"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." - Neale Donald Walsh

With this course you will learn the special characteristics and conditions of a baby's skull and how to treat it.

Instructors:Ā Joanne Lynne, OMP, B.Sc., MALAT (in progress)

Certificate forĀ 2.5 hours

This course includes

  • Contraindications to treatment
  • Legal considerations
  • Intake form & treatment timing

AnatomyĀ 

  • Special skull features
  • Unique cranial base features
  • Sutures & fontanelles
  • Cranial nerves
  • Sacrum & development
  • Intraosseous strains vs. interosseous strains
  • Sutherland's fulcrum & reciprocalĀ  membrane tension
  • Confluence of sinuses
  • Fluid systems & CSF

Treatment

  • Hand placements & positions
  • Pressure/contact
  • Feeling/assessing
  • Reacting & following
  • Balanced, direct & indirect
  • "Matching the compression"
  • Resolution
  • Integration

Introduction to oral mechanics

  • Sublingual tissue
  • Assessing latch
  • Mechanics of good feeding
  • Ankyloglossia
  • Frenectomies
  • The vaulted maxilla

Forces affecting the cranium

  • Bony pelvis passage
  • Forces on the fetus
  • Soft tissue
  • Medical interventions & injuries
  • Intra uterine lie

Conditions

  • Brachycephaly
  • Plagiocephaly
  • Scaphocephaly
  • Corrective head devices
  • Study of helmet side effects
  • Unconventional head shapes
  • Craniosynostosis signs
  • How fused sutures are diagnosed
  • 5 case studies

Treatment flowcharts, pictures and videosĀ 

OsteopathicĀ skills aside, do you really understand the special qualities of the infant skull and common conditions?

Treat more safely, feel more confident, and get better results with head shape issues, restricted upper cervicals, and neck turning preferences.

 

Why take this course?

Babies have recently had their first traumatic event... birth. Their skulls are always affected.

Plus, they can be born with certain conditions that are important to understand.

Know how to tailor your skills.Ā Babies are resilient but delicate. They are not small adults!

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Interested in buying a bundle?

TTIC + ILJT Bundle

Separately, these courses would cost $325 ... save 20%! Access lasts 12 months, compared to 6 months for the individual courses.

$259.99 CAD

BMI + TTIC Bundle

Separately, these courses would cost $375... save 20%! Access lasts 12 months, compared to 6 months for the courses individually.

$299.99 CAD

What parents should do at home

Parents often ask how they can help their child at home. Head shape and neck turning problems resolve faster when they do these things.

Keep this video on hand to show them in your office. Spare yourself some time! Pictures are worth a thousand words. Unlimited access for $24.99

 
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