CranioSacral Therapy throughout pregnancy can decrease the chance of birthing complications and improve your birthing process. Concentrating the craniosacral therapy sessions on the bony pelvis along with abdominal organs, including the support structures and lower segment of the uterus, helps release unwanted tensions and bring good energy into the area for the developing baby. As a result, babies are less likely to position in the maternal pelvis in a less than optimal birth position, or in a breech position. The care improves chances babies will be birthed without as much ease as possible.  Also, the labor has a better chance of starting on time and progressing to delivery smoothly.

It’s important to be mindful during pregnancy and delivery, though a woman’s body goes through multiple stages of change, your body is in constant communication with the growing baby inside you. Craniosacral Therapy is a viable means of preparing your body for labor and delivery both physically and mentally.

CranioSacral Therapy at the time of pregnancy leading up to delivery can help relieve low back pain, reduce stress, and create a more aligned, comfortable and positive experience for both the mother and child.  Research has also demonstrated:

• CranioSacral Therapy has successfully been used in place of Pitocin to augment or start delivery.
• Mothers receiving CranioSacral Therapy have been shown to progress through the first stage of labor without prolonged labor.
• Infants whose mother’s received an epidural and CranioSacral Therapy showed less negative effects.
• Mother’s receiving CranioSacral Therapy report faster healing and better adjustment compared to women who did not receive CranioSacral Therapy.
• Women who received CranioSacral Therapy reported breastfeeding was accomplished more easily.
• Use of CranioSacral Therapy produces consistent positive outcomes and results across studies.

CranioSacral Therapy facilitates better pregnancies and birth experiences and there is also research highlighting the benefits of CranioSacral Therapy postpartum.  CranioSacral Therapy after child birth centers on structural realignment of the spine, pelvis and recovery of the muscles and other structures stressed during delivery. CranioSacral Therapy in this phase accelerates healing, especially for women who have had cesarean births. Other benefits are: 

• For newborns CranioSacral Therapy can be useful in helping infants latch on better and easier during breastfeeding.
• CranioSacral Therapy has been shown to help relieve tension and compression caused by posture changes during pregnancy.
• CranioSacral Therapy for the mother has been shown to:
  • Reduce fatigue
  • Improve energy
  • Decrease stress
  • Decrease pain and inflammation
  • Diminish chances of postpartum depression
  • Maintain healthy lactation levels
  • Increase confidence

Craniosacral Therapy can also be beneficial to newborns adapting to life outside the womb. This delicate therapy supports babies eating / latching and sleeping better and being more peaceful while awake.  Craniosacral Therapy can resolve misalignment of the spine or head, and it even opens many options for newborns with symptoms like colic, reflux and many others.

Through a gentle baby-care craniosacral therapy can be especially helpful for babies who were born by C-Section, vacuum extraction or forceps. Craniosacral Therapy releases restrictions in the baby’s head and membranes, and it supports a healthy brain growth and development for the child, supporting them to live within their potential to the fullest.

Craniosacral Therapy can also balance your system to help the readjustment from being pregnant and giving birth to being a mom and having your body back to yourself. It further alleviates some of the common postpartum problems. For a more expanded conversation on how helpful Craniosacral Therapy can be during and after pregnancy contact Dr. Kaminsky.

Alex was born in March 1972. At the age of 7 he started to experience frequent headaches with all the conventional symptoms of a Migraine headache. His particular headache resulted in him experiencing auras, nausea and sensitivity to light with no particular trigger to the onset of the migraine.

After years of treatments, therapies and medications, his headaches were no better and Alex continued to experience them all throughout childhood and into young adulthood. Some years the headaches would come monthly, some years every two to three months and some years weekly. His headaches were incurable, there was nothing that could alleviate the symptoms and head pain. Until he experienced cranial manual therapy, which resulted in the complete eradication of his life-long Migraine Headaches.

At the age of 16 Alex noticed a mild deformity in the right side of his ribs, a slightly lower right shoulder and the experience of constant lower back pain. Although mild, a diagnosis of Idiopathic Adolescent Scoliosis had been labeled.

At the age of 18 he was involved in a serious car accident that exacerbated his lower back pain. Throughout the years Alex had tried a multitude of conventional treatments but continued to suffer on and off with lower back pain, even throughout Chiropractic school and beyond.

In 2015 and fifteen+ years out of Chiropractic school, Dr. Kaminsky participated in his first and life changing Craniosacral Therapy seminar and he was fascinated, intrigued and hooked. It all made sense, he was immediately astute to its methods and since that first seminar, and as a result of trading sessions of Craniosacral Therapy with his colleagues, his back pain subsided and till this day has never returned.

Dr. Kaminsky decided to enhance his skill-set to better serve his patients. He began reaching out to other craniosacral therapists, cranial osteopaths, and many types of leading practitioners from various fields for advise and consultations He also enrolled in Upledger continuing education seminars with a focus on mostly hands-on manual and alternative therapies.

And, as he gained knowledge with his own health issues, he has learned to help more and more patients achieve great health results.

Dr. Alex Kaminsky is headache free and low back pain free, and has committed himself to a life of learning, teaching and treating patients. His emphasis is on the patient’s stored patterns of the body and each individual healthcare needs.