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2019 Articles
“When Will I Be Finished with Therapy?”
No one knows for sure. When a new patient presents on the first visit, no one knows how many layers…
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2019 Articles
A Fussy Torticollis Baby
This week I treated the “poster child” fussy torticollis baby, who also had colic, reflux, gas, indigestion, grunting, choking, and…
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2019 Articles
The Clinical Effects of Twin In-Utero Compression
I did an intensive for Midwest twins last week. I drew from my experience with six sets of twins in…
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2018 Articles
Infant Sphincters
One of the great under-the-radar benefits of the Gillespie Approach at birth is the minimization/elimination of fascial strain in the…
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2018 Articles
A Mother’s CFT Journey for Her Newborn Daughter
This is the story of my most challenging newborn. Our goal in our Facebook group is to keep the work…
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2016 Articles
Suck, Swallow, Breathe (and Now Speech and Dentistry) Revisited
Everyone agrees that the “suck, swallow, and breathe” skill is paramount for a newborn to thrive. We discovered in our…
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2015 Articles
A Breastfeeding Story
I enjoy posting many clinical situations, but do not often present the human aspect of CFT. I am quoting a…
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2015 Articles
Tongue Thrust and Heavy Breast Milk Flow
I saw a seven-year-old boy today who had a tongue-thrust. This is the first mom in 40 years who knew…
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2015 Articles
Lactation and Swallowing
We wanted to share an update on the infant we have been seeing who was having breastfeeding issues. The mother…
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