Craniosacral therapy

January 8, 2004

Hi ,

There is a member here who is using craniosacral therapy. Her name

is Pam and if you search the archives I think you'll see she

has been pretty happy with the results. When will Ian's helmet be

in?

, mom to Hannah, DOCgrad 11/25

Cape Cod, Ma

> Has anyone done craniosacral therapy????? If so did you see good

> results??? Thanks :) Martz (Ian's Mom)

January 8, 2004

-

Mike at Straight Ahead does craniosacral therapy. Brady has had

it only once, but I've seen him do it to others. He gave us a

pamphlet on it, so you could ask him for more info the next time you

go to Cleveland.

-Amy

mom to Brady, 10 months

DOC band 11/6

> Has anyone done craniosacral therapy????? If so did you see good

> results??? Thanks :) Martz (Ian's Mom)

January 8, 2004

My son gets it twice a week at physical therapy- He is getting his

helmut next week but my PT thinks it has had some effect in certain

areas. Im not so sure though

> Has anyone done craniosacral therapy????? If so did you see good

> results??? Thanks :) Martz (Ian's Mom)

March 16, 2004

> Has anybody tried craniosacral therapy? Pls. post your

> experience/result.

> Thanks,

> pushpa.

Hello,

My son Aidan is getting craniosacral therapy. It seems to have

helped...his head seems to be rounding out. He is also wearing a

Danmar helemt. But his helmet time has been sporadic of late beacuse

its been out for adjustment a couple of times.

Aidan doesn't scream or cry during the craniosacral therapy. He just

sits there and enjoys the attention.

I have to admit that I was a bit freaked out when I first heard that

the therapists were going to move his skull plates by hand. It seemed

bizzare, but it looks like its helping.

Mike

March 16, 2004

Hi Mike, how old was your son when he had this therapy? Is it

effective only up to a certain age, like the helmet?

Thanks, Jane

> --- In Plagiocephaly , " arulpush " <arulpush@h...>

wrote:

> > Has anybody tried craniosacral therapy? Pls. post your

> > experience/result.

> > Thanks,

> > pushpa.

>

> Hello,

> My son Aidan is getting craniosacral therapy. It seems to have

> helped...his head seems to be rounding out. He is also wearing a

> Danmar helemt. But his helmet time has been sporadic of late

beacuse

> its been out for adjustment a couple of times.

>

> Aidan doesn't scream or cry during the craniosacral therapy. He

just

> sits there and enjoys the attention.

>

> I have to admit that I was a bit freaked out when I first heard

that

> the therapists were going to move his skull plates by hand. It

seemed

> bizzare, but it looks like its helping.

>

> Mike

March 16, 2004

Our daughter (now almost 3) has craniosacral therapy twice. She was

not developing her gross motor skills. I cannot honesty tell you

whether it helped or not, as she was getting physical therapy at the

same time. It was kind of a weird thing for us to take her to, but

we tried it!

-Steph

--- In Plagiocephaly , " arulpush " <arulpush@h...>

wrote:

> Has anybody tried craniosacral therapy? Pls. post your

> experience/result.

> Thanks,

> pushpa.

March 16, 2004

> Hi Mike, how old was your son when he had this therapy? Is it

> effective only up to a certain age, like the helmet?

>

> Thanks, Jane

>

Jane,

Aidan started the craniosacral therapy when he was 5 months old. I'll

have to check with the therapist tomorrow and see how late they can do it.

Mike

June 3, 2004

Hi …I

can’t wait to hear the answers to your questions as well. I have heard a

lot about it, but like you, never any hard scientific facts about what is being

done and how it works.

Becky (’s

Mom) in Pgh, PA

From: tortibaby

[mailto:sugrill@...]

Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 1:43

PM

Plagiocephaly

Subject: Craniosacral

therapy

All right, what is this? I paid $85 for some guy to hold my son's

head for half an hour. I kept asking what he was

doing and how it

would help, and he gave me a load of horse hockey

about movement and

fluidity, but never said WHAT was supposed to move

or be more fluid.

He was talking about a " restriction " on

part of Peanut's head, but

couldn't elaborate. I kept asking questions so

finally he gave me a

pamphlet that was written for a fifth-grade

reading level that gave

no real information at all, just talked about

" promoting healing from

the trauma of birth. " It said the D.O. was a

fully licensed

physician, clearly implying he is an MD, but he

isn't. This looks

designed to fool the uninformed but I really like

to get all the

facts, and so far I haven't gotten one single fact

about it.

Is there any scientific information about CST? I

have looked online

and so far it looks about the same as waving

crystals above my son's

head. I know a lot of you swear by CST and that's

why I'm doing it,

but I'd love to get some more information from

anyone. Even anecdotal

evidence that suggests crystal waving might help

would be good. I

just want some real info, not double talk.

Thanks,

18 mos, tort, plagio, DOC Band 5/7

For more

plagio info

June 4, 2004

Hey

They are supposto move about the Cerebral Spinal Fluid. Willow was

in CST for about 4months and I don't think we saw anything happen.

We went to an adult practitioner so I'm thinking maybe that is why

we didn't have success.

Our Cranial Facial Surgeon that we saw for Willow's plagio said that

the CSfluid flows freely in a perfect shaped head as well as a

deformed head so he didn't really believe in it. I can't say either

way. Just didn't work for Willow.

If you ask LIsa (Jacquie's Mom) she can give you MUCH more info in

this. SHe has had great success. Her daughter's plagio was tx with

this and kept her out of a band.

Sorry can't help more. There is a good site you can go to on CST.

www.upledger.com

Sandy Willow's Mom

Torticollis resolved

Cranio Germany Grad 02/04

--- In Plagiocephaly , " tortibaby " <sugrill@j...>

wrote:

> All right, what is this? I paid $85 for some guy to hold my son's

> head for half an hour. I kept asking what he was doing and how it

> would help, and he gave me a load of horse hockey about movement

and

> fluidity, but never said WHAT was supposed to move or be more

fluid.

> He was talking about a " restriction " on part of Peanut's head, but

> couldn't elaborate. I kept asking questions so finally he gave me

a

> pamphlet that was written for a fifth-grade reading level that

gave

> no real information at all, just talked about " promoting healing

from

> the trauma of birth. " It said the D.O. was a fully licensed

> physician, clearly implying he is an MD, but he isn't. This looks

> designed to fool the uninformed but I really like to get all the

> facts, and so far I haven't gotten one single fact about it.

>

> Is there any scientific information about CST? I have looked

online

> and so far it looks about the same as waving crystals above my

son's

> head. I know a lot of you swear by CST and that's why I'm doing

it,

> but I'd love to get some more information from anyone. Even

anecdotal

> evidence that suggests crystal waving might help would be good. I

> just want some real info, not double talk.

>

> Thanks,

>

> 18 mos, tort, plagio, DOC Band 5/7

May 5, 2005

Hi Lina

I think osteopathy or craniosacral therapy can help tort and also

other things although personally my own daughter did not like it and

screamed throughout! But I know people who swear by it to help with

crying/colic and other issues.

My personal opinion is I don't really think it makes sense as a

treatment for proper plagio in that plagio is caused by the bones

actually growing in the wrong direction. Now you can't press them

back into shape and cranio-sacral therapy is very gentle anyway and

simply manipulates the plates of the head very very gently. To get

plagio corrected, the actual growth of the skull needs to be

redirected in the right direction, either through repositioning or

through helmet therapy. This takes weeks/months for the new regrowth

to make the head look normal. I've heard of lots of people on this

site and others investigate cranio-sacral therapy early on if their

baby has plagio perhaps because the other options seem quite

drastic, but I've heard of vey few, if any who found it actually

cured the plagio.

Sorry if that sounds discouraging- I don't mean to be and by all

means do use it alongside other treatment methods, you may well find

it helps the tort/calms your little one down. But I wouldn't rely on

it to solve plagio- agressive repo or helmet therapy both get proven

and anecdotal results and are known to work, so I think I'd

definitely go with them and perhaps use craniosacral therapy as a

complementary method.

Good luck

Hannah (mum to Lucia, London, UK)

Cranio grad

> Thanks for the responses to my last post about tummy sleeping. I

know it is a

> sensitive subject. I just think it's interesting that I have

recently found out that

> 2 of my friends who are doctors (one is a ped!) place their babies

on their

> tummy to sleep. They know something we don't?

>

> What are people's experiences with craniosacral therapy? Is it

just to help tort

> or does it help plagio as well? How effective is it?

>

> Thanks,

> Lina

May 6, 2005

Hi Lina,

We have had a very positive craniosacral experience!

My son had been in his STARband for about 3 months when he picked up

ringworm at the baby gym. Per doctor's order he had to stay out of

the band and I was devastated. He still slept on the bad side and was

only rolling to one side in spite of 8 weeks of PT. I decided to give

CST a try and was very happy with it. When I took home from

the first session he napped for 3 hours, woke up and was a completely

different baby. Her rolled to the other side, his chronic

constipation was gone and he slept facing the good side. He always

seemed really tense and tight and wasn't very mobile, after three

sessions he was very active and his whole body had a different feel to

it. We even saw some natural rounding as a result from him being off

the flat spot.

My take is that it is definitely worth a try, either in combination

with a band or in very mild cases without. It won't reshape the head,

but it can help cure the underlying causes of immobility and tightness.

Hope this helps!

Anya & - 10 months, STARband 11/26

> Thanks for the responses to my last post about tummy sleeping. I

know it is a

> sensitive subject. I just think it's interesting that I have

recently found out that

> 2 of my friends who are doctors (one is a ped!) place their babies

on their

> tummy to sleep. They know something we don't?

>

> What are people's experiences with craniosacral therapy? Is it just

to help tort

> or does it help plagio as well? How effective is it?

>

> Thanks,

> Lina

May 6, 2005

Hi Lina,

We have had a very positive craniosacral experience!

My son had been in his STARband for about 3 months when he picked up

ringworm at the baby gym. Per doctor's order he had to stay out of

the band and I was devastated. He still slept on the bad side and was

only rolling to one side in spite of 8 weeks of PT. I decided to give

CST a try and was very happy with it. When I took home from

the first session he napped for 3 hours, woke up and was a completely

different baby. Her rolled to the other side, his chronic

constipation was gone and he slept facing the good side. He always

seemed really tense and tight and wasn't very mobile, after three

sessions he was very active and his whole body had a different feel to

it. We even saw some natural rounding as a result from him being off

the flat spot.

My take is that it is definitely worth a try, either in combination

with a band or in very mild cases without. It won't reshape the head,

but it can help cure the underlying causes of immobility and tightness.

Hope this helps!

Anya & - 10 months, STARband 11/26

> Thanks for the responses to my last post about tummy sleeping. I

know it is a

> sensitive subject. I just think it's interesting that I have

recently found out that

> 2 of my friends who are doctors (one is a ped!) place their babies

on their

> tummy to sleep. They know something we don't?

>

> What are people's experiences with craniosacral therapy? Is it just

to help tort

> or does it help plagio as well? How effective is it?

>

> Thanks,

> Lina

May 6, 2005

Anya, I hope and pray that Brielle has the same experience with CST

that had. We go 9 am tomorrow. I told that you

refered her and she seemed really happy about that. I mentioned to

the PT that we were going and she was really happy and had good

things to say about CST and said that she has taked some courses.

I'll let you know how things go. I feel like getting some CST myself

Debbie and Brielle (mild tort and plagio trying hard at repo)

> > Thanks for the responses to my last post about tummy sleeping. I

> know it is a

> > sensitive subject. I just think it's interesting that I have

> recently found out that

> > 2 of my friends who are doctors (one is a ped!) place their

babies

> on their

> > tummy to sleep. They know something we don't?

> >

> > What are people's experiences with craniosacral therapy? Is it

just

> to help tort

> > or does it help plagio as well? How effective is it?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Lina

May 6, 2005

Just FYI - I have been taking my son for CST for five weeks in

addition to wearing a hanger band. I was a little skeptical about

it because he would get upset and cry alot - so I had the

chiropracter do a session on me...it was really pretty gentle

pressure and I felt great afterward! So, as everyone else said,

can't hurt, might help!

Randa, SC, mom to

> > > Thanks for the responses to my last post about tummy

sleeping. I

> > know it is a

> > > sensitive subject. I just think it's interesting that I have

> > recently found out that

> > > 2 of my friends who are doctors (one is a ped!) place their

> babies

> > on their

> > > tummy to sleep. They know something we don't?

> > >

> > > What are people's experiences with craniosacral therapy? Is

it

> just

> > to help tort

> > > or does it help plagio as well? How effective is it?

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > > Lina

May 9, 2005

Anya,

Thanks for sharing your CST experience. I really think your thought process of it helping some of the underlying causes has a lot of merit. It sounds like really benefitted.

mom to na

DOC Grad

Tort Resolved

South Carolina

www.thefilyaws.comanjanewbury <anjanewbury@...> wrote:

Hi Lina,We have had a very positive craniosacral experience!My son had been in his STARband for about 3 months when he picked up ringworm at the baby gym. Per doctor's order he had to stay out of the band and I was devastated. He still slept on the bad side and was only rolling to one side in spite of 8 weeks of PT. I decided to give CST a try and was very happy with it. When I took home from the first session he napped for 3 hours, woke up and was a completely different baby. Her rolled to the other side, his chronic constipation was gone and he slept facing the good side. He always seemed really tense and tight and wasn't very mobile, after three sessions he was very active and his whole body had a different feel to it. We even saw some natural rounding as a result from him being off

the flat spot.My take is that it is definitely worth a try, either in combination with a band or in very mild cases without. It won't reshape the head, but it can help cure the underlying causes of immobility and tightness.Hope this helps!Anya & - 10 months, STARband 11/26> Thanks for the responses to my last post about tummy sleeping. I know it is a > sensitive subject. I just think it's interesting that I have recently found out that > 2 of my friends who are doctors (one is a ped!) place their babies on their > tummy to sleep. They know something we don't?> > What are people's experiences with craniosacral therapy? Is it just to help tort > or does it help plagio as well? How effective is it?> > Thanks,>

LinaFor more plagio info

May 9, 2005

Anya,

Thanks for sharing your CST experience. I really think your thought process of it helping some of the underlying causes has a lot of merit. It sounds like really benefitted.

mom to na

DOC Grad

Tort Resolved

South Carolina

www.thefilyaws.comanjanewbury <anjanewbury@...> wrote:

Hi Lina,We have had a very positive craniosacral experience!My son had been in his STARband for about 3 months when he picked up ringworm at the baby gym. Per doctor's order he had to stay out of the band and I was devastated. He still slept on the bad side and was only rolling to one side in spite of 8 weeks of PT. I decided to give CST a try and was very happy with it. When I took home from the first session he napped for 3 hours, woke up and was a completely different baby. Her rolled to the other side, his chronic constipation was gone and he slept facing the good side. He always seemed really tense and tight and wasn't very mobile, after three sessions he was very active and his whole body had a different feel to it. We even saw some natural rounding as a result from him being off

the flat spot.My take is that it is definitely worth a try, either in combination with a band or in very mild cases without. It won't reshape the head, but it can help cure the underlying causes of immobility and tightness.Hope this helps!Anya & - 10 months, STARband 11/26> Thanks for the responses to my last post about tummy sleeping. I know it is a > sensitive subject. I just think it's interesting that I have recently found out that > 2 of my friends who are doctors (one is a ped!) place their babies on their > tummy to sleep. They know something we don't?> > What are people's experiences with craniosacral therapy? Is it just to help tort > or does it help plagio as well? How effective is it?> > Thanks,>

LinaFor more plagio info

August 2, 2005

My son has had cranial-sacral therapy weekly for almost a year now. It was

offered to him through early intervention because he had a hairline right

temporal skull fracture at around 5 mo of age and it was questioned whether

the effected his speech, although most doctors have said it probably didn't

(the CT scan showed now swelling on the inside of the skull.) We did

notice a surge in speech initially after the therapies started and his

therapist said that she definitely felt patterns that indicated it was

useful. He had very little fluid activity on the left side of his

brain. I'm not entirely sure about the theory although I have had it

explained to me a few times. She said she would have discharged him at the

start of summer if our time together wasn't almost over. He continued

working with her through June, but she has been on vacation for all of

July. She's squeezing in one more session mid-Aug when she gets back

although technically we are no longer eligible for services through EI

because school is starting.

What I know is that it hasn't hurt. My son was always comfortable and the

therapist (and OT) always respected his shrug-offs and other indications he

was done having her hands on him. She brought little manipulative toys for

him to play with and fun puzzles and books, etc. She is a really special

woman who has an amazing rapport with my child. It is the ONLY therapist

who he has NEVER fought and she has gotten him to do things with writing

that I can't get him to cooperate with! She has worked some at the NM

School for the Deaf and uses a lot of the techniques she would use with

deaf children to get through to him. He is not hearing impaired although

at one time it was questioned whether he had an auditory processing

disorder, but the more he matures the more I think his then apparent poor

receptive language is more stubbornness. He follows directions pretty

well now without gestures or repetition. What he clearly is is an

extremely visual learner who prefers to use visual cues to understand. I'm

the same way so I identify with him.

Happy to answer any other questions about cranial-sacral.

At 10:30 PM 8/1/2005, you wrote:

>Hello,

>

>Has anybody tried the craniosacral therapy? just

>wanted to know if it helped, how long did u have to do

>the therapy and any details that u can give.

>Also, is it possible to have a yeast die-off 2 weeks

>after u have started? My son has been on an anti

>fungal for the last 2 weeks and did not show any

>die-off reaction for the 2 weeks. But in the last 2

>days he has regressed a little ...more spacing, some

>squeky sounds, more stimming. It could also be the

>result of the MB12 shot he got 2 days back. Just not

>sure what is causing what.

>Any inputs greatly appreciated.

>

>Thanks,

>Kirti

>

>__________________________________________________

>

January 31, 2007

I don't have any personal experience with cst, however one of my very good friends takes her ds for therapy and swears by it. She said she saw an improvement after their first visit. HTH. Candace, AZmommy to Tiernan, 8.5 mos tort, plagio Hanger helmet 12/05/06 and Ethan, 3.5 yrsdivotlola2 <jlbruno27@...> wrote: I have a 3 1/2 month old son with a flat spot on the back of his head. Our doctor recommended we get him the DOC band.

I have been told about Cranioisacral therapy and that it works wonders and children don't need the band if they do this. Has anyone had any experience with this correcting a flat spot?

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January 31, 2007

Hi,

I haven't used CST. Your baby is young enough that you have some time

to try it out (try a month) before you decide. you should also look at

the repo tips in the files section. Reposition your baby can also help

a lot at this age. repo is only effective until 6 mo at the latest,

because after that (and often before) babies don't stay where you put

them. The goal is to keep him off the flat spot at much as possible.

if his head is stable you can look at the bumbo chair, and lots of

tummy time.

good luck and let us know how it goes.

-christine

mom to sydney/ 13 mo/ starband grad 10-06

>

> I have a 3 1/2 month old son with a flat spot on the back of his head.

> Our doctor recommended we get him the DOC band. I have been told about

> Cranioisacral therapy and that it works wonders and children don't need

> the band if they do this. Has anyone had any experience with this

> correcting a flat spot?

>

January 31, 2007

We just started CST a few months ago with our son and I don't know

how much it's helped his head shape (he's also in a DOCband), but I

think CST and the osteopathy have really helped his tort. Since

your son is still so young you can try CST and repositioning for a

while before you decide. The only downside is the later you start

the band, the longer the treatment time. If you're not opposed to

the band you can also do both at once and hopefully speed the

treatement time. Our osteopath said that older kids with braces for

their teeth usually finish treatment in half the time as those not

seeing an osteopath. I don't know if that translates the same for

bands, but it's worth a shot. Good luck!

Sheila, mom to , 17 months, DOCband

>

> I have a 3 1/2 month old son with a flat spot on the back of his

head.

> Our doctor recommended we get him the DOC band. I have been told

about

> Cranioisacral therapy and that it works wonders and children don't

need

> the band if they do this. Has anyone had any experience with this

> correcting a flat spot?

>

January 31, 2007

This therapist says she has seen over 300 children and many were

told they needed the DOC band and she has kept most of them from

having to get it, so I am hopefull! She also said that its not

uncommon to see results after one or two visits.

-

-- In Plagiocephaly , Candace Mayer <mommyluvset@...>

wrote:

>

> I don't have any personal experience with cst, however one of my

very good friends takes her ds for therapy and swears by it. She

said she saw an improvement after their first visit. HTH.

>

> Candace, AZ

> mommy to Tiernan, 8.5 mos

> tort, plagio

> Hanger helmet 12/05/06

> and Ethan, 3.5 yrs

>

> divotlola2 <jlbruno27@...> wrote:

> I have a 3 1/2 month old son with a flat spot on the

back of his head.

> Our doctor recommended we get him the DOC band. I have been told

about

> Cranioisacral therapy and that it works wonders and children don't

need

> the band if they do this. Has anyone had any experience with this

> correcting a flat spot?

>

> ---------------------------------

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> Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at

Games.

>

February 2, 2007

Our son, 8 months now, started CST when he was 5 mos. He started

going once/week and later twice/week. At the same time we were also

going to a Chiro who practices craniaopathy. It worked wonders for

him, plus both were located in the city were we live. Our therapist

and chiro were both fantastic. The CS Therapist didn't even charge

for the sessions. However it came to a point where we needed to make

a choice re: putting him in the Starband or continue with alt.

therapies. Sylar's head would have amazing days where it appeared as

if there was nothing the matter and then if he had a rotten night -

teething, up all night due to gas etc. - his head would go right back

to moderately flat on his left side.

So we opted to do both although our OT isn't pleased about this and

said we are ethically/morally walking a fine line using two schools

of thought on a baby. Our OT continues to harass us about this but

Sylar has now had a Starband for 1 month and the improvement is

amazing. We follow all the 'rules' regarding the Band but I will not

suspend the alt. therapies especially since we have had amazing

results. In just one month 5- 6 months his ears moved 9 mm using CST

and the Chiro. We did repos. exercises since he was three mos. and we

purchased a memory foam mattress which helped settle him thru the

night. we also had purchased a Bumbo, but he didn't care for it and

would squirm until he would flip over onto his side with the seat

stuck to his bum. It was quite funny to watch this 5 month old with

a Bumbo on his bum on the floor. Eventually we passed it on to

someone else who could use it.

Your baby is young enough to try CST, repo. excersises, and the chiro

while you make a decision re: the band. It takes forever to get into

the clinic here, almost 3 months from diagnoses to actually having

the band. so for us we needed to do something while we waited and we

are glad we did. hope this helps. you'll make the right decision for

your family and baby. keep us posted.

, mom to Sylar, Starband 03/01/07 - now

February 2, 2007

I wuold go with everything you can. SOme drs. think the more you

can do, the better. Also, if you are concerned with the alternate

therapies, don't mention it to non-alternative drs. The alternate

therapies really CANNOT hinder the helmet/pt stuff. They can only

help when all added together.

My son who was always hyper-extended could not bring his knees under

him. The osteopath did something that seemed strange to me. She

pushed quite firmly through his belly and did something with the

percussor. He didn't complain at all. When she let go of him, he

rolled over/snapped like a spring into the hands and knees position,

kinda like when you startle a sleeping cat. And we had never been

able to get him into that position. It was weird. But after that,

he was able to do it, with effort, and now, at will.

>

> Our son, 8 months now, started CST when he was 5 mos. He started

> going once/week and later twice/week. At the same time we were

also

> going to a Chiro who practices craniaopathy. It worked wonders

for

> him, plus both were located in the city were we live. Our

therapist

> and chiro were both fantastic. The CS Therapist didn't even

charge

> for the sessions. However it came to a point where we needed to

make

> a choice re: putting him in the Starband or continue with alt.

> therapies. Sylar's head would have amazing days where it appeared

as

> if there was nothing the matter and then if he had a rotten night -

> teething, up all night due to gas etc. - his head would go right

back

> to moderately flat on his left side.

>

> So we opted to do both although our OT isn't pleased about this

and

> said we are ethically/morally walking a fine line using two

schools

> of thought on a baby. Our OT continues to harass us about this

but

> Sylar has now had a Starband for 1 month and the improvement is

> amazing. We follow all the 'rules' regarding the Band but I will

not

> suspend the alt. therapies especially since we have had amazing

> results. In just one month 5- 6 months his ears moved 9 mm using

CST

> and the Chiro. We did repos. exercises since he was three mos. and

we

> purchased a memory foam mattress which helped settle him thru the

> night. we also had purchased a Bumbo, but he didn't care for it

and

> would squirm until he would flip over onto his side with the seat

> stuck to his bum. It was quite funny to watch this 5 month old

with

> a Bumbo on his bum on the floor. Eventually we passed it on to

> someone else who could use it.

>

> Your baby is young enough to try CST, repo. excersises, and the

chiro

> while you make a decision re: the band. It takes forever to get

into

> the clinic here, almost 3 months from diagnoses to actually having

> the band. so for us we needed to do something while we waited and

we

> are glad we did. hope this helps. you'll make the right decision

for

> your family and baby. keep us posted.

>

> , mom to Sylar, Starband 03/01/07 - now

>

March 30, 2007

My son wore his first band for 10 weeks. We decided to go with

another band which we are getting next week. However, we also wanted

to try CST. We just got back from our first appointment. The CS

therapist said that she would need to see my son for 4-5 sessions and

that we would not even need the second helmet. She also said that we

would notice a change in his head shape within 24-48 hours. We asked

her about using the band in conjunction with CST. She said that's our

choice but that he would not need the band. We are confused. We just

want to do everything we can for our son.

Has anyone seen head shape correction with CST alone?

-- In Plagiocephaly , " kimwoods1013 " <kimwoods1013@...>

wrote:

>

> My son is 5 months old and was banded yesterday with the DOC Band.

> Has anyone used craniosacral therapy in conjuction with the band? I

> have a friend who is a Dr. (she is a DO) and recommended this

> treatment as well.

>

> I will ask Cranial Technologies (the treatment center I use)what

their

> opinion is but wanted your input as well.

>

> Thanks!

>

March 30, 2007

We have our first appointment with a CST on Tuesday. Please let me know if you have seen a change in the first 24-48 hours! CST is not covered by our insurance and is therefore very expensive so I'd like your opinion (and anyone else's) to make sure this is the right path for us. We are not banding him, so we are going to rely on this. Good luck with it! I hear it works wonders and that's why we're doing it as a last resort.Keep (me) us posted!! Re: Craniosacral Therapy