Re: Our story and Recommendation for CST

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Thank you for sharing those websites with me. They were very helpful. I set up a

couple of appointments with different therapists to see who we like best. I am

sleeping better at night now knowing that the ball is rolling!

Tatiana,mom to

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> Hi Tatiana and all!

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> My daugter was born with tort and was diagnosed at 12 weeks. We were told

> to start PT. The PT we chose does CST and we have had tremendous results!

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> She recommends this website for finding a practioner: upledger.com This

> is the name of the person who started this technique.

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> After we became aware of the tort we learned so much from this group and

> discovered my daughter also had the kind of head flattening where her head

> was narrow and tall. Only after I mentioned it to our doc did she agree

> it was present...but " only mild and would correct on its own " . We also

> noticed that our daughter had one eye much smaller than the other. She

> had tear ducts in both eyes blocked, but one had cleared on its own...the

> other remained chronically blocked in the eye that was smaller. She also

> had one ear higher than the other and one cheek fuller than the other.

> Her ped said this was all consistant with the tort. She was also

> diagnosed with acid reflux. She also had infrequent bowl

> movements.(totally breastfed) Do I need to mention she was fussy, too?

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> At her first CST appointment I watched her face as the CST worked on her

> head (gentle touching). My daughter's eyes both opened wider and her

> smaller eye opened so that they were nearly the same. It was amazing to

> see such unexpected results right before my eyes. By the time I got her

> home, my daughter, who until this point(3 mo. old), had not been able to

> fully rotate her head left to right... actually held her head straight and

> moved her head freely side to side and I cried. She slept better that

> whole week and was, in general, happier. She also had better digestion

> and pooped normal within 24 hours. She continued to improve each

> week...then we moved appointments to every two weeks, then three weeks and

> now she is scheduled to " check in " after a month. Her eyes are equal and

> ears, cheeks too! I don't see any signs of the acid reflux and her poops

> are normal. All this improvement from less than three months of

> treatment. (I took her twice to an occupational therapist and I actually

> felt she UNdid the work that the CST did! So we quit that early on.)

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> Two of my older daughters (9 & 15) had this PT do a quick treatment on

> each of them after each daughter had a " head injury " (little brother hit

> big sister with toy and clumsy teenager hit her head on door, both had

> " bumps " ) Each girl talked on the way home about how the treatment seemed

> like " nothing " but made them feel MUCH better and warm. They were amazed

> and I didn't hear anymore complaints about their " injuries " ! We are

> planning to take our 2 year old into the CST for his blocked tear duct

> that even his surgery didn't fix...I'll keep yo posted!

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> ~, mom to seven

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> > Hi everybody,

> > i am starting a second band with my son in two weeks. we decided to go

> with the DOC band this time and going to be flying to Chicago every two

> weeks. i ve learned here that many parents go to CST and use a

> > chiropractor in addition to banding. Could you, please, recommend

> someone

> > you went to in minneapolis/st. paul?

> > thank you!

> > Tatiana ( mom to 10 m.o)

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