became more able to express internal states over time, he

would comment how the therapist always made his head feel better. I also

began giving him choices on which therapist he wanted to see. Different

times, it was different therapists. Also, he hasn't head butted anything

for almost 2 years.

Hope this helps. I had mentioned the cranio to Jeff a few years ago at the

Open Windows conference when he told me about Ben's headbanging.

I found one of the therapists that I'm currently using just by calling

people who showed up near my zip code. I asked specifically how much

experience they have treating children, and some general questions about how

they got into cranio, and just used my instinct on who I thought would be

best.

If you have any other quetions, let me know.

Re: cranial sacral therapy

Thanks ! Sorry I missed this thread earlier this week--I will check

out the website. Thanks so much!

a

Re: cranial sacral therapy

a, I just asked S. the same thing earlier this week because

she

told me a month ago her son Karl has had and still receives this therapy

and

is doing very well with it and this is what she sent me:

There are people ALL over the city. Go to _www.upledger.com_

(http://www.upledger.com/) and look in the consumer/looking for a

practioner section.

There is a place where you type in your zip code and can locate all the

practioners who are close to you.

She told me a lot of other positive stuff too but I'll let her respond

directly to you so the information is coming to you first hand.

Reece

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks for the great information. I did check out a chiropractor a couple of

years ago--into holistic type treatments--seemed very interested and

knowledgeable about autism issues too. He said he did do cranio sacral therapy

but didn't want to do it with Ben since he wasn't sitting still. At that time

we started chelating so I just shrugged off the cranial sacral therapy. Someone

recently told me that that chiropractor must not have been very good at it to

have made a comment like that about Ben not sitting still enough to cooperate.

That should not have been an issue.

After looking up therapists online, I've found most are alternative/holistic

therapists. Does you insurance cover your therapy? Also, do you mind telling

me generally how much a session costs?

Thanks a bunch,

a

Re: cranial sacral therapy

a, I just asked S. the same thing earlier this week because

she

told me a month ago her son Karl has had and still receives this therapy

and

is doing very well with it and this is what she sent me:

There are people ALL over the city. Go to _www.upledger.com_

(http://www.upledger.com/) and look in the consumer/looking for a

practioner section.

There is a place where you type in your zip code and can locate all the

practioners who are close to you.

She told me a lot of other positive stuff too but I'll let her respond

directly to you so the information is coming to you first hand.

Reece

[Guest guest]

Cranio sacral is VERY different from chiropractic adjustments. You can

barely feel what's being adjusted.

Only someone trained in adult cranio would insist that the child lay on the

table. Someone who specializes in pediatric cranio is accustomed to

following kids around the room, or treating them in their mother's laps or

on the floor or where-ever they end up at first until they get used to it.

If you can find an OT who is also a therapist, then insurance will cover it.

Otherwise, you'll just have to take it off your taxes.

The range for Houston is $80 - $130, with the majority charging $90/hour.

S

Re: cranial sacral therapy

,

Thanks for the great information. I did check out a chiropractor a couple

of years ago--into holistic type treatments--seemed very interested and

knowledgeable about autism issues too. He said he did do cranio sacral

therapy but didn't want to do it with Ben since he wasn't sitting still. At

that time we started chelating so I just shrugged off the cranial sacral

therapy. Someone recently told me that that chiropractor must not have

been very good at it to have made a comment like that about Ben not sitting

still enough to cooperate. That should not have been an issue.

After looking up therapists online, I've found most are

alternative/holistic therapists. Does you insurance cover your therapy?

Also, do you mind telling me generally how much a session costs?

Thanks a bunch,

a

Re: cranial sacral therapy

a, I just asked S. the same thing earlier this week because

she

told me a month ago her son Karl has had and still receives this

therapy

and

is doing very well with it and this is what she sent me:

There are people ALL over the city. Go to _www.upledger.com_

(http://www.upledger.com/) and look in the consumer/looking for a

practioner section.

There is a place where you type in your zip code and can locate all the

practioners who are close to you.

She told me a lot of other positive stuff too but I'll let her respond

directly to you so the information is coming to you first hand.

Reece

[Guest guest]

There are people all over the State that travel to see Betty McBride.

She does cranial and works a lot with kids. She has multiple offices in

the Dallas, Plano, McKinney areas....

If you need more info, please feel free to contact me. She's great and

really, really understands this kids.

momkody

________________________________

From: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

[mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy ] On Behalf Of Jeff & a

Sell

Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:46 PM

To: ttyree

Subject: Re: cranial sacral therapy

,

Thanks for the great information. I did check out a chiropractor a

couple of years ago--into holistic type treatments--seemed very

interested and knowledgeable about autism issues too. He said he did do

cranio sacral therapy but didn't want to do it with Ben since he wasn't

sitting still. At that time we started chelating so I just shrugged off

the cranial sacral therapy. Someone recently told me that that

chiropractor must not have been very good at it to have made a comment

like that about Ben not sitting still enough to cooperate. That should

not have been an issue.

After looking up therapists online, I've found most are

alternative/holistic therapists. Does you insurance cover your therapy?

Also, do you mind telling me generally how much a session costs?

Thanks a bunch,

a

Re: cranial sacral therapy

a, I just asked S. the same thing earlier this week

because

she

told me a month ago her son Karl has had and still receives this

therapy

and

is doing very well with it and this is what she sent me:

There are people ALL over the city. Go to _www.upledger.com_

(http://www.upledger.com/) and look in the consumer/looking for a

practioner section.

There is a place where you type in your zip code and can locate all

the

practioners who are close to you.

She told me a lot of other positive stuff too but I'll let her

respond

directly to you so the information is coming to you first hand.

Reece

[Guest guest]

Re: cranial sacral therapy

a, I just asked S. the same thing earlier this week

because

she

told me a month ago her son Karl has had and still receives this

therapy

and

is doing very well with it and this is what she sent me:

There are people ALL over the city. Go to _www.upledger.com_

(http://www.upledger.com/) and look in the consumer/looking for a

practioner section.

There is a place where you type in your zip code and can locate all

the

practioners who are close to you.

She told me a lot of other positive stuff too but I'll let her

respond

directly to you so the information is coming to you first hand.

Reece

[Guest guest]

Oops...sorry...didn't mean to resend that previous email. Please email me

privately is you wish(jzsell@... ) I'd love to find out more on

Betty McBride. Do you know if she has a Houston office?

Thanks,

a

RE: cranial sacral therapy

There are people all over the State that travel to see Betty McBride.

She does cranial and works a lot with kids. She has multiple offices in

the Dallas, Plano, McKinney areas....

If you need more info, please feel free to contact me. She's great and

really, really understands this kids.

momkody

[Guest guest]

a,

Chiropractors, OTs, and PTs can all do cranial sacral therapy if they

are certified. Check with area pediatric OTs and PTs.

Martha Ulcak