A one-year-old cannot crawl or do tummy time. The best pediatricians had no answer. The child showed some improvement working with a physical therapist twice a week for most of his life, but progress was stalling with tummy time and crawling. If he continued to have problems, neurologists would probably mistakenly test for a nervous system disorder.
The twins were delivered by cesarean section at 37 weeks and then spent two weeks in a NICU. My patient was my much discussed, confined and compressed “baby B.”
He did not breastfeed and had reflux, colic, and constipation. On evaluation, he had a zero-second brain cycle, and both legs had many unusual fascial twists.
He also had fascial strain running from his pelvis to his neck and head in an arching pattern. He spent most of his fetal life in the right side of the womb, possibly arching over the liver because of lack of space.
At the first session, I helped his body work through many fascial twists in each leg. I completely understood his difficulty in crawling by being unable to co-ordinate any leg movement.
A large arching strain probably caused his earlier fussiness issues. At the end of the visit, his brain cycle opened to 30 seconds. On the next visit, his leg strain and arching were nicely mitigating, and his brain cycle opened to 110 seconds.
At the beginning of the third visit, mom happily exclaimed in amazement, “He crawled at his first birthday party.” His family was terribly excited and grateful.
While I continued to help work the strain out of his body, his brain cycle opened to 200 seconds. I felt that therapy was transforming his life.
I continue to espouse the work at birth and for professionals to receive Gillespie Approach Infant Training. Let’s end the needless suffering.
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