I corrected the right subluxation on a plagiocephaly case. The baby did not respond. A friend asked me one question, and it changed my care.
The question was about what I did after the adjustment. I had skipped the level one CSF and dural work. I thought the basic stuff was beneath me.
Here is the gap. A spinal patient walks out and gets motion for free. A skull gets none. Nobody stretches a temporal bone on the drive home. After the correction, you have to supply that motion yourself.
I walk through how I run both pieces now. Specific correction first. Level one global work to close it. Skip either one and results hit a ceiling.
What we cover
- Why a perfect specific adjustment can still fail to hold
- The C2 thought experiment: a patient who never moves for a week
- Why spinal adjustments hold through daily life and cranial ones do not
- What CSF and dural motion supply after a sutural correction
- Correction versus therapy: the same work done quickly or held for 30 minutes
- My order of care now: analyze everything together, correct, then close with level one work
- Reciprocal temporal rocking after a temporal bone adjustment
Your assignment
- Pull your last 10 cranial adjustments.
- Write down the specific correction you delivered in each.
- Write down how you supplied CSF and dural motion afterward.
- Note how each patient held their visits.
- Note how their body healed.
Mentioned
- Foundations of Cranial Adjusting: thecranialdoc.com/training
Free email series: thecranialdoc.com
Chapters 0:00 Hook and intro 0:35 Why my adjustments stopped holding 1:14 The question that changed my care 1:22 Chasing the advanced corrections 3:13 What I told my friend 3:34 How the spine and skull differ after an adjustment 4:21 The C2 thought experiment 5:42 Why the skull needs CSF and dural motion 6:48 Why craniopathy brings both together 7:54 Therapy versus correction 8:40 What I changed in my practice 10:37 Your assignment: review your last 10 cases 11:40 Outro