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A Research Proposal Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Brain Score and Craniosacral Fascial Therapy for Neonates An Overview of the Brain Score Approach
At the Family Hope Center we believe that fetal and birth trauma can cause many chronic diseases. The effects of a difficult pregnancy, multiple gestation, a long hard labor, the use of forceps/vacuum suction, a caesarian section, the umbilical cord knotted or wrapped around the throat, and other physical traumas can create tissue tightness, seriously impair the function of the brain, and sow the seeds of future illnesses.
We are involved with treating children having conditions that span from the outer range of serious brain injury including autism, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy to less severe nervous system diseases such as ADHD, strabismus, and reading (dyslexia) and speech disorders to the more common pediatric illnesses of asthma, earache, colic, esophageal reflux, headache, rhinitis, neck ache, and scoliosis.
We believe that these children have fallen through the cracks of the global health care system at birth because of the lack of effective central nervous system assessment and treatment. Since prevention at birth is far superior to treatment for children with these fifteen conditions later in life, we are introducing the Brain Score as a screening tool to assess neonatal neurophysiology and craniosacral fascial therapy to help mitigate the effects of fetal and birth injuries. We believe that research will show that this Brain Score approach will significantly decrease by at least 50% the incidence of each of these fifteen diseases worldwide.
Birthing professionals now perform the Apgar score to check the critical vital signs that give life to the newborn. If a life-threatening situation presents, they can take appropriate medical action. If a low Brain Score indicates impaired neurophysiology, they can now offer craniosacral fascial treatment to help mitigate the nine months of fetal and birth trauma to the central nervous system. We also envision the mother-to-be having craniosacral fascial therapy before
Una Propuesta de Investigación sobre la Evaluación de la Efectividad del Brain Score y de la Terapia Fascio-Craneosacral para Neonatos Una Perspectiva del Método Brain Score [Puntaje Cerebral]
En el Family Hope Center creemos que el traumatismo ocurrido durante el periodo fetal y al alumbramiento puede causar muchas enfermedades crónicas. Los efectos de un embarazo difícil, gestación múltiple, un trabajo de parto largo y pesado, el uso de fórceps/succión de ventosa, una cesárea, el cordón umbilical anudado o enrollado alrededor del cuello y otros traumatismos pueden crear rigidez en los tejidos, dañar seriamente la función del cerebro y sembrar las semillas de futuras enfermedades.
Estamos implicados en el tratamiento de niños con padecimientos que abarcan desde el rango externo de una grave lesión cerebral incluyendo autismo, parálisis cerebral y epilepsia, hasta enfermedades menos severas del sistema nervioso tales como TDAH, estrabismo, trastornos de lectura (dislexia) y de lenguaje hasta las afecciones pediátricas más comunes como asma, dolor de oído, cólico, reflujo esofágico, dolor de cabeza, rinitis, dolor de cuello y escoliosis.
Creemos que al nacer estos niños han quedado fuera del sistema global de atención médica debido a la falta de una evaluación y tratamiento efectivo del sistema nervioso central. Puesto que la prevención en el nacimiento es mucho más preeminente que el tratamiento para los niños con estos quince padecimientos posteriormente durante su vida, estamos presentando el Brain Score como una herramienta de detección para evaluar la neurofisiología neonatal y la terapia fascio-craneosacral para ayudar a mitigar los efectos de las lesiones ocurridas durante el período fetal y al alumbramiento. Creemos que la investigación mostrará que este método de Brain Score disminuirá significativamente hasta en un 50% la incidencia de cada una de estas quince enfermedades a nivel mundial.
Los profesionales de parto actualmente llevan a cabo el puntaje Apgar para revisar los signos vitales críticos en el recién nacido. Si se presenta una situación que amenace la vida, pueden realiz
Case Study in Reading Disorder: The Corrective Aspect of Craniosacral Fascial Therapy INTRODUCTION
Developmental reading disorder, also called dyslexia, is a reading disability resulting from the inability to process graphic symbols.1 As many as forty percent of all early elementary school students in the United States have some initial difficulty learning to read.2 Nearly one-half of these students have significant problems and continuing hardships in school with reading fluency, comprehension, and spelling.2
Reading disorder is clearly more frequent in boys than in girls.3 No medical care is indicated for this condition, but appropriate referrals to special education and/or tutoring settings are needed.2 Another more corrective approach can be through the craniosacral fascial system, an integration of the craniosacral and fascial or connective tissue components.
Case Study in Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder: The Corrective Aspect of Craniosacral Fascial Therapy INTRODUCTION: ADHD is a range of pediatric behavioral disorders, including such symptoms as poor concentration, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Approximately 1,600,000 or 7% of American children from ages six to eleven have been diagnosed with ADHD.1 The prevalence of ADHD is three times more in boys than in girls.1 Treatment consists of the long-term administration of methylphenidate. An alternative method of care includes the evaluation and treatment of the child’s craniosacral fascial system. This system is an integration of the craniosacral and fascial or connective tissue components.
Case Study in Headache: The Corrective Aspect of Craniosacral Fascial Therapy INTRODUCTION: Headaches are common among children.1One third of all seven-year-old and one half of all fifteen-year-old children experience headaches.2 Two and one-half percent of all seven-year-old and fifteen percent of all fifteen-year-old children have “frequent” headaches.3 Current evaluation involves taking a history and performing physical and neurological examinations; treatment consists of palliative care such as rest and/or analgesics.1 Another more corrective approach can be through the craniosacral fascial system, an integration of the craniosacral and fascial or connective tissue components.
Case Study in Otitis Media: The Corrective Aspect of Craniosacral Fascial Therapy INTRODUCTION: Otitis media is an inflammation of the middle ear caused by an infection. Three out of four American children experience otitis media by the time they are three years old.1 Ear infection is the number one reason parents bring their children to the medical doctor.2 Current treatment is the administration of antibiotics to kill the bacteria that cause the problem. If a child has multiple ear infections, myringotomy may be required to lessening the chance of permanent hearing loss. Chronic infections may cause irreversible damage to the stapes, incus, and malleus. Approximately two million tympanostomy tubes are inserted annually in America; it is the most common surgical procedure for children.3 Another method of treatment is by manual therapy through the craniosacral fascial system, an integration of the craniosacral and fascial or connective tissue components. This new modality, with its roots in over one hundred years of osteopathic philosophy, can help to mitigate otitis media.
Case Study in Pediatric Asthma: INTRODUCTION
Asthma is an inflammatory disorder of the airways that causes wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.1 Nine million children in America under the age of eighteen have been diagnosed with asthma.2 The asthma rate in American children under the age of five has increased more than 160% from 1980 to 1994.3 Approximately 5,000 Americans die every year from asthma.2 Healthcare costs in America for asthma are over sixteen billion dollars annually.2 An estimated 300 million people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds from all over the globe suffer from asthma and approximately 250,000 people a year die from it.4
Current Western treatment focuses on managing asthma with two types of medication. In the first group anti-inflammatory drugs (corticosteroids) reduce swelling and mucous formation in the airways. Secondly, bronchodilators relax the smooth muscle cells that tighten around the airways; the child’s breathing improves when the tracheobronchial tree opens.5
An alternative strategy for reducing and potentially even eliminating asthma symptoms involves manipulation of the craniosacral fascial system. This system is an integration of the craniosacral and fascial or connective tissue components. William Sutherland D.O. discovered the craniosacral aspect about one hundred years ago.6 He found that the cranial bones and sacrum moved as the brain “breathed”. More recently John Upledger D.O. furthered the concept by discovering that the strain from trauma was primarily held in the connective tissue of the cranial dura and not the bones.7
In the craniosacral concept human physiology is strongly dependant on the slight motion of the brain and spinal cord and the fluctuation of the cerebrospinal fluid within the meningeal and osseous systems.8-15 Craniosacral theory holds that trauma can impair the normal rhythms of this fluctuation and result in disease and organ dysfunction. Manual therapy can help rebalance these natural nervous |
