Trauma
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2019 Articles
Suck, Swallow, and Breathe Revisited
Newborns need to suck, swallow, and breathe well to thrive. An acceptable suck-swallow-breathe coordinating ratio is 1:1:1 or 2:1:1. Poor…
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2019 Articles
Latent Clubfoot-like Adult Strains
Gillespie Approach providers please take note: A 35-year-old woman with many structural issues presented for her fifth visit. Her fascia…
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2019 Articles
Tensegrity
Wikipedia describes tensegrity as a structural principle based on the use of isolated components in compression inside a net of…
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2018 Articles
Authentic Healing
Patients often say I am stretching their bodies or squeezing their necks in therapy. In reality I am just following…
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2018 Articles
Lateral Side-Bending Arch
Most commonly in the Gillespie Approach we work with babies/children/adults who arch backward into extension and bend forward into flexion.
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2016 Articles
A Brave New World
Nearly forty years of CFT has changed my original vision of the pediatric system. In 1978 I wanted all children…
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2016 Articles
Maternal Trauma in Giving Birth
When I lecture at The Family Hope Center (FHC) conferences three times a year, I ask for a volunteer with…
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2015 Articles
The Window of Opportunity
By Dr. Barry Gillespie and Krissy Myers Birth is the perfect window of opportunity for the BBS/CFT/IDM model for the…
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2015 Articles
Perfection at Conception
The ultimate goal of CFT is for the patient to release all of her/his lifetime physical and emotional strain back…
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2015 Articles
Crib Injury
When I see a severe strain in a child, my mind always goes to birth trauma. But that is not…
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