Mom said that her newborn was tight everywhere. After I had seen her three other children later in age, she wanted to do this baby right.
He had reflux, a poor suck, gas, and constipation. He also was an archer with a twist to the left.
He had spent months stuck on the right side of her womb and had a fast delivery. He presented with a zero-second brain cycle with moderate torticollis and bilateral TMJ strain.
His legs were pulling up hard into his body, indicating a lot of pelvic fascial strain. In therapy, I found that his trunk twisted about 90 degrees in relation to his pelvis. When this strain released, his legs were not pulling as hard.
He then curled up into a tight ball. It looked like he had spent a lot of time in this fetal position.
When I rechecked his legs, he still had some pull into his pelvis, which confused me. Usually, babies let their legs go completely after the above techniques.
Then I remembered mom saying he had been circumcised. When I had her hold the scar while I held his thighs, a huge strain from the surgery appeared.
When that cleared, his legs finally relaxed where I was able to move them with feather-like ease. At the end of the visit, his brain cycle opened to an amazing 190 seconds.
When I question moms about surgical procedures on the intake visit, few mention circumcision. It may be so ingrained in the culture that no one gives the physiology a second thought.
Any surgical procedure can create restriction in the craniosacral fascial system. Circumcision can be a huge problem that needs to be considered in therapy.
I believe that he needed to have been checked at birth and after the circumcision. Gillespie Approach Training is a must for all newborn providers.
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