General considerations for working with birth/development issues

Many issues with headaches, visual stress or vestibular concerns emanate from early developmental relationships which are not fully in place or impacted by events at birth.

Common types of early disruptors include: premature birth, breech positioning, C-section, twin/multiple, long labor, forceps, vacuum assist, and umbilical cord wrapped at the neck

For many of these, a key late pregnancy stage was skipped, Opossum. This is the stage where the head is stabilized in the pelvis leaving the core to move along with the eyes and tongue. When this is the case, you need to replicate this relationship by holding the head still and moving the body.

For the birth traumas, there is often an element of compression or torque involved. You will need to replicate the direction of the force or torque to allow the cervical spine to elongate and relax to better connect the head and the core.

In general, you will support (often in odd positions), add a tiny bit of oscillation and then follow the movement that unwinds to reintegrate the head to the body.

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