BIRTH
During birth a baby withstands enormous pressure. With each contraction, it’s body adjusts as needed, the membranes and small plates of bone in the cranium moving to accommodate the pressure. Even with the easiest of births the membranes of the skull can be restricted, setting the mould for growing bones to follow.
Not all births are easy. Sometimes, while still in the birth canal, the baby can feel the steely grip of forceps pulling it into the world before it is ready, or a suction cap dragging the soft head forward.
The umbilical cord can be wrapped around the neck, choking and tightening with the baby stuck and unable to do anything. Babies can strain for hours, head locked into the pelvis but unable to go any further, before their world is punctured by the Caesarean scalpel, causing sudden depressurisation, like a deep sea diver catapulted to the surface.
The body has a great capacity to absorb trauma and adjust as needed. A baby’s body is soft and pliable, giving it the best chance to withstand the rigours of birth. Once the baby is born the membranes of the cranium must reshape themselves after being pushed and compressed.
Restrictions and misalignment of cranial bones can remain throughout life. The full impact may not be evident until many years later as anxiety. How a person responds to the birth process is different in each case. For some people the birth process in itself can set up a pattern of restriction which causes anxiety.
TRAUMA
Emotionally traumatic events can leave deep patterns of restriction in the cranio sacral system which can manifest as anxiety.
Physical trauma to the middle of the back can lead to overstimulation of the adrenal glands. This excess adrenalins in the persons system can lead to an constant state of ‘fight or flight’.
