Craniosacral Therapy
A Typical Session A normal session takes about 1 hour. During a typical session you rest fullyclothed on a massage table while the therapist monitors your Craniosacral rhythm with their hands. The therapist conducts a gentle assessment and corrects the sources of pain and dysfunction using gentle manipulative techniques. Rather than deciding how these changes should be made, the therapist follows cues from the body on how to proceed. When the therapist follows this gentle approach, the method is extremely safe and effective. This sets the stage for your body to most efficiently use its own power to heal. Because the body exerts considerable energy to adapt to its restrictions, most people find the sessions to be deeply relaxing. Many patients believe that life is difficult and healing is painful. Craniosacral Therapy helps them let go of that belief. The healing process can be much more gentle and subtle. Craniosacral Therapy provides a new healthcare option - one that uses a gentle approach working with the body. By following the body's lead, the Craniosacral practitioner often can uncover the source of pain or dysfunction that can open the path to wellness.
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A new healthcare option
The Craniosacral System The Craniosacral system consists of the membranes and fluid that surround and support the brain and spinal cord. It extends from the bones of the head (cranium) down to the bones at the base of the spine (sacrum). The fluid within the membranes is continuously draining and refilling. The draining and filling creates gentle, rhythmic, expanding and contracting movements that can be felt anywhere in the body by the trained therapist.
How CST Works
The CST practitioner works with the patient to assist the body's selfcorrecting mechanisms. Generally using about five grams of pressure, or about the weight of a nickel, the practitioner evaluates the body's Craniosacral system.
Benefits of CST
Craniosacral Therapy has been shown to alleviate a range of conditions, including: infantile disorders, colic traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries migraine headaches
The CST practitioner essentially helps the body release restrictions - which it has been unable to overcome on its own - that inhibit the body's normal, self-correcting tendencies.
chronic fatigue motor-coordination impairments chronic neck and back pain scoliosis
These movements are the Craniosacral rhythm. They occur at a rate of about six to twelve complete cycles per minute. Since the brain and spinal cord are contained with the central nervous system, it is easy to see that the Craniosacral system has powerful influence over a wide variety of bodily functions. The therapist gains valuable information about where the body would most benefit from change by monitoring the Craniosacral rhythm. The source of pain isn't always obvious.
While the focus of CST is to uncover the source of the problem, symptom relief also is achieved. The length of time and number of sessions needed is extremely variable and depends, among other factors, on the complex layers of injury and trauma that may mask the original cause of the problem as well as the body's defense mechanisms Due to its gentleness and effectiveness, many people include Craniosacral Therapy as a component in their personal wellness program. They report having more energy, sleeping better and being sick less often.
central nervous system disorders emotional difficulties temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), learning disabilities stress and tension-related problems post-traumatic stress disorder and Orthopedic problems. The few contraindications to Craniosacral Therapy are aneurysm, intracranial hemorrhage, and other conditions where altering intracranial fluid pressure is not recommended.
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