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2021 Articles
Our Role in Pediatrics
Sometimes parents ask me questions meant for a pediatrician. As a therapist, I just stay in my lane of how…
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Severe Infant Breathing Issues
A one-year-old presented this week from outside the Philadelphia area with raspy breathing, difficulty swallowing, and aspiration issues. At birth…
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The Cranial Remolding Helmet and the Brain Cycle
Many parents choose to use a cranial remolding helmet to help correct their baby’s plagiocephaly or flat spot. The helmet…
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Gillespie Approach at Birth: A World of Difference in Quality of Life
Today, I saw a six-year-old boy for evaluation and treatment. As an infant he hit the jackpot with all six…
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Tight, Fussy Baby Improves With Gillespie Approach
A new out-of-state baby presented today with the usual fussiness issues: nursing, reflux, hiccups, panting, gas, constipation, colic, and restlessness.…
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A Personal Milestone—50 Years of Patient Care
I was nervous and maybe even sweating. A mother dropped off her 12-year-old daughter for a filling in 1971. I…
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Brain Cycle Shoots From Zero to 100 Seconds
I saw a seven-month-old on an initial visit today. He presented with failure to thrive, constipation, sleep issues, gas, and…
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The Many Diverse Infant Conditions of the Gillespie Approach
In his poem “The Divine Comedy” Dante describes his travels down the nine circles of the inferno. We are going…
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The Concept of Energetics for Gillespie Approach Providers
This essay introduces energetics as our next possible level of patient care. It also explains for lay readers how we…
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Are Many Adult Digestive Diseases Rooted in Birth Trauma?
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) affects 20% of the American population. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder where the small intestine…
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