Posted by: Brenda on: June 7, 2009
Welcome to the Children’s Cranial Network. Here you will find information on many topics pertaining to CranioSacral Therapy with children and infants. If you have any questions regarding these posts feel free to contact any of the authors on the authors list. Thank you for your interest and we hope we were able to answer [...]
Posted by: Brenda on: January 11, 2009
Vision changes in children can be helped by CranioSacral Therapy. Vision changes can occur after trauma whether the cause is physical such as a head injury or emotional such as witnessing a traumatic event.
“Disruptions in visual processing are characteristic of students who have been traumatized. For many who have witnessed or been involved in the [...]
Posted by: Brenda on: December 28, 2008
In my post a few back I noted that it is not always possible for parents to explore CranioSacral Therapy for themselves before sending their children. This may occur when your child has an acute problem that needs to be helped fairly quickly such as an ear infection or a fall.
I would also like parents [...]
Posted by: Brenda on: December 22, 2008
Primitive reflexes are involuntary muscle reactions to certain types of stimulation found in the normal infant that appear and disappear in an expected order. These reflexes differ markedly from those present in children and adults and their absence in infancy or persistence beyond their time of expected disappearance normally implies some nervous system dysfunction. [...]
Posted by: Brenda on: October 7, 2008
CranioSacral Therapy can help your teen become more balanced. We all know that today’s teens are under pressure at home, school, work and socially. When your teen is out of balance they experience pain, suffering, overwhelm and turmoil that persists. Habits can turn into obsessions. They struggle with being scattered, tuned out, unaware or over [...]
Posted by: Brenda on: September 29, 2008
I treated a small child of 6 months who would not turn his head to the left side. This was picked up by a nurse when the parents attended a well-baby clinic. In spite of the mother following the recommendation of rearranging stimuli to the baby’s left side and moving the [...]
Posted by: Brenda on: September 26, 2008
Babies
It is commonly believed that babies and children should be free of structural imbalances in their bodies due to their youth. In reality, signs of physical and neurological stress and strain may be evident from birth onwards. Birth itself is a highly stimulating journey with many twists and turns and compressions as [...]
Posted by: Brenda on: May 23, 2008
I would like to invite you to visit www.marklevine.ca. Mark has asked and has been granted permission to use some of our articles from our Children’s Cranial Network site. He has provided a link to us on his site and I would like to return the favour. Mark has some great info [...]
Posted by: Brenda on: April 17, 2008
I love watching The Dog Whisperer on National Geographic Channel. Cesar Millan teaches us about ourselves as we relate to the animals in our home. He states that dogs take over the job of pack leader when we do not fulfill that role-when we are mourning lost pets, sad, fearful, angry, frustrated…….emotional instead of [...]
Posted by: Brenda on: February 11, 2008
As a CranioSacral Therapy (CST) practitioner , I wrote this up to capture something very beautiful that happened to me a few years ago. I learned several important lessons through a little client. Here is the story.
Rebecca was 2 years old and since 8 months of age she had had life-threateningly bouts with severe lung [...]
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