Re: Re: PT / Cindy

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Barbara,

Baptist will most definetly let you in with her, I think they only discourage

the parents that are not being helpful with the process by making the child

feel equally as apprehensive as they do- I was rarely the only parent in the

room- although I may have been more active in trying to calm him down with

toys, etc.- but not all kids are there for tort. I didn't know about the

sign until we were almost done with therapy! I think its great that grandma

can watch Catalina- it will be much easier on you and you can concentrate

fully on what needs to be done. Our sessions were only 1/2 hour long- so she

would start with craniosacral techinques to relax him (looks like

meditation), we would lay him on the mat and I would blow bubbles to his left

to get him to look- as he would she would lay her palm on his cheek and try

to, I don't want to say force, but just coax a greater range with a little

pressure, not much, and I believe the best stretches we ever got in were at

home while he was conked out- he wasn't bad with her, at times he cried,

other times it was fine. Or she would sit him in her lap and as he would

turn, she would turn as well so he would have to work harder to see what toy

I had- probably like you've already done. At first I was apprehensive with

him crying at times, but was severe and we did have to roll up our

sleeves and start doing some hands on stretches (not to mention he had a lump

that had a strangle hold on the muscle), before the muscle atrophied due to

the fibrous lump he was getting. But in hindsight I'm glad we were not

either, overly aggressive or passive, somewhere in the middle. I'll email

you with more on exercises if you'd like that we did at home, but they are

basically the ones shown on orthoseek. Good luck and don't worry- I know-

easier said than done- but you will be in good hands there!

' mom