Dear Lactnet Friends:

There is more to clinical practice than the hierarchy of evidence. Our
 focus on evidence relies on a cartesian view of the world.

Where is the evidence to support Love? How many units of Love are required
for a baby to thrive? What degrees of Love are important?

CST is a blend of energetic and physical medicine. It does lack that
evidence based that we all use; and, as a practitioner, to witness a baby's
skull bones expand under my hands, as the mother watches, fascinated, gives
it 100% validity in my practice. To see a torticollis, diagnosed and
treated with physical therapy yet still unresolved, completely disappear
forever while under my hands, gives it 100% validity in my practice.

Heather describes more good things, as parents tell their stories, release
the feelings around the stories, and go on with renewed commitment and
connection with their babies. Heather says, "Maybe when they see the
successes they are witnessing the effect of sympathetic engagement with the
parents. They are seeing that taking parents' concerns for the well being
of their baby seriously, empowers parents so they became better able to
respond to the baby. They become more confident and more tuned in. They
feel cared for themselves."

Heather is right; something else that CST offers is missing in most
clinical situations, where labor is driven by drugs and machines, and
mothers and babies emerge disconnected, and often injured. People want to
be touched as part of healing; this notion has been part of human history
forever, as mothers kissed the boo-boo and comforted their loved ones.

There is far more to evidence than randomized controlled clinical trials,
that have value only when taken as part of the answer, not the whole
answer.

warmly,
-- 
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
Author:* Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Breastfeeding Therapy*
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
https://www.facebook.com/nikkileehealth

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