Masking Question - Janice or anyone who knows

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Hey Janice (or anyone else who can answer this),

I've been wanting to do masking with Garrick but would like some specifics on

how often and for how long each session. Thanks for any info!

Kim with 4 cuties

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Masking:

The purpose of masking is to increase oxygen flow to the brain. This is done by

making use of the gasp reflex.

How to: Take a sandwich baggie (I like these as they are soft and flexible) and

put over the the child's mouth and nose ensuring that there is no air getting

in. Have the child inhale/exhale into the baggie for a period of 45 seconds.

Remove the mask. What we want to see: we want to see the child take a 'gasp'

of air upon removal and then begin to breathe normally. If there is no gasp and

he can breathe normally right away, then we need to increase the amount of time

that we use the mask. If the child gasps and then takes a while to get to

normal breathing, then we have used the mask for too long and need to reduce the

time.

Masking needs to be done with care. A child should never be left wearing the

mask unattended or have the mask left on for extended periods. The parent

should have a clock with a second hand that they are carefully using throughout

this process.

For Mark, we would use the mask for about 55 seconds with optimum results. We

were to mask for 10 times in a session for 3 sessions per day.

Results that I saw: Marks face began to fill out and he lost that pale, wan

quality that he always carried with him. His general fitness level increased

and his body (chest area) began to fill out and increase in size. He began to

look like a healthy child rather than a scarecrow.

I cannot remember all of the scientific information as to which specific items

are affected as I returned my program information cd's (which is where the

scientific information was located) to NACD when we had a new appointment and we

did masking last November.

It goes something like this: when we breathe in carbon dioxide, the gasp reflex

is stimulated so that when we take our next breath of air, we take it deeply

into our lungs and increase oxygen flow to the blood supply and brain. There

is more to this then that but I cannot remember the exact words and don't want

to misinform. I used to have some literature on it kicking around which

explains it more precisely and scientificly and if it ever resurfaces (I may

have tossed it); I will write it out for you.

BUT... we dropped this exercise because Mark absolutely hated it and so did I.

We ended up increasing our daily aerobic activity instead. While this does not

produce effects as quickly as masking, the long-term results are the same....

increased oxygen flow to the brain on a regular basis.

However, I do now realize how good this exercise can be, particularly with a

really weak child. We need to increase the oxygen intake for many of our

children as oxygen feeds and heals the brain. Note also that swimming underwater

can also stimulate the gasp reflex.

Janice

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knows

Hey Janice (or anyone else who can answer this),

I've been wanting to do masking with Garrick but would like some specifics on

how often and for how long each session. Thanks for any info!

Kim with 4 cuties

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Thanks for the reply, Janice. Let me make sure I have this right.

Have the child mask for 45 secs (+/-), remove the mask, wait a little bit,

then repeat. So for each session you do it 3 times in a row, and you do 10

sessions a day. Is that right?

Kim

Janice <jscott@...> wrote:

Masking:

The purpose of masking is to increase oxygen flow to the brain. This is done by

making use of the gasp reflex.

How to: Take a sandwich baggie (I like these as they are soft and flexible) and

put over the the child's mouth and nose ensuring that there is no air getting

in. Have the child inhale/exhale into the baggie for a period of 45 seconds.

Remove the mask. What we want to see: we want to see the child take a 'gasp' of

air upon removal and then begin to breathe normally. If there is no gasp and he

can breathe normally right away, then we need to increase the amount of time

that we use the mask. If the child gasps and then takes a while to get to normal

breathing, then we have used the mask for too long and need to reduce the time.

Masking needs to be done with care. A child should never be left wearing the

mask unattended or have the mask left on for extended periods. The parent should

have a clock with a second hand that they are carefully using throughout this

process.

For Mark, we would use the mask for about 55 seconds with optimum results. We

were to mask for 10 times in a session for 3 sessions per day.

Results that I saw: Marks face began to fill out and he lost that pale, wan

quality that he always carried with him. His general fitness level increased and

his body (chest area) began to fill out and increase in size. He began to look

like a healthy child rather than a scarecrow.

I cannot remember all of the scientific information as to which specific items

are affected as I returned my program information cd's (which is where the

scientific information was located) to NACD when we had a new appointment and we

did masking last November.

It goes something like this: when we breathe in carbon dioxide, the gasp reflex

is stimulated so that when we take our next breath of air, we take it deeply

into our lungs and increase oxygen flow to the blood supply and brain. There is

more to this then that but I cannot remember the exact words and don't want to

misinform. I used to have some literature on it kicking around which explains it

more precisely and scientificly and if it ever resurfaces (I may have tossed

it); I will write it out for you.

BUT... we dropped this exercise because Mark absolutely hated it and so did I.

We ended up increasing our daily aerobic activity instead. While this does not

produce effects as quickly as masking, the long-term results are the same....

increased oxygen flow to the brain on a regular basis.

However, I do now realize how good this exercise can be, particularly with a

really weak child. We need to increase the oxygen intake for many of our

children as oxygen feeds and heals the brain. Note also that swimming underwater

can also stimulate the gasp reflex.

Janice

[sPAM] [ ] Masking Question - Janice or anyone who

knows

Hey Janice (or anyone else who can answer this),

I've been wanting to do masking with Garrick but would like some specifics on

how often and for how long each session. Thanks for any info!

Kim with 4 cuties

[Guest guest]

We looked into masking when we started working with some patterning

folks.

We were prescribed maskings of 25 seconds x 5 per session (2 minutes in

between each masking) 3 sessions a day.

We did not continue with that therapy (or any of the patterning b/c it

was to time and physically intensive for us at that time. We may

consider it now that our son can respond to requests, etc.

>

> Hey Janice (or anyone else who can answer this),

>

> I've been wanting to do masking with Garrick but would like some

specifics on how often and for how long each session. Thanks for any

info!

>

> Kim with 4 cuties

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Kim,

You do 10 times (mask 10 times in one session). We only ever made it to 5 sets

before rebellion set in.

You do 3 times a day but.... thus 10 masks of 45 to 55 seconds= 1 session. Do

3 sessions per day.

I think that you can mix and match you schedule and it will still work the same.

If you do it too many times in one session, then you will get rebellion as I did

with Mark and it will be 'game over' forever.... So better to start slowly and

work up your frequencies over time.

Use your common sense and look for getting that gasp reflex. For Mark, 45

seconds was simply not enough. Today, he could probably go for well over a

minute (even a minute and a half perhaps). So it is a variable item depending

on the current capacity of the child, size and weight.

Let me know how it goes for you. I am curious. This is one exercise that we

should have kept on with but have done okay without it. How is Garret doing

these days? Mark is getting better and better with each passing day, though we

did have a yeast flare up this morning. (darn...) Have you had a nice summer?

Janice

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Hey Janice (or anyone else who can answer this),

I've been wanting to do masking with Garrick but would like some specifics on

how often and for how long each session. Thanks for any info!

Kim with 4 cuties

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Janice,

Glad to hear Mark is doing so well. I hope the school year goes smoothly for

both of you.

Garrick was doing great until the beginning of July, then he got hit by a

major virus which eventually turned into a major infection. It took him over a

month to recover and we still aren't back up to where we were. Sigh.... He was

doing so fabulous before and it makes it that much harder to see him struggling

again. Physically he is starting to get back up to speed, but his speech has

really regressed and doesn't seem to be improving at the moment. We've also

been busy and haven't been doing nearly as much therapy stuff as usual. I plan

to really get back with the program after the (U.S.) 3 day weekend. Hopefully

we can get him functioning better again.

I've known about the CO2 thing for over a year, but only found out about

masking a few months ago. I was just never quite sure how to specifically do

it. We may start trying this next week. Thanks!

Kim

Janice <jscott@...> wrote:

Kim,

You do 10 times (mask 10 times in one session). We only ever made it to 5 sets

before rebellion set in.

You do 3 times a day but.... thus 10 masks of 45 to 55 seconds= 1 session. Do 3

sessions per day.

I think that you can mix and match you schedule and it will still work the same.

If you do it too many times in one session, then you will get rebellion as I did

with Mark and it will be 'game over' forever.... So better to start slowly and

work up your frequencies over time.

Use your common sense and look for getting that gasp reflex. For Mark, 45

seconds was simply not enough. Today, he could probably go for well over a

minute (even a minute and a half perhaps). So it is a variable item depending on

the current capacity of the child, size and weight.

Let me know how it goes for you. I am curious. This is one exercise that we

should have kept on with but have done okay without it. How is Garret doing

these days? Mark is getting better and better with each passing day, though we

did have a yeast flare up this morning. (darn...) Have you had a nice summer?

Janice

[sPAM] [ ] Masking Question - Janice or anyone who

knows

Hey Janice (or anyone else who can answer this),

I've been wanting to do masking with Garrick but would like some specifics on

how often and for how long each session. Thanks for any info!

Kim with 4 cuties

[Guest guest]

-

If you are continually rebreathing into a sealed bag, aren't you

actually increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the bag, and

subsequently increasing the amount of carbon dioxide delivered to the

body?

-- In , " Janice "

<jscott@...> wrote:

>

> Masking:

>

> The purpose of masking is to increase oxygen flow to the brain.

This is done by making use of the gasp reflex.

>

> How to: Take a sandwich baggie (I like these as they are soft and

flexible) and put over the the child's mouth and nose ensuring that

there is no air getting in. Have the child inhale/exhale into the

baggie for a period of 45 seconds. Remove the mask. What we want to

see: we want to see the child take a 'gasp' of air upon removal and

then begin to breathe normally. If there is no gasp and he can

breathe normally right away, then we need to increase the amount of

time that we use the mask. If the child gasps and then takes a while

to get to normal breathing, then we have used the mask for too long

and need to reduce the time.

>

> Masking needs to be done with care. A child should never be left

wearing the mask unattended or have the mask left on for extended

periods. The parent should have a clock with a second hand that they

are carefully using throughout this process.

>

> For Mark, we would use the mask for about 55 seconds with optimum

results. We were to mask for 10 times in a session for 3 sessions

per day.

>

> Results that I saw: Marks face began to fill out and he lost that

pale, wan quality that he always carried with him. His general

fitness level increased and his body (chest area) began to fill out

and increase in size. He began to look like a healthy child rather

than a scarecrow.

>

> I cannot remember all of the scientific information as to which

specific items are affected as I returned my program information cd's

(which is where the scientific information was located) to NACD when

we had a new appointment and we did masking last November.

>

> It goes something like this: when we breathe in carbon dioxide,

the gasp reflex is stimulated so that when we take our next breath of

air, we take it deeply into our lungs and increase oxygen flow to the

blood supply and brain. There is more to this then that but I

cannot remember the exact words and don't want to misinform. I used

to have some literature on it kicking around which explains it more

precisely and scientificly and if it ever resurfaces (I may have

tossed it); I will write it out for you.

>

> BUT... we dropped this exercise because Mark absolutely hated it

and so did I. We ended up increasing our daily aerobic activity

instead. While this does not produce effects as quickly as masking,

the long-term results are the same.... increased oxygen flow to the

brain on a regular basis.

>

> However, I do now realize how good this exercise can be,

particularly with a really weak child. We need to increase the

oxygen intake for many of our children as oxygen feeds and heals the

brain. Note also that swimming underwater can also stimulate the gasp

reflex.

>

> Janice

>

>

>

> [sPAM] [ ] Masking Question - Janice

or anyone who knows

>

>

> Hey Janice (or anyone else who can answer this),

>

> I've been wanting to do masking with Garrick but would like some

specifics on how often and for how long each session. Thanks for any

info!

>

> Kim with 4 cuties

>

>