Our story and Recommendation for CST

[Guest guest]

Hi Tatiana and all!

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!

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

is the name of the person who started this technique.

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?

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.)

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!

~, mom to seven

> 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)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I love to hear these kinds of stories. My daughter was very similar. The lack of poops was eventually attributed to a milk intolerance and we had to cut milk out of my diet for it to correct. The acid reflux existed until 27 months. For us, the chiro on top of CST was the missing link.

I know that not everyone believes this, but I honestly believe that for some of our babies, these alternative treatments are key in getting to the bottom of the issue. We have to ask ourselves why some babies do not respond to repositioning. My belief is that it is because there is an underlying structural issue that does not allow the head to correct itself. In a sense, the head is "stuck" (as my cranial doctor says). It's only by releasing the cranial bones and fixing any C-spine misalignments that we can free the head up to correct itself.

I am not against helmets ( wore one), but I worry that with the helmet alone, we may be fixing the head by forcing the bones into a position. One wonders about the state of the sutures in these cases. If bones were stuck, then the head may be forced to round out in an unnatural manner. These are only my thoughts. I am not a medical professional or physical therapist of any kind. did receive CST during her helmet treatment, but we did not address the C-spine misalignments until afterward. I will also wonder how things could have been different if I had started these treatments earlier.

, mom to , 28 months

STARband grad May 2009

Chiro and CST

land

Our story and Recommendation for CSTHi Tatiana and all!My daugter was born with tort and was diagnosed at 12 weeks. We were toldto start PT. The PT we chose does CST and we have had tremendous results!She recommends this website for finding a practioner: upledger.com Thisis the name of the person who started this technique.After we became aware of the tort we learned so much from this group anddiscovered my daughter also had the kind of head flattening where her headwas narrow and tall. Only after I mentioned it to our doc did she agreeit was present...but "only mild and would correct on its own". We alsonoticed that our daughter had one eye much smaller than the other. Shehad tear ducts in both eyes blocked, but one had cleared on its own...theother remained chronically blocked in the eye that was smaller. She alsohad 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 alsodiagnosed with acid reflux. She also had infrequent bowlmovements.(totally breastfed) Do I need to mention she was fussy, too?At her first CST appointment I watched her face as the CST worked on herhead (gentle touching). My daughter's eyes both opened wider and hersmaller eye opened so that they were nearly the same. It was amazing tosee such unexpected results right before my eyes. By the time I got herhome, my daughter, who until this point(3 mo. old), had not been able tofully rotate her head left to right... actually held her head straight andmoved her head freely side to side and I cried. She slept better thatwhole week and was, in general, happier. She also had better digestionand pooped normal within 24 hours. She continued to improve eachweek...then we moved appointments to every two weeks, then three weeks andnow she is scheduled to "check in" after a month. Her eyes are equal andears, cheeks too! I don't see any signs of the acid reflux and her poopsare normal. All this improvement from less than three months oftreatment. (I took her twice to an occupational therapist and I actuallyfelt she UNdid the work that the CST did! So we quit that early on.)Two of my older daughters (9 & 15) had this PT do a quick treatment oneach of them after each daughter had a "head injury" (little brother hitbig 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 seemedlike "nothing" but made them feel MUCH better and warm. They were amazedand I didn't hear anymore complaints about their "injuries"! We areplanning to take our 2 year old into the CST for his blocked tear ductthat even his surgery didn't fix...I'll keep yo posted!~, mom to seven> Hi everybody,> i am starting a second band with my son in two weeks. we decided to gowith the DOC band this time and going to be flying to Chicago every twoweeks. i ve learned here that many parents go to CST and use a> chiropractor in addition to banding. Could you, please, recommendsomeone> you went to in minneapolis/st. paul?> thank you!> Tatiana ( mom to 10 m.o)>>>------------------------------------For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Yes, what you describe sounds like what I think was 's issue. 

According to my husband, the osteopath said he thought the root of

's problem was present at birth even though there was no visible

plagio then.  The problem started in the skull base.  I think it may

have been from the birth since his head was so big.  Being put on his

back just contributed to the problem.  We started repositioning at

birth well before we noticed any flat area.  We were always trying to

watch that the position of his head was altered.  This is because our

first, , had developed the mild plagio.   's case was

different than 's in that the neck tilt was obvious right after

birth.  has the flat spot, but his head structure otherwise

looks more normal than 's did.  had a preference to turn

right, but it was not obvious to us even when we were watching for neck

problems.  Another thing weird about 's case is that his plagio

looked very minor until even 7 months and after that it got much

worse.  seems to respond well to the alternative treatments.  I

think why his rate of improvement has not slowed in the past 7 months

is that now is head is no longer so stuck.

-Kathy, mom to 19 months, Starband and alternative treatments for

7 months

wrote:

 

I love to hear these kinds of stories. My daughter was very

similar. The lack of poops was eventually attributed to a milk

intolerance and we had to cut milk out of my diet for it to correct.

The acid reflux existed until 27 months. For us, the chiro on top of

CST was the missing link.

 

I know that not everyone believes this, but I honestly believe

that for some of our babies, these alternative treatments are key in

getting to the bottom of the issue. We have to ask ourselves why some

babies do not respond to repositioning. My belief is that it is because

there is an underlying structural issue that does not allow the head to

correct itself. In a sense, the head is "stuck" (as my cranial doctor

says). It's only by releasing the cranial bones and fixing any C-spine

misalignments that we can free the head up to correct itself.

 

I am not against helmets ( wore one), but I worry that with

the helmet alone, we may be fixing the head by forcing the bones into a

position. One wonders about the state of the sutures in these cases. If

bones were stuck, then the head may be forced to round out in an

unnatural manner. These are only my thoughts. I am not a medical

professional or physical therapist of any kind. did receive CST

during her helmet treatment, but we did not address the C-spine

misalignments until afterward. I will also wonder how things could have

been different if I had started these treatments earlier.

, mom to , 28 months

STARband grad May 2009

Chiro and CST

land

 

Our story and Recommendation for CST

Hi Tatiana and all!

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!

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

 This

is the name of the person who started this technique.

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?

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.)

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!

~, mom to seven

> 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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