Dr. Barry Gillespie
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2021 Articles
The Medical Model Is Asking the Wrong Question
All too often, the medical model is asking the question, “How can we best manage the patient’s condition?” That is…
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Aging and the Fascial Web
An older patient presented with difficulty in walking. She was shuffling more, and the tightness in her chest and neck…
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Pediatric Asthma and Coughing
The coughing was annoying. I was trying to hear the medical history from mom, and the teen would not stop…
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The Gillespie Approach Thought Process
A mother emails: “I am writing because we have been trying to figure out the pain that my 17-year-old daughter…
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Red-Faced, Straining and Grunting During Bowel Movements
Every time my baby poops, she gets red in her face, strains hard, and grunts. Our pediatrician recommended prune juice…
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Atrial Fibrillation Followup Visit
I never saw this coming forty years ago. I am strongly suggesting that our work needs to be a part…
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Allergy
I believe that birth trauma can be a possible cause of allergy for some patients. A nine-year-old girl presents with…
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Preterm Births and Low Birth Weight
A 14-week-old low-weight infant presented recently with plagiocephaly, torticollis, and failed tie revisions. This is a hypothetical progression of events…
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Forceps
In 1980 I saw clinically that the misuse of forceps could be devastating. A retired nurse had forceps with her…
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Childhood Migraine
A former student from a 2000 Gillespie Approach course training brought her 13-year-old son to me recently for therapy. He…
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