Infant Care
Starting Out In Balance
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The extremely light touch involved makes CST a safe and effective technique for children, infants and newborns. Infants especially can benefit from the timely identification and release of restrictions in the craniosacral system, thereby helping prevent future difficulties such as learning disabilities or hyperactivity. Early indications for care include nursing difficulties, colic, and digestive difficulties such as reflux and constipation.
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Often intrauterine positioning or minor difficulties during the birth process can result in distortions in the cranial bones and/or connective tissues in the body of a newborn.
Cranial molding is completely normal and necessary at birth—but should be resolved within two days after birth. Babies who have asymmetry of the cranial bones after two days may be likely to have nursing or digestive difficulties. These are also babies who often develop ’colic’ when they begin to grow and the restrictions become more noticeable.
Parents should expect to learn techniques to help their baby continue to work out minor restrictions throughout the rough and tumble toddler and early childhood years.
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