Re: Don't want to put daughter through it!

March 12, 2007

,

I just posted a correction to my earlier post. The actual treatment

that my two children have had is called Osteopathic Manual Practice -

*not* Cranial Sacral Therapy. I'm so sorry to have posted bad

info - I tend to call his pt visits " cranial therapy " but the

technical term is actually different.

The physical therapists who treat my children were trained at the

Canadian College of Osteopathy. It's a 5 year program.

a quick scan didn't show any way to locate graduates. According to

our pt, there aren't very many graduates of this program in the

US. Perhaps you could contact the college directly to ask about US

practicioners.

Another related or similar therapy is called Cranial Sacral Therapy.

I believe they use different techniques, but with the same goals in

mind. Since our pt was not trained in this technique, she couldn't

really comment as to if one or the other was more effective.

Therapists using this technique are trained thru The Upledger

Institute (web site www.upledger.com) Their website does have a link

to find a practicioner and even indicates what courses the therapists

have taken.

If you find a therapist practicing either of these, it is *very*

important to ask if they have experience with children.

My son was about 10 months old at his first cranial therapy

(Osteopathic Manual Practice) appointment and is 15 mo now. (At 10

months his adjusted age was 7 1/2 months - he was 2 1/2 months

premature) We went about every two weeks for the past 5 mo and are

dropping down to once a month now. We'll probably only go another

month or two - he is now maintaining his progress from appointment

to appointment. (We also took his twin sister in for treatment for

a couple of months, but she never had any facial assym.)

Hope this helps.

Sorry again about mixing up the terms. I wish there was a way to

edit my earlier post...

Allyson

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