Brain Therapy

A Research Proposal Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Brain Score and Craniosacral Fascial Therapy for Neonates

1/13/2009

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

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Case Study in Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder: The Corrective Aspect of Craniosacral Fascial Therapy

8/15/2008

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.

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Case Study in Pediatric Asthma:

5/16/2008

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

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