Restriction in the fascial web can spread over time.
A young girl presents with continual abdominal pain. She has been tested extensively at a local children’s hospital, and no disease was found.
She also has right hip, lower back, mid-back, neck, and head pain. She has been taking medications for these conditions without relief. She is active with cheerleading and gymnastics, but both mother and daughter are distressed because the best doctors have no answer.
She was born via cesarean section three weeks early because of a uterine fibroid. Infancy was uneventful except for severe constipation. Passing a bowel movement was painful, and the stool was often hard.
On examination, she had a zero-second brain cycle. Her fascial web was bound down from her pelvic floor to her head. I wonder if this tightness would lead to reproductive issues later in life.
I hypothesize that soft tissue birth trauma resulted in tight abdominal fascia in infancy that spread into her trunk and then up into her neck and head over time. Now she has many seemingly unrelated health conditions.
On the first visit, her web released nicely, and her brain cycle opened to 50 seconds. With continued therapy, as the layers of trauma release, I expect good things to happen for her.
Birth trauma causing soft tissue fascial strain and subsequent disease is fresh thinking that may question ingrained conventional wisdom, challenge widespread medical assumptions, and confront entrenched vested interests.
The work at birth is so needed to prevent these situations. Gillespie Approach Training for infants and newborns is a must for all neonatal providers.
