Matise was a seven and half month old baby boy the first time I saw him. His mother told me that he was having recurrent ear infections and unless the fluid went down the doctor wanted to put in tubes. Mom had taken CST I as part of her continuing education for OT and wanted to know if this could help. It sounded like an excellent opportunity, I said.
The first two sessions, Matise was not yet rolling over according to Mom. We sat him on the table and I just blended with him. After a few minutes, he began to cry and arch his back, making no attempt to move my hand or move away. Fortunately, Mom understood that he was directing this action, and allowed it to continue.
In the beginning sessions the difference at his coronal suture (bregma) between his parietals and his frontal bone, was also quite palpable which presented somewhat lower at the frontal bone and elevated at the parietals. This could be seen as an overlap of the coronal suture. At one point, the boy arched his back, and began pushing with his feet, eventually coming off the table into my lap. This was his first significant client initiated movement. I immediately deflected to his mother who was sitting next to me, and I would call this a very nice completion of biological process.
After this, he allowed me to work on his cranial base and vault. After the second session where Matise allowed cranial vault work, the doctor pronounced that there was no fluid in his ears and no need for tubes. I saw Matise weekly from 7.5 months to 9 months and can report that he is now a happy baby. The coronal suture is more even. Mom reported that now he even likes sitting in the grass in the backyard. An activity he really didn’t like before. Sensory development as noted by mom, a SIPT certified Occupational Therapist.
Developmental history
For this case study, I believe his birth and development history are particularly relevant. Fortunately, mothers are meticulous note takers. Matise was an emergency C-section as mom would not fully dilate and he could not crown. At birth he weighed 8 lbs, 10 oz, with a length of 21 inches and head circumference in the 90th percentile. At two months his WT. 13 lbs (75th%), HT. 24 inches (80th%) with HC of 40 cm (50th%). At four months, two weeks after his first ear infection, stats were WT. 15 lb. 15 oz. (55th%), HT. 28 inches (97th%) and HC 42 cm (50th%). By his six-month checkup, he already had his second ear infection and had been diagnosed with fluid in both ears for 3 months. And his HC was at 43.5 cm, down to 45%. The doctor was recommending an ENT specialist and the possibility of tubes. CST was applied from 7.5 months to 9 months and the HC was then measured at 45.5 cm and 65%. The fluid was gone and the tympanic movement was normal. 10 CST sessions, no fluid or ear infections, a happy mother and baby.
Ken Piercy, MTI, CST-D
Upledger Institute Diplomate Certified
CranioSacral Therapist
214-906-2626
13610 Midway Road, Suite 248
Dallas, TX 75244
ken@kenpiercy.com
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