After the second treatment the baby was able to suck and swallow its maintenance amount. The next two days the baby was left undisturbed by further treatment. With the index finger in the mouth this was corrected easily with the baby's aid in vigorous sucking. This child, now well into her second year, is normal, which we feel justified in attributing to the fact that she was given the benefit of cranial therapy. So whatever the severity or otherwise of the case, cranial symptoms are unlikely to be recongized by the orthodox medical profession as having an origin in the cranio-sacral system or in the birth process, and so the opportunity for immediate and early treatment is missed.
Early treatment is extremely important in order to ensure complete resolution and recovery.
If distorted growth patterns have become consolidated into the cranial structure by this time then all subsequent growth will be affected to some extent. Even after these ages, and in fact into adulthood and old age, the cranium remains malleable and adaptable. But the longer a distortion pattern is left in the cranium, the longer itwill take to treat, andthe less complete will be the resolution. She wore snow shoes while walking during the day in order to keep her feet apart. There was slow response and poor co-ordination of the hands.