On July 28th I took Angelina to see Dr. Teitelbaum, an osteopathic doctor, to talk to him about a therapy called Craniosacral Osteopathic Manipulation. Her therapists said that it couldn't hurt and if her body responded to it then great, but if not then no harm done. Her docs agreed as well so we went. Dr. T said that in his experience kids with CP saw an improvement in their spasticity and wanted me to understand that it wasn't going to be a miracle cure. I assured him that we live in the reality of her condition and that we are always looking for ways to improve her quality of life and that we were not naive about any kind of therapy she receives as a miracle cure. she did relatively well only whining some when he was messing with her head and neck. He is going to see her on a trial basis for 6 sessions to see how well she responds to the therapy. If she has some response then we will go forward with more, if not then we will look for other alternatives at that time. He was soft spoken but very friendly and Angelina responded well to him. This is his website if you want to read anything about this practice as well - http://www.doctor-t.com/.
This technique applies gentle pressure to specific points on one's spine, neck and base of the head to manipulate nerve endings. Well see if she responds. I am hopeful that she does because she could sure use something in her life that works for her that isn't medicine!
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