Labor Difficulty
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2023 Articles
A Possible Explanation for Arching
Feyza Celik, a doula in Canada, wrote such a terrific essay on my Facebook group about the possible cause of…
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2022 Articles
Mr. Tight
Yesterday I met Mr. Tight. A 17-year-old boy presented with fatigue, leg, back, neck, and head pain. He also had…
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“My Baby Could Not Hold the Adjustment”
A mother brought her fussy baby in for therapy. She was constantly crying in pain and keeping her parents up…
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With Gillespie Approach Treatment, “An Entirely Different Child”
My daughter (first-born child) was born at 42 weeks after an unmedicated, uncomplicated, but extremely precipitous and grueling labor that…
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An Important Aspect of the Work at Birth
The work at birth offers so many benefits. For a few babies this one advantage maybe monumental. An adult patient…
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2021 Articles
Hydrocephalus and Cord Wrapped
A mother frantically called me saying, “Doctors are thinking about surgery for my baby due to hydrocephalus. Can you help…
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Stuttering
Researchers believe that stuttering is caused by four factors: genetic, brain activity, environmental, and language development. I would like to…
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A Complex Intensive for a Six-Year-Old Girl
When a young child comes to you for a three-day intensive, you never know what will present and what will…
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Preterm Births and Low Birth Weight
A 14-week-old low-weight infant presented recently with plagiocephaly, torticollis, and failed tie revisions. This is a hypothetical progression of events…
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Forceps
In 1980 I saw clinically that the misuse of forceps could be devastating. A retired nurse had forceps with her…
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