Osteopathy and Craniosacral Therapy For Babies - Fetal Positioning

Using Osteopathy and Craniosacral Therapy For Babies for the treatment of birth trauma is very common. But often an underlying deeper pattern for baby can be from the fetal position.
In this video Dr. Evans teaches the two ways that we can utilise the fetal positon when we are treating babies.
1. Putting baby into their fetal position to ensure that the treatment that we want to use is better accepted. For example if you wish to work with gentle craniosacral techniques on baby then it is helpful if baby doesn't move their head, so putting baby at ease via the fetal position will make it far easier to use your craniosacral skills as baby will relax and move less.
2. Changing the fetal position so that the nervous system can learn and adapt so the baby can start to move in a more balanced way. This is one of the keys to Osteopathy for babies. Regardless of whether you are Cranial Osteopath working with babies or you have no cranial skills, the key with Osteopathy for babies is to work to remove the blocks that are preventing baby's health and potency from fully expressing. One of these blocks is often fetal patterning as that can have a strong influence on the baby's nervous system.

[@promakeuptips]

This is so helpful. I am a Craniosacral Therapist and starting to work with babies, so glad I found this channel!

[@Blueskies1180]

go indirect first, then direct. Finish with indirect again if there is extreme pushback by nervous system. I call it “lulling” the nervous system…lol. Great video and great information!! Thank you. :)

[@KindredAcademy]

yes lulling it is a good word to use, direct or indirect both have their places as long as we're working within the tolerance of the nervous system, and starting with indirect will often create a bit more slack to work with then like you say if a bit later on that nervous system starts to kick up, sense that as soon as possible and course correct.

[@ruchadixit]

Thanks for this information. I'm a Craniosacral therapist and it helps a lot to know all these tips. Do you recommend doing the articulations first and then follow up with the subtle cst principles or vice-versa?

[@KindredAcademy]

Hi RP, great question, what I woud say is that if you've got cst skills try to enbed them in all of what you do so with the movements you see me use, find the stillness within that, which for me is at the heart of all cst/cranial. Some CST models of teaching are more biomechanical some more biodynamic but it doesnt matter what youve been taught because in regards to potency, stillness, breath of life etc - that was their from the origin of this work (Sutherland from 1898 to 1951) so its about your intent (or lack of!) your stillness inside of you that allows you to access that regardless of the formal model or branch of training you attended. And you can definitely have that stillness whilst moving yourself or/and when moving baby, it takes a little practice if you are used to being physically still when working on patients like with adults, but you'll pick it up. So if you approach it like that you are fully meshing and weaving your existing cst skills into a way of working with babies that may involve movement or may not it depends what the baby needs. For those reading this w/o cst skills thats ok - just do the movements, do the techniques and although they maybe a litlle more biomechanical to start with if you listen to the tissues they will guide you and you will learn to feel the connection, and that connection is what allows you to provide the support that baby needs to be able to start working to shift and resolve their issues - J x

[@corrinneflavell8366]

What happens if left untreated. I have seen an osteopath and was told my baby’s fluid is rapid like he has had 6 redbull. He is very unsettled and agitated.

[@ProveAllThings1Th-5-21]

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

[@ThatsTheWayItGoes]

0:35 What is the “foetal” position?

[@kopicblaz]

Thank you for sharing this video. I am manual physiotherapist\cranial practicioner getting baby in few months so that helped me a lot for start.

[@KindredAcademy]

thanks Blaz, glad it was of use, good luck when you start helping baby, just remember to start away from the head (as that can be a sensitive area, plus it gives your hands time to get used to working with baby), go nice and slow, nice and gentle and most of all enjoy the experience and dont put pressure on yourself to "get it right' as that will make your nervous system ramp up and that can then often make it hard to settle baby. - J x

[@KindredAcademy]

hi Blaz, glad it was of help, just be patient with yourself (and with baby of course!) when you start - we can put a lot of pressure on ourselves to get the treatment right for baby, but of course that then ramps up our nervous system which will be noticed by baby, so just relax, go slow and gentle and enjoy !

[@burimsyla4864]

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[@selnyfebrida]

Can I practice this on a 3 months old baby with cerebral palsy?

[@KindredAcademy]

Hi Selny, helping a baby with cerebral palsy (cp)will be a more complex picture, so I cant give you a specific answer on this as i'd need to be in the room with baby to assess the extent of what is going on for them. The difficulty with fetal positioning for a baby with cp is that they can have floppy muscle tone or muscle spasm and/or a preference to use one side of their body and all of that can strongly override the influence of the fetal position. I would also reccomend that the baby get treatment with a practitioner that has experience working with cp as early work for baby can be very very helpful. (Disclaimer as I havent seen and assessed baby the previous comments can not be taken as medical advice in anyway and with a condition like cerebral palsy it is very important that you consult and work with your local doctors to get the best support possible for your baby.)

[@lindahvusha3790]

How can you tell baby has CP at 3months old, kindly educate me on CP in newborn

[@lorrainepilarski1597]

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