Brain Therapy is a unique integration of craniosacral therapy along with TMJ-dental and fascial therapies for improved health

About Dr. Barry R. Gillespie

Here you’ll discover how my quest to improve my own health led to the seminar “Brain Therapy for Children and Adults.”

My journey began with damaging conditions as a child. And today my discoveries can improve the pediatric and adult health care systems in the area of chronic illness. That’s my mission.

My Conditions

I experienced sinus congestions, earaches, throat ailments, eye problems, and learning difficulties when I was a child. My reading comprehension was especially poor, and I also found it difficult to put my thoughts clearly and logically into words.

Around the time I graduated from dental and periodontal schools, I had headaches and constant sinus infections. Eventually, I was diagnosed with scoliosis.

My Quest

At the age of 30 I made it the primary goal in my life to become physically healthy. While examining every possible avenue that could result in physical well-being, my search led me to:

• a healthy diet
• principles for healthy living, and
• the integration of the therapies that form “Brain Therapy for Children and Adults.”

A Healthy Diet

All twelve of my closest relatives had died or were suffering from cardiovascular disease. I concluded that poor food choices were clearly a major factor, and positive dietary changes would play a vital role in determining the ultimate success of my personal quest for physical well-being.

So in my search for good health I dramatically altered my dietary regimen.

Over a three-year period in the 1970s I eliminated the following items from my diet in a step-by-step manner: sugar and artificial sweeteners, processed foods, salt, meat, dairy, and all animal products.

The Outcome: More Energy and the Disappearance of my Sinus Infections

Healthy Living Practices

I began practicing healthy living principles by eliminating all medications, cutting out alcohol consumption, and drinking spring water. I stretched my body for exercise, rested my body for healing, and continued to follow the guidelines established in Chapter 5 of Healing Your Child.

Craniosacral Therapy

When I stopped taking all medications in 1976, I could not avoid my headache problem any longer and had to search for a solution. Solving the incessant pain became a top priority in my life.

And that’s how I came to craniosacral therapy — a non-invasive painless therapy that gently loosens and realigns the skull and sacral bones.

Observing this technique for the first time, I saw the caregiver simply hold the patient’s head without doing anything. I felt very certain that cranial manipulation could not possibly help me.

Yet, as a chronic headache sufferer, I was willing to try anything to get relief. And, reluctantly, I submitted myself to therapy . . .

The Outcome: Headache Pain Eliminated

After evaluating the results of almost 2000 of my patients, I am convinced that a healthy craniosacral mechanism is a key element in attaining physical well-being.

Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy

In 1980 I consulted a doctor for back strain who diagnosed my curvature of the spine as scoliosis. When I asked what corrective therapy was available, he replied,

“At thirty-four years of age, this is an incurable condition. You just have to live with it.”

Having found therapy for my headache and sinus problems, I knew there must be an answer for scoliosis. If my spine was curved, I hypothesized, maybe tight muscles were pulling it out of alignment.

No doctor had ever checked my muscles, so in 1980 I consulted a Pfrimmer deep muscle therapist. He did find that chronic muscle tightness (rigidity) was pulling my body structures out of alignment. He began manipulative therapy to loosen or release the muscles and initiate correction of my scoliosis.

Myofascial Release Therapy

In 1984 I was introduced to myofascial release therapy, which involves working with the body’s fascia. The fascia (not facial or of the face) is a layer of tissue analogous to plastic wrap that fuses with the muscle tissue.

Fascia forms a weblike structure that attaches to every structure in the body. It can become distorted and rigid from trauma and inflammation, causing tension and pain.

I underwent treatment, and later used the concepts to treat my own patients.

The Result: Almost All Of My Scoliosis Corrected

The combination of muscle and fascial therapies gradually corrected almost all my scoliosis, and my spine and body structures are now normal.

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