Birth Professionals

Here, birth professionals may discover how the Baby Brain Score and Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy are helping babies enjoy the benefits of having a freely moving brain, spinal cord and fascial web.

Baby Brain Score and Gillespie Approach Mission

Dr. Barry Gillespie created the Baby Brain Score and Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy. His and his associates’ goal is to have the Baby Brain Score and Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy in use worldwide for every birth. We also foresee the mother-to-be receiving Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy before conception to ensure better hormonal function, less strain in pregnancy, an easier birth and better overall health for the newborn. We believe that these two steps will promote happiness and peace to the planet.

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Dr. Barry Gillespie’s vision is for the Baby Brain Score and Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy to be in use worldwide for every birth so that babies are in the best position to enjoy robust health throughout their lives.

The Baby Brain Score Measures Neonatal Neurophysiology

The Baby Brain Score (BBS) is a screening tool that measures neonatal neurophysiology. It is an effective method of manually checking the brain function of a newborn. If there is neurological compromise, the application of Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy (CFT) in the first few minutes of life can help improve or correct the structural effects of fetal trauma and birth trauma. Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy can prevent many diseases from appearing later in life and, more importantly, promote optimum cognitive brain function.

The Two Principles Behind the Baby Brain Score and Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy

  1. Craniosacral motion: The brain needs to breathe. It has to expand and contract smoothly to function correctly.
  2. Fascial (connective tissue) restriction: The fascia has to be free for the body to function optimally.

The Benefits of the Baby Brain Score and Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy

When parents naturally add love, good nutrition and exercise to the newborn equation, the Baby Brain Score and Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy possibilities can become endless:

  1. It can create a happy and content baby. This results in a happy mom, dad, siblings, extended family and friends.
  2. It can create excellent infant neurological function. The Family Hope Center reports that children in their infant program have reached their neurological developmental milestones 30 percent faster than the standard child.
  3. It can facilitate the ability to latch on and prevent sucking difficulty and swallowing difficulty, colic, reflux, gas, digestive issues, constipation, poor napping, general distress, stridor, torticollis, pyloric stenosis and clubfoot.
  4. It can result in parents being sufficiently rested to provide quality care for the infant and other children as well as being able to function well in other aspects of life.
  5. It can result in structural immunity later as a toddler such that physical trauma has little to no effect on her or his structural health.
  6. It can prevent childhood diseases such as asthma, headache, ADHD, learning disorders and other conditions.
  7. It can create a neurological learning environment where focus, concentration, memory, thinking and other cognitive functions can be maximized at school.
  8. Finally, it can result in a child who can be the best she or he can be for her or his entire life.
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The Baby Brain Score and Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy combine to help prevent a number of health conditions.
“Learning CFT changed me and is going to change how I approach pregnancy, labor/ birth and postpartum for moms and babies. It a fabulous tool to add to my toolbox.”
—A birth professional

For the Scientific Mind, Putting a Lens on the Baby Brain Score and Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy

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Click to read “A Research Proposal Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Brain Score and Craniosacral Fascial Therapy for Neonates,” published in The Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology.

A medical article, “A Research Proposal Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Brain Score and Craniosacral Fascial Therapy for Neonates,” about the Baby Brain Score was published in The Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology (2010: Volume 11, Number 2), a peer-reviewed medical journal. It discusses how the effects of a difficult pregnancy, an arduous labor, the use of forceps or vacuum suction, a Caesarian section, the umbilical cord wrapped around the throat and body and other traumas can impair the function of the newborn’s brain and spinal cord.

Fetal and birth trauma can cause diseases from 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. Fetal and birth trauma can also cause the more-common pediatric illnesses of colic, esophageal reflux, constipation, digestive issues, nursing issues, sleeping issues, asthma, earache, headache, rhinitis, neck ache, jaw pain and scoliosis.

 

Infant Research Article

Kristen Myers, Michael Myers, Priscilla Kercher and Dr. Barry Gillespie completed their infant research paper in 2014. They found that Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy/Infant-Driven Model was able to correct infants with many conditions that have plagued the human race since the beginning of time.

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A Message from Dr. Barry Gillespie on the Background of the Baby Brain Score and Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy

Lactation Providers Can Take Their Work to the Next Level With Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy

To lactation providers: I believe that our work is an incredible tool to help take your practice to the next level. I say this because all of the oral structures, like the hard and soft palates, the tongue, the floor of the mouth, the gums, the cheeks, and the TMJs, are controlled by the fascial web.

The root of many lactation issues are due to fetal, labor, and delivery soft tissue traumas. Almost all newborns live with untreated fascial strain from these traumas. When the strained oral tissues are not functioning 100%, nursing issues can arise. Here are some clinical examples:

Tongue tie and lip tie: These ties are part of the full-body fascial web. If the newborn fascial web is freed of strain directly at birth, some ties may resolve without revision. For a true tie, a revision may not be the complete answer because of undiagnosed and untreated fascial strain in the other oral structures.

A deep latch: I often see latching issues with bilateral TMJ strain where the newborn cannot open wide enough for the nipple to approach the soft palate. Corrective therapy helps release the strain in the muscles of mastication and TMJ areas.

Failure to thrive: Every newborn has the innate capability to suck, swallow, and breathe. We have found that our work can be corrective as the fascial strain is released in the head and neck tissues.

In a perfect world therapy would be done as close to birth as possible. As a lactation professional, you can help newborns to breathe well, nurse well, digest well, poop well, and nap well.

The Gillespie Approach is a massage modality that helps the body release its tight connective or fascial tissue from its physical and emotional traumas. We have a special interest working with newborns, whose untreated fascial strains from birth trauma can result in a lifetime of health issues.

Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy and Pregnancy Guidelines

Every Gillespie Approach therapist needs to decide whether s(he) will treat pregnant patients. This is an individual choice that I cannot make for anyone. Please consider the points below in your decision. My primary concern is always for the safety of the baby and mother.

  1. Prenatal training is important by adhering to all guidelines, precautions and contraindications. This includes areas of the body to avoid and proper positioning of the patient at different stages of pregnancy. Currently, no Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy course addresses the application of this therapy for pregnant women.
  2. Consistent with massage therapy laws in many U.S. states, Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy for pregnant women may begin only after week 13. Natural, spontaneous miscarriages during the first trimester need not be connected to a Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy session.
  3. Once a pregnancy progresses safely past the 13th week, it is recommended that the patient’s OB/GYN or midwife clear the mother-to-be for bodywork before every CFT session.
  4. CFT is not a technique to turn a breech baby or initiate an overdue delivery. A skilled Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy therapist always listens to the fascial web and never uses force.
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Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy is ideally received before conception and may be received during pregnancy, following special guidelines.

Additional Information for Birthing Professionals

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Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Courses

Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy courses, focused on the individual and specific needs of newborns, infants as well as adults and children, are available.

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