Employing a fusion of craniosacral therapy, lymphatic techniques, modified visceral-myofascial-interstitial mobilization, Susan Vaughan Kratz shares treatment routines honed through years of therapy encounters with babies. Written for any healthcare professional who can practice manual therapies, this book is also a gift to all parents who wish to understand their baby's development and behaviors better. When their baby simply is not 'growing out of an issue', there are answers waiting to be discovered in the body. The body knows what the problem is and will guide the trained therapist to the exact spot.

The methods offered in this book have assisted in resolving digestive issues such as colic, reflux, constipation, and breastfeeding difficulties.

Torticollis, tongue-tie, movement delays and reflex integration, misshapen heads, irritability and sleep difficulties are also routinely helped in significantly less time than traditional therapies. Self-regulation and sensory modulation are behaviors that communicate from the autonomic nervous system, and Bodywork for Babies has proven to be a direct treatment that helps the parasympathetic system become active, which turns on the rest and digest mode. Bodywork for Babies can be a wellness spa-like treatment as well as remedial intervention when functional problems don't resolve on their own.

This book is a collection of practical techniques that have been proven to work for babies and their families. Drawing from twenty-five years of clinical experience, the methods in this book are regularly taught to parents as part of a pediatric therapy home program. It addresses common issues that new parents often face, such as breastfeeding difficulties, tongue-tie management, torticollis, mishapen heads, colic, reflux, constipation, persistent fussiness, and other challenges in self-soothing and regulation.

Rooted in osteopathic and pediatric therapy science, this book is a timely tool for parents, providing them with a deeper understanding of the reasons behind their babies' everyday struggles. It offers easy-to-learn techniques with simple instructions, empowering parents to develop their own therapeutic hands. By learning how to apply the 'just right touch' at the 'just right locations, ' parents can help their baby self-correct body tensions gently and safely.

This practical guide is filled with bodywork techniques that are easy to implement at home. Each technique is explained in basic, step-by-step instructions, making it accessible to all parents. The author, drawing from years of experience performing bodywork on infants and witnessing positive changes, teaches these same techniques to parents, empowering them to help their babies.

This book is one in a growing series raising awareness of manual therapies' power on the health and wellness for all family members. Parents can always use more information on how to reduce stress associated with these common issues. This book removes the mystery behind how professionals have had success. Families can use this guidebook to promote health and wellness for a good start to life. Lactation consultants, midwives, and pediatric practitioners have praised the idea of such a resource, providing parents with reassurance and confidence in the book's content.

Bodywork for Sensory Integration offers a fusion between the sciences of structural medicine and neurobehavioral principles. While structural medicine suggests ways to discern the autonomic state continuum of the whole body, neurobehavioral principles, such as self-regulation and sensory modulation management, have become a primary need in therapeutic services for babies and children. Determining if irregular behaviors are sensory or behavioral is a daily challenge facing pediatric therapists. It is well-accepted that sensory and behavioral difficulties reflect autonomic nervous system physiology. Tension and tone of organs, blood vessels, and lymphatic movement play an underappreciated role in sensory regulation. The function of fascia and connective tissue, autonomic states of organs, cranial nerve pathways, and innervation sites hold important implications as sensory integration challenges are treated. The walls of blood vessels nestled in masses, the meninges' tension, and the sensory cells' structural health all have information relevant to sensory wellness. The sensory-compromised person whose body feels uncomfortable can benefit from Bodywork for Sensory Integration. Parenting a child with neurodiversity or sensory differences can be made easier by understanding the lessons revealed through receiving bodywork. Tangible strategies help the whole family move towards a place of comfort, adaptability to sensory responses, homeostasis, and stress management. The information presented in this book came from a most valuable resource: the author's clients. Kratz learned these lessons and shaped the opinions from an estimated 45,000 patient encounters. Bodywork for Sensory Integration supports formal education in various methods and guides the practitioner in discovering structural issues behind sensory challenges. Craniosacral therapy, visceral manipulation, lymphatic drainage, acupressure, and other soft tissue manipulation are the main tools. Professionals with a license to touch people can learn these techniques that assist self-correcting responses for modulation, regulation, and behaviors related to sensory wellness.

Bodywork for Sensory Integration offers a fusion between the sciences of structural medicine and neurobehavioral principles. While structural medicine suggests ways to discern the autonomic state continuum of the whole body, neurobehavioral principles, such as self-regulation and sensory modulation management, have become a primary need in therapeutic services for babies and children. Determining if irregular behaviors are sensory or behavioral is a daily challenge facing pediatric therapists. It is well-accepted that sensory and behavioral difficulties reflect autonomic nervous system physiology. Tension and tone of organs, blood vessels, and lymphatic movement play an underappreciated role in sensory regulation. The function of fascia and connective tissue, autonomic states of organs, cranial nerve pathways, and innervation sites hold important implications as sensory integration challenges are treated. The walls of blood vessels nestled in masses, the meninges' tension, and the sensory cells' structural health all have information relevant to sensory wellness. The sensory-compromised person whose body feels uncomfortable can benefit from Bodywork for Sensory Integration. Parenting a child with neurodiversity or sensory differences can be made easier by understanding the lessons revealed through receiving bodywork. Tangible strategies help the whole family move towards a place of comfort, adaptability to sensory responses, homeostasis, and stress management. The information presented in this book came from a most valuable resource: the author's clients. Kratz learned these lessons and shaped the opinions from an estimated 45,000 patient encounters. Bodywork for Sensory Integration supports formal education in various methods and guides the practitioner in discovering structural issues behind sensory challenges. Craniosacral therapy, visceral manipulation, lymphatic drainage, acupressure, and other soft tissue manipulation are the main tools. Professionals with a license to touch people can learn these techniques that assist self-correcting responses for modulation, regulation, and behaviors related to sensory wellness.

Employing a fusion of craniosacral therapy, lymphatic techniques, modified visceral-myofascial-interstitial mobilization, Susan Vaughan Kratz shares treatment routines honed through years of therapy encounters with babies. Written for any healthcare professional who can practice manual therapies, this book is also a gift to all parents who wish to understand their baby's development and behaviors better. When their baby simply is not 'growing out of an issue', there are answers waiting to be discovered in the body. The body knows what the problem is and will guide the trained therapist to the exact spot.

The methods offered in this book have assisted in resolving digestive issues such as colic, reflux, constipation, and breastfeeding difficulties.

Torticollis, tongue-tie, movement delays and reflex integration, misshapen heads, irritability and sleep difficulties are also routinely helped in significantly less time than traditional therapies. Self-regulation and sensory modulation are behaviors that communicate from the autonomic nervous system, and Bodywork for Babies has proven to be a direct treatment that helps the parasympathetic system become active, which turns on the rest and digest mode. Bodywork for Babies can be a wellness spa-like treatment as well as remedial intervention when functional problems don't resolve on their own.