What is Cranio Sacral Therapy? |
| CranioSacral therapy is a hands-on gentle approach used to evaluate the whole body, detecting and treating where there might be possible structural, emotional and physiological restrictions. If the body is functioning out of synchrony due to any trauma, it could potentially cause many different sensory, motor and neurological disabilities. |
What is the CranioSacral system? |
| It is a self-corrective mechanism composed of brain membranes and cerebrospinal fluid, which extends from the bones of the skull, face and mouth making up the cranium (head), down to the sacrum, or (tailbone) area.
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How is CranioSacral therapy performed? This treatment is best practiced with the client comfortably fully clothed, lying face up, atop a massage table in a quiet and friendly environment. Most of the time the therapist uses 5 grams of pressure (about the weight of a nickel) palpating or touching different parts of the body to evaluate the craniosacral system. |
How does the therapist obtain information?
The therapist monitors the ease of motion and rhythm produced by the cerebral spinal fluid. Valuable information can quickly be obtained by palpating or touching the craniosacral motion (rate, amplitude, symmetry and quality). For example, restrictions or impairments to the body will cause lack of symmetry in the craniosacral system. The normal craniosacral rhythm is approximately about 6 to 12 cycles per minute. It might vary from person to person based on several factors, for instance, physical, physiological or emotional dysfunctions or disorders, in other words, the presence of imbalances in the body in question. |
The craniosacral system is intimately related to, influences and is influenced by:
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*The nervous system
*The musculoskeletal system
*The vascular system
*The lymphatic system
*The endocrine system
*The respiratory system
How does the cerebral spinal fluid move the body?
Cerebral spinal fluid movement will expand or move the bones of the skull or head, face and paired bones of the body, due to the rise in cerebral spinal fluid pressure and production into the area of the ventricular system of the brain. Cranial bones move in between them. It is a fact that the occipital bone (located above the neck) moves simultaneously with the sacral bone (located on the lower back or tailbone).The skull or bones of the head are in constant motion under normal conditions, a medical discovery that was first introduced more than 50 years ago by the Osteopathic profession. |
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Who could benefit from CranioSacral Therapy?
Babies, children ,teenagers, adults and healthy people can benefit from CranioSacral therapy also. It relieve or alleviate medical conditions, such as migraines, headaches, postmenopausal; obsessive compulsive disorders, post traumatic stress; endocrine, neurovascular, and attention-deficit disorder, vision impairments, hearing and memory loss, insomnia, temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), immune and auto-immune diseases, facial paralysis, neuralgias, neuritis, whiplash, motor coordination impairments, chronic stress and tension; pregnancy; orthopedic; pre and post-surgical; prostate; pleural; heart; liver; gall bladder; kidneys; slowed thinking; speech; swallowing or sucking; urogenital; relationship; any chakra related problems, irritability, disorientation, confusion impair abstraction, lack of motivation, apathy, low frustration tolerance, chronic fatigue, depression, addictive behavior, anxiety, paranoid ideation, interpersonal sensitivity, hopelessness, back and neck pain, protuberal fusions, degenerative or rheumatoid arthritis, allergies, scoliosis, scaphosis, lordosis, sciatica, herniated discs, epilepsies, dizziness, morning sickness, fever, acute or chronic pain, abscess, autism, hyper kinetic children, colics, fibromyalgia, blackouts, brain and spinal cords; sports injuries, seizures, dyscalculia, cerebral palsy, sinus trouble, vertigo, constipation, birth traumas caused by forceps or c-section or any other, endometriosis, appendectomy, hysterectomy, lapero, ovarian cyst, cramps from menstrual periods, laminectomy, dysmenorrehea, bronchial asthma, digestion difficulties, implants, pre and pos mastectomy and lumpectomy, thoracic outlet syndrome, pyloric spasm, asthma, irritable bowel, torticollis, among others. |
What Conditions DoesCranioSacral therapy Address
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Migraines and Headaches
Chronic Neck and Back Pain
Stress and Tension Related Problems
Infantile Disorders
Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries
Emotional Difficulties
Chronic Fatigue
Motor Coordination Impairments
Learning Disabilities
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
Central Nervous System Disorders
Orthopedic Problems
Neurovascular or Immune Disorders
Post Surgical Dysfunctions
Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome(TMJ)
Gastro-Intestinal Disorders
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How many treatments might a person need? |
| The number of treatments needed is different from person to person; this depends on how the body responds and the client's health condition. Some people prefer to receive treatments regularly to keep their bodies healthier or to help alleviate a range of illness, pain and dysfunction. CranioSacral therapy can be used alone or in conjunction with other therapies to prevent disease.
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| Think about our body growing like an onion and creating many layers full of events since we were born. Information imprinted in our tissue from any unresolved physical, emotional or physiological trauma that could developed many restrictions that contributed to disease our body. For example, jamming of the head or any other cause can dramatically change or obstruct and ultimately affect our brain membranes showed in this picture below. As a result, these membranes can exert pressure on any of the pair cranial nerves or area of the brain affecting our ability to function on full capacity, then the body will manifest dysfunctions such as, headaches, difficulty to focus or whatever you might experience.
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What is the core intent during CranioSacral therapy? |
| Helping the cranial sacral system, which is a self-corrective mechanism, the therapist facilitates the adaptation ability of this system by:
Creating space between the sutures of the skull; therefore, intracranial membrane system can function with less effort and ultimately we can reduced the restrictions and pressure that intracranial membrane system( meninges ) is producing over the parts of the brain.
Helps to release the restrictions around those sensory nerves and sensory organs, such as inner ear, vestibular system, endolymphatic sac located inside inner ear, proprioception, and audition, visual, tactile and kinesthetic sense
Helps to release the compression over some of the cranial nerves, trigeminal, fascial, glossopharyngeal, vestibulocochlear, oculomotor, trochlear, abducens, optic, olfactory, Hypoglossal and vagus.
Helps to release the restrictions of spinal segments and transverse rings wrapping spinal cord's outer layer ( Dura Matter )of it to have more space in between them
Helps nerve roots to have less pressure from muscle spasm, inter-vertebral discs, connective tissue, fascia alignments, body fluids, efficient communication between brain parts, organs or any of the 22 bones of the head including those structures of the mouth and movement of the organs.
As a result, it will be easier for the body's sensory system to connect more efficiently with the brain's sensory-motor cortex.
The core intent during CranioSacral therapy is to help the cranial sacral system, which is a self-corrective mechanism, to facilitate the adaptation ability by creating space between the sutures of the skull or any of the 22 bones of the head and mouth, connective tissues, brain membranes (meninges) or brain parts, body fluids to flow better, facial system, movement of the organs, etcetera.
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The foundations of CranioSacral therapy
The original concepts for what is now known as the craniosacral system were first developed by osteopathic physician William Southerland in the early part of the 1900's. Dr. Sutherland's studies culminated in a system of treatment known as cranial osteopathy. Another osteopath, John E. Upledger, is credited with developing CranioSacral therapy.
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