Dear Pat Gima, Probably craniosacral treatments have been described thoroughly on LACTNET in the past so I will do an archive search. But could you describe how the CS therapy differs from some of the physical therapy treatments we've heard about? Here in the Boston area, we had a wonderful conference sponsored by Lactation Associates (Marsha Walker) a couple of years ago, given by a pt whose last name is Schiavone. I was very interested to hear her descriptions of postural exercises that affect feeding behaviors. Apparently many of the techniques come directly from work with special needs children who may have neurological difficulties. I'll have to dig out my notes for more details but I do remember her mentioning a prone position with little knees tucked up under the body and the chest elevated. Some of the nurses present were dissatisfied with the presentation since many of the techniques mentioned are outside the kind of activities they are allowed to do with babies in postpartum nurseries. Those of us in private practice may have a little more latitude in teaching mothers gentle postural therapies to improve clamping/biting behaviors. It is frustrating to everybody involved when we have to say that there are maturity issues involved but can't say how long it may take before the difficulties resolve. Having techniques from PT that may help speed up the process seems to offer a bit of relief from that frustration. I also get tired of telling moms that the interventions during labor and delivery are possibly to blame for problematic infant behavior. I hate feeling like a broken record. As I say, I will do an archive search on craniosacral therapy but would love to hear your comments about how it relates to PT. Thank you. Bonny Nothern, BS, IBCLC -------- Attachment WINMAIL.DAT 2.3K bytes -------- --------