As a 9-year-old boy with asthma, he struggled to keep up. His symptoms first appeared when he was only two months old. Although many specialists tried multiple medications to treat his pediatric asthma over the years, a cold always triggered asthma. He had pneumonia five times. When he played soccer, even for short time, he was out of breath. In second grade he missed 13 days of school because of asthma.
His mother "couldn't take it anymore." Even with coddling and "cocooning" her son in the winter, he was only getting worse. There were too many sleepless nights and long days of worry.
Then came December 27, 2006, when his mother called on Dr. Barry R. Gillespie for help. After five weeks and seven craniosacral fascial treatments by Dr. Gillespie, the boy's asthma doctor re-examined him. She found his lungs to be clear of any wheezing or other obstructions, and she recommended no need for further medication for his childhood asthma.
One year later, on December 27, 2007, his mother summed up her son's life. "We are so grateful that his asthma hasn't returned and he is free of treatment. A highlight of the turnaround took place on one of the coldest days of the past winter. He chopped wood outside and played football with his dad without a sign of pediatric asthma. This fall his soccer coach (his dad) was amazed at his stamina throughout the game. And this year for the first time he has not missed a day of school."
Asthma is the most common disease in children ("Asthma and Children Fact Sheet" by the American Lung Association, 2004). Some nine million children in America under 18 have been diagnosed with asthma, and the number grew from 3 percent in 1981 to 6 percent in 2002 (from the National Health Interview Survey).
The results for this boy and how they came about through craniosacral fascial therapy appear in "Explore: The Journal Of Science & Healing." The article "Case Study in Pediatric Asthma: The Corrective Aspect of Craniosacral Fascial Therapy" was written by Dr. Gillespie.
"This child is not unusual. In treating asthmatic children like this boy since 1980, I've found that Craniosacral Fascial Therapy reduces and potentially eliminates asthma symptoms," Dr. Gillespie said. "The outcome for asthmatic children who no longer need to live with the effects of this at times life-threatening disease inspires me. I am dedicating my life to helping as many children as I can to become healthier, happier children and adults." A copy of the article and more information about the therapy and about Dr. Gillespie are at http://www.healingyourchild.com.