atic. Often, the baby is born with a ‘failure to thrive’ syndrome where they are under- weight and possibly exhibiting respiratory distress. These are the children that are lacking resiliency in life. They may exhibit more allergies, skin issues such as eczema, learning deficits, and so on. Much of this is secondary to a weakened immune system from birth. In all of these above scenarios, IMT
can be used to decrease inflammation, promote circulation and immunity, and decrease overall tension in the affected or- gans and tissues. For example, if a child is experiencing regular anxiety in the class- room, it may be secondary to inflammation in the head which may have been brought on by an injury or even birth trauma from a long labor. The child may be having a hard time concentrating in the classroom because of tension and inflammation at the frontal lobe (located behind the forehead and involved in cognition and attention). Often, there is a gut association. Many of these children have a high toxic load in their liver and digestive tract. As a result, it may be challenging to sit still, but also this toxicity can produce anxiety or depression. In these children, IMT would be focused on decreasing inflammation and promot- ing normal circulation and drainage to and from the liver and the digestive organs. If the frontal lobe was involved, IMT would
be focused on supporting optimal health of this part of the brain. Let’s use the head trauma as an ex-
ample. Consider a child riding in a car and the car is front-ended. Even if the collision is minimal, there is a significant force that enters into the body through the head. This force travels down the spine to the sacrum (located above the buttocks at the bottom of the spine). The sacrum, in this scenar- io, is shoved downwards—this is referred to as a ‘descended sacrum.’ Though the displacement of the sacrum may only be 1mm, it is substantial because the spinal cord is attached to the sacrum as well as to the brainstem on the inside of the skull. When the sacrum is displaced, there is a ‘tug-of-war’ on the central nervous system. The central nervous system which hous- es our brain and spinal cord is involved in every aspect of the body. Often, when the central nervous system is ‘on fire’ in this way, the child may experience regular anxiety or depression. This displacement can also cause hyperactivity because of the compression at the base of the skull. The child may experience auditory or vi- sual processing deficits as well as head- aches because of this tension. Correcting this pattern of dysfunction is simple— mobilize the sacrum upwards. The chal- lenge is when the problem is chronic. More often than not, this injury is not re- cent. For example, with a child, it may be from birth where the head of the baby is repeatedly pushed up against the mother’s pelvic rim during a long delivery. In this situation, it is not enough to just mobi- lize the spine and sacrum. Preparatory treatment must be focused on decreasing muscle spasm and fascial tissue tension in the pelvis and at the base of the skull. Further treatment must also be focused on balancing the central nervous system fol- lowing correction of a descended sacrum. A typical IMT initial treatment session
involves an assessment of all the major or- gans and tissues in the body, including the nervous system, circulatory system, and immune system. The IMT practitioner will also assess the child’s posture and move- ment to determine if there are any signifi- cant stressors on the spine and head which may be contributing to the child’s challeng- es. Once the assessment is completed, a comprehensive treatment plan is designed specifically focused on the sites of com- promise discovered during the assessment. This treatment plan would be implement- ed over the course of multiple sessions.
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