Re: Craniosacral therapy/cranial osteopathy

March 28, 2005

Hi Mandy,

I am currently taking my daughter for craniosacral therapy. She has been going for 7 weeks. She was 5.5 months when she started. I have noticed a change in the shape of her head. Her ears are still off. My husband I go tomorrow for another tx for Sophia, we are going to start the process of prior approval for our insurance to let us get her a helmet. I have been taking pictures every other week. I just want to make sure that I do everything possible to help correct the problem. We are going to continue with the therapy along with the helmet. Insurance covers part of the therapy so the dr. will keep monitoring her.

Sophia -Tort & Plagio 7 months

mandy267 <mandy267@...> wrote:

HiAre there any merits to taking my daughter for craniosacral therapy/cranial osteopathy to help correct her head shape and facial asymmetry? She is 5.5 months old with positional plagio and we are currently trying to reposition her, although it is most likely she will need a band/helmet.ThanksMandy (Mother to la)LondonFor more plagio info

March 28, 2005

Hi Mandy,

I am currently taking my daughter for craniosacral therapy. She has been going for 7 weeks. She was 5.5 months when she started. I have noticed a change in the shape of her head. Her ears are still off. My husband I go tomorrow for another tx for Sophia, we are going to start the process of prior approval for our insurance to let us get her a helmet. I have been taking pictures every other week. I just want to make sure that I do everything possible to help correct the problem. We are going to continue with the therapy along with the helmet. Insurance covers part of the therapy so the dr. will keep monitoring her.

Sophia -Tort & Plagio 7 months

mandy267 <mandy267@...> wrote:

HiAre there any merits to taking my daughter for craniosacral therapy/cranial osteopathy to help correct her head shape and facial asymmetry? She is 5.5 months old with positional plagio and we are currently trying to reposition her, although it is most likely she will need a band/helmet.ThanksMandy (Mother to la)LondonFor more plagio info

March 28, 2005

Hi

Thanks for your reply. I agree with wanting to do everything

possible. How does she find the treatment sessions and would you

keep up with the therapy once she is in a helmet?

Thanks

Mandy (la - 5.5 months, plagio)

London

>

> Hi

>

> Are there any merits to taking my daughter for craniosacral

> therapy/cranial osteopathy to help correct her head shape and

facial

> asymmetry? She is 5.5 months old with positional plagio and we are

> currently trying to reposition her, although it is most likely she

> will need a band/helmet.

>

> Thanks

>

> Mandy (Mother to la)

> London

>

> For more plagio info

March 28, 2005

Hi

Thanks for your reply. I agree with wanting to do everything

possible. How does she find the treatment sessions and would you

keep up with the therapy once she is in a helmet?

Thanks

Mandy (la - 5.5 months, plagio)

London

>

> Hi

>

> Are there any merits to taking my daughter for craniosacral

> therapy/cranial osteopathy to help correct her head shape and

facial

> asymmetry? She is 5.5 months old with positional plagio and we are

> currently trying to reposition her, although it is most likely she

> will need a band/helmet.

>

> Thanks

>

> Mandy (Mother to la)

> London

>

> For more plagio info

March 28, 2005

Mandy,

Sophie loves the sessions. She lays there and smiles and plays with a toy or just talks. Once in awhile she'll get upset if she can't move but calms down. I think we will continue therapy once she is in her helmet. Right now she is going one time a week. I am not sure what the dr. will want when she gets her helmet. How did you hear about cranialsacral therapy? Alot of people have never heard of it. I heard about it through my chiropractor. A dr. at our local hospital specializes in it. So I have been fortunate for insurance to cover the therapy.

Sophia Tort & Plagio-7months

Michiganmandy267 <mandy267@...> wrote:

Hi Thanks for your reply. I agree with wanting to do everything possible. How does she find the treatment sessions and would you keep up with the therapy once she is in a helmet? ThanksMandy (la - 5.5 months, plagio)London> > Hi> > Are there any merits to taking my daughter for craniosacral > therapy/cranial osteopathy to help correct her head shape and facial > asymmetry? She is 5.5 months old with positional plagio and we are > currently trying to reposition her, although it is most likely she > will need a band/helmet.> > Thanks> > Mandy (Mother to la)> London> > > > > > > For more plagio info

March 28, 2005

Mandy,

Sophie loves the sessions. She lays there and smiles and plays with a toy or just talks. Once in awhile she'll get upset if she can't move but calms down. I think we will continue therapy once she is in her helmet. Right now she is going one time a week. I am not sure what the dr. will want when she gets her helmet. How did you hear about cranialsacral therapy? Alot of people have never heard of it. I heard about it through my chiropractor. A dr. at our local hospital specializes in it. So I have been fortunate for insurance to cover the therapy.

Sophia Tort & Plagio-7months

Michiganmandy267 <mandy267@...> wrote:

Hi Thanks for your reply. I agree with wanting to do everything possible. How does she find the treatment sessions and would you keep up with the therapy once she is in a helmet? ThanksMandy (la - 5.5 months, plagio)London> > Hi> > Are there any merits to taking my daughter for craniosacral > therapy/cranial osteopathy to help correct her head shape and facial > asymmetry? She is 5.5 months old with positional plagio and we are > currently trying to reposition her, although it is most likely she > will need a band/helmet.> > Thanks> > Mandy (Mother to la)> London> > > > > > > For more plagio info

March 29, 2005

Hi Mandy,

We didn't do this theray for my daughter. It would have been improssible to find someone in my small town. I think as an addition to your repo and or band therapy it might be helpful. I don't think there is any research that shows it provides significant correction on it's own.

mom to na

DOC Grad

South Carolina

www.thefilyaws.commandy267 <mandy267@...> wrote:

HiAre there any merits to taking my daughter for craniosacral therapy/cranial osteopathy to help correct her head shape and facial asymmetry? She is 5.5 months old with positional plagio and we are currently trying to reposition her, although it is most likely she will need a band/helmet.ThanksMandy (Mother to la)LondonFor more plagio info

March 29, 2005

Hi Mandy,

We didn't do this theray for my daughter. It would have been improssible to find someone in my small town. I think as an addition to your repo and or band therapy it might be helpful. I don't think there is any research that shows it provides significant correction on it's own.

mom to na

DOC Grad

South Carolina

www.thefilyaws.commandy267 <mandy267@...> wrote:

HiAre there any merits to taking my daughter for craniosacral therapy/cranial osteopathy to help correct her head shape and facial asymmetry? She is 5.5 months old with positional plagio and we are currently trying to reposition her, although it is most likely she will need a band/helmet.ThanksMandy (Mother to la)LondonFor more plagio info

March 29, 2005

Hi Mandy

I agree with - as an additional treatment it may be worth

persuing, but I have to say there isn't any evidence, research or

anecdotal on these boards that it works well for treating

moderate/severe plagio. My specialist Dr Blecher is a cranio and

maxillo-facial surgeon (specialising in skulls, if you like!) and he

said he didn't see how at a biological level it could work to

reverse plagio. You could dismiss this as typical 'conventional'

medicine talking, but personally I would only use it as an adjunct

to looking into a band- I just don't see how manipulating very

slightly bones in the head can reverse bone flattened by outside

pressure- the only thing that does that is for the bone to actually

begin to grow again through not being pressured, either through repo

or helmet therapy.

I did take my own daughter to a cranial osteopath as she was very

agitated at aboaut 4 months. She screamed the whole way through

(which in itself doesn't tell you anything, she screamed a lot

anyway) but the cranial osteopath failed to spot her plagio which

was odd as it was quite pronounced at this stage, I just didn't know

it was called plagio and didn't know you had to go to the docs with

it, I just thought it was a genetic quirk! The real problem (not

cranial at all) turned out to be an undiagnosed tongue-tie which

prevented normal breastfeeding, so I did feel that the cranial

osteopath was barking completely up the wrong tree with some of the

more esoteric comments about her birth trauma etc! Mind you, the

conventional health professionals didn't spot this either, so null

points all round!

Just my two-penneth! It's just I have seen lots of people

investigate this option early on on this board, but very few (if

any?) come back and say that it was successful with moderate/severe

plagio. Of course, anything that helps...and it may have other

benefits for your daughter beyond treating plagio anyway.

Good luck with it all

Hannah (mum to Lucia, London, UK)

Cranio grad

>

> Hi

>

> Are there any merits to taking my daughter for craniosacral

> therapy/cranial osteopathy to help correct her head shape and

facial

> asymmetry? She is 5.5 months old with positional plagio and we are

> currently trying to reposition her, although it is most likely she

> will need a band/helmet.

>

> Thanks

>

> Mandy (Mother to la)

> London

>

> For more plagio info

March 29, 2005