Re: alternative treatments

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Hi ,

There are quite a few people who have used CST along with a band. I

believe CST is similar to OMM. There are also a few who say CST alone

has worked for them. THere was one mom on here that posted about it,

and had some pics, but the pics were really tiny and she didn't have

any before pics. I have never seen any real evidence that CST (or OMM)

works on its own). From what I know there are no good peer reviewed

studies on this approach. It is fine to combine with banding, or

aggressive repo on a young baby, but I know banding works (lots of

evidence) and I wouldn't want to miss a chance to band when OMM is not

a sure thing.

The baby's head became misshapen from having pressure on one side (due

to tort the baby prefered to always rest the head on one side causing

the brain to grow elsewhere). So to me putting a band on to encourage

growth in the flat area makes perfect sense. You would still need

therapy to help resolve the tort.

This is my opinion and I'm sure that you'll find others who believe in

OMM or CST. But I have to tell you that I would be reluctant to use it

alone, because I wouldn't want your child's head to remain asymmetric

when there is a good chance to fix it.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

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> Jen,

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> Do you happen to have any references that show before and after

pictures for

> children treated with just Osteopathy? Our son gets Cranial Osteopathic

> treatments (OMM) and the Osteopath is really against putting him in

the band. She

> said it will not resolve the underlying problem and it will only

change the

> " top " bones of his head, but its the bones under those that need to

move. She said

> the band really wouldn't do any better from him in the long run that

her

> treatment isn't going to fix.

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> So I am trying to find testimonials, pictures...anything that will

prove to

> me that his Plagio/tort will fix with her treatments alone...if you

or anyone

> has this info it would really help my decision!

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> :-)

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