Re: Re: Anyone tried cranial sacral therapy for their baby?

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I really wish that I had asked my cranial doctor for more details because she claimed that there were studies that proved that it helped. Unfortunately, I don't even know what field these studies were done in. Because she is a medical doctor and medical doctors are typically skeptical of alternative treatments, I just trusted her. Nowdays, I probably would have asked her for more information. But, at that time, I was a more trusting person than I am now.

To be honest, I would not even know where to start a search since CST doesn't really belong to any one field the way that chiro does. I did research chiro for several weeks and I read several article abstracts that did document changes for plagio and tort. Some were case studies and some were group studies. Other common issues in the literature for infants were ear infections and reflux/colic. Because I didn't buy the articles but only read the abstracts, I couldn't judge the rigor of the studies, but I found enough of them to believe that it was not a wild goose chase. And, because my daughter also had reflux, it was a good decision for us.

I would recommend that people try and look into the research themselves before making a decision. For us, it was a good one, but it seems that they really only help when the method addresses one of the causes of the flat head or tort. A good professional will know if it will help when they do the exam. Both of the people we saw said that they could possibly help, but could not commit to it helping until after they examined my daughter and confirmed that there were problems that they could help with.

From: christineashok <christineashok@...>Plagiocephaly Sent: Sun, June 27, 2010 8:23:52 AMSubject: Re: Anyone tried cranial sacral therapy for their baby?

Welcome to the group. From what I know there are no good studies to prove that CST is effective for treating plagio. I have heard success stories, for the most part in conjunction with banding, but some without. If the plagio is mild and you can take time to "wait and see" if it works, then CST may be fine to try (but take pictures as others have suggested). However if plagio is more severe I would recommend banding. Banding does have studies to show it is effective and is the more accepted treatment for plagio. The idea of putting a band/helmet on your baby may be overwhelming at first, but babies adjust quickly, and are still adorable. Also it is possible to start seeing improvement in a week or two, which helps reassure us that we are doing the right thing.-christinesydney, 4.5 yrs, starband grad>> My LO (6 months) just got diagnosed with plagiocephaly. I want to try cranial sacral therapy before helmet therapy. Has anyone has tried CS Therapy? If so, how successful was it?>

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My husband said he found a study that showed small changes in facial

angles of adults after osteopath work.  Unfortunately, he doesn't

remember where he found it.  He said it was on a NCR site.  My

husband's conclusion is that if you can get changes in adults, you can

likely get even more changes in children.  Actually, I am pretty sure

I've seen small changes in my older son right after a couple osteopath

treatments.  They were after episodes where I was down because I

thought he was looking worse.  Both times, the osteopath claimed my son

had received a head injury.  The latest he said my son had been banging

his head, and it was true that he had received a handful of big head

bangs on the playground, and we had not told the osteopath about this. 

I cannot say my son's head looks better than last fall, but I do think

I see subtle changes from worse to better again.  For sure, my son's

head is less sensitive to touch and I think it feels better.  For our

toddler, I'm confident that we have seen subtle changes after

alternative treatments.  It must depend upon what is wrong with the

head and age on whether alternative treatments help and how much.

-Kathy

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I really wish that I had asked my cranial doctor for more

details because she claimed that there were studies that proved that it

helped. Unfortunately, I don't even know what field these studies were

done in. Because she is a medical doctor and medical doctors are

typically skeptical of alternative treatments, I just trusted her.

Nowdays, I probably would have asked her for more information. But, at

that time, I was a more trusting person than I am now.

 

To be honest, I would not even know where to start a search

since CST doesn't really belong to any one field the way that chiro

does. I did research chiro for several weeks and I read several article

abstracts that did document changes for plagio and tort. Some were case

studies and some were group studies. Other common issues in the

literature for infants were ear infections and reflux/colic. Because I

didn't buy the articles but only read the abstracts, I couldn't judge

the rigor of the studies, but I found enough of them to believe that it

was not a wild goose chase. And, because my daughter also had reflux,

it was a good decision for us.

 

I would recommend that people try and look into the research

themselves before making a decision. For us, it was a good one, but it

seems that they really only help when the method addresses one of the

causes of the flat head or tort. A good professional will know if it

will help when they do the exam. Both of the people we saw said that

they could possibly help, but could not commit to it helping until

after they examined my daughter and confirmed that there were problems

that they could help with.

From:

christineashok <christineashok >

Plagiocephaly

Sent: Sun, June 27,

2010 8:23:52 AM

Subject: Re:

Anyone tried cranial sacral therapy for their baby?

 

Welcome to the group. From what I know there are no good studies

to prove that CST is effective for treating plagio. I have heard

success stories, for the most part in conjunction with banding, but

some without. If the plagio is mild and you can take time to "wait and

see" if it works, then CST may be fine to try (but take pictures as

others have suggested). However if plagio is more severe I would

recommend banding. Banding does have studies to show it is effective

and is the more accepted treatment for plagio.

The idea of putting a band/helmet on your baby may be overwhelming at

first, but babies adjust quickly, and are still adorable. Also it is

possible to start seeing improvement in a week or two, which helps

reassure us that we are doing the right thing.

-christine

sydney, 4.5 yrs, starband grad

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> My LO (6 months) just got diagnosed with plagiocephaly. I want to

try cranial sacral therapy before helmet therapy. Has anyone has tried

CS Therapy? If so, how successful was it?

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