Infant & Child Bodywork
CranioSacral Therapy
Craniosacral therapy (CST) offers a range of benefits for infants and children by promoting relaxation, reducing stress, and supporting the body's natural healing processes. This gentle, hands-on therapy focuses on the rhythmic flow of cerebrospinal fluid around the brain and spinal cord, helping to release tension and blockages in the central nervous system. Many caregivers report their children show improvement in sleep, discomfort, emotional regulation, body tension, colic symptoms, constipation and better body align. Mothers often report a decrease in nursing pain and a happy baby making for a much more successful feeding experience for both mom and baby. CST can also enhance bonding as it can help to improve sleep, and support emotional well-being by calming the nervous system. Its non-invasive nature makes it a suitable complementary therapy for a wide variety of health concerns, contributing to overall balance and vitality.
Visceral Work
Our entire body, head to toe, is supported by fascia. When one are is tight, it compresses many structures that support optimal functioning and can impair the flow of blood, lymph and nerve impulses to any part of our body. Visceral work is a hands-on therapy in which a practitioner uses gentle pressure and movement on the abdomen, chest, or other areas of the body. It help loosen these restrictions in these tissues may contribute to discomfort or movement problems. Some of these restrictions can occur from a baby being cramped in utero, the birthing process, assisted births and various other reasons.
Visceral work for infants and children may help with things such as:
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Feeding difficulties
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Reflux or digestive discomfort
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Constipation
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Colic-like symptoms
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Tension in the body after birth
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Difficulty turning the head or favoring one side
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General comfort and relaxation
This gentle manual technique may reduce tissue tension, improve mobility of surrounding structures, and help the nervous system relax. It is a perfect complimentary approach to your medical care!
Bodywork can help with symptoms of the following:
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Traumatic Birth
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Colic/Reflux and Digestive Disorders
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Sleep Concerns
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Lactation/Feeding Difficulties
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Tongue and Lip Ties
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Torticollis and Plagiocephaly
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Constipation
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Sensory Regulation
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Neuromuscular disorders
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Chronic Ear Infection
