by Samantha Lotti | May 11, 2020 | Craniosacral Research, 2016, Infants & babies
A 2016 opinion piece on feeding in the NICU by a Craniosacral Therapist with nine years of experience working in a Level III NICU. Abstract states: “Completing full feedings is a requirement for discharge for babies in the NICU. Interaction between the nerves...
by Samantha Lotti | Apr 14, 2020 | Craniosacral Research, 2019, Infants & babies
A 2019 randomized controlled trial conducted on 58 infants, aged 0-84 days, diagnosed with infantile colic. “The babies received a 30-40 minute CST session once a week (experimental group) or no treatment (control group). Babies in the CST group received either...
by Samantha Lotti | Nov 8, 2016 | 2016, Infants & babies
A 2016 study “to investigate neurological short-term effects of craniosacral therapy as an ideal form of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) due to the soft kinaesthetic stimulation. Included were 30 preterm infants, with a gestational age between 25 and...
by Samantha Lotti | Apr 22, 2015 | Craniosacral Research, 2009, English, excessive crying, Infants & babies
A 2009 study with a final sample of 139 patients aimed to “examine whether an abnormal CRI is associated with excessive crying of infancy.” Results show “Infants with an abnormal CRI at 2 weeks were 6.8 times (95% confidence intervals 2.2, 20.6) more likely to...
