Cranial Osteopathy for Infants, Children and Adolescents: A Practical Handbook

326 Pages·2007·69.94 MB·English

by  Nicette Sergueef DO

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FOREWORD
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William Garner Sutherland as a child was encouraged to ‘dig on’ in the family potato
patch. He found that the more he dug, the more rewarding the digging became. He
carried that philosophy throughout his whole life. Dr Sutherland observed a disar-
ticulated skull in osteopathic school and was struck with the idea that the adjacent
surfaces were designed for motion. He could fi nd no substantiation for that, so with
a great deal of bravery he experimented with his own head, dug on and proved his
‘skull motion’. He initially dealt only with adults, but with his great success was sub-
sequently asked to treat infants and children. He provided many clinical cases by
volunteering to work at an institute for handicapped children, and again met with
great success. Dr Sutherland minimized his contribution by saying he had ‘only pulled
aside a curtain.’ But what a tremendous vista that curtain has revealed!
Cranio-sacral osteopathy has made a tremendous contribution to health care and
has probably had a greater impact in helping infants and children realize their full
potential, than in correcting the many adult problems which occur. This is not to
minimize its benefi t in that area.
Osteopathy has spread throughout much of the world, and is particularly strong in
France. My father, author of Osteopathy in the Cranial Field, was one of the fi rst to
teach in France over 40 years ago, and was gratifi ed to see his efforts bear fruit. These
French osteopaths have a keen understanding of the teachings of both Still and
Sutherland, and in turn have dug on. They not only practice osteopathy, they teach
it, and contribute to osteopathic literature. Nicette Sergueef has been practicing and
teaching osteopathy for almost 30 years, both in Europe and at the Chicago College
of Osteopathic Medicine. She is the author of a number of French osteopathic texts,
several of which have been translated into German and Italian.
Cranial Osteopathy for Infants, Children and Adolescents is Nicette Sergueef’s fi rst
text in English. She has covered the whole spectrum from the birth process, the
development of the child, the cranial concept and how it applies to our young
patients, and goes beyond the usual limited cranio-sacral consideration to cover the
many clinical problems which can affect the whole body when its various components
are not in harmony. This will be a valuable addition to osteopathic literature.
Harold Magoun Jr, DO, FAAO, FCA, DO Ed (Hon)
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PREFACE
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This text is intended to provide the reader with an organized approach to the osteo-
pathic treatment of infants, children and adolescents. The contents represent 30 years
of clinical practice supplemented by a thorough review of the scientifi c literature. I
have tried to provide the anatomic basis that helps explain somatic dysfunction in
order that the reader understands the logical processes that lead to the effective
application of osteopathic manipulative procedures in the treatment of the pediatric
patient.
Osteopathy expounds a whole-body approach to the care of the patient, and this
book, although focused upon the principles of cranial osteopathy, employs this phi-
losophy: all of the tissues of the body are functionally linked. Consequently, the
practitioner does not just simply treat the skull. The practitioner must treat every
part of the body where somatic dysfunction is identifi ed.
Many different models for manipulative treatment have been developed and
taught. There is but one truth, however, and that truth is the truth of the body, and
it is based upon anatomy. There exist a plethora of manipulative models, but careful
analysis reveals that the different models represent descriptions of the same process.
The interesting point about the pediatric patient is that children demonstrate basic
functional and dysfunctional patterns that are not yet perturbed by the multiplicity
of dysfunctions, traumas and compensatory patterns that life brings to us all. There-
fore, the patterns in these youngsters are easier to understand than patterns encoun-
tered in adults where time has permitted the accumulation of layers of added
dysfunctions. If the practitioner understands what happens with children, they can
then more easily understand the body of the adult.
The use of cranial osteopathy for the treatment of infants, children and, to a lesser
degree, adolescents is particularly appropriate. Anatomically, these patients are still
dynamically growing. Their sutures are not fused; their bones are not completely
ossifi ed, they are still pliable. Their anatomy is in such a vital state that somatic dys-
function can not only be alleviated, but the impact that it has had upon the indi-
vidual may often be reversed. Consequently, the long-term outcome of proper
treatment for pediatric patients is of particular importance. The tremendous potential
for the growth of bones, joints and myofascial structures must begin on good founda-
tions in order for the individual to be optimally functional during their childhood
and the rest of their life. Further, as patients, infants and children are psychologically
unique. They are not simply smaller versions of adults. They have not yet developed
expectations as to what the healthcare practitioner may provide. They feel their dis-
comfort and are very much aware of what is being attempted to alleviate it. Instinc-
tively, they feel what is right, and, consequently, they are the best teachers when the
practitioner is willing to pay attention to their responses.
Nothing in this book is intended to be a replacement for sound medical advice
and the established medical treatment of specifi c disease processes. Osteopathy is not
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