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Craniosacral Therapy
Stress and trauma to our nervous system causes radical shifts in our bones. Craniosacral work moves bones back into
their natural motion or "Rhythm", the way they were meant to move and were moving prior to trauma. Stress and trauma
to the nervous system due to emotional trauma (divorce/Death in family) or physical trauma (ski accident/car accident)
is what causes the bones to shift out of their natural rhythm.
Your central nervous system may be out of balance if you suffer from Headaches/ Migraines, TMJ (jaw) pain, Teeth
grinding, Sciatica, Attention Deficit Disorder(ADD), Depression, Insomnia, Hormonal imbalances and many other stress related symptoms.
Subtle techniques are used to move the cranial bones and the sacrum bone. A specific TMJ protocol is used to
relieve jaw pain and TMJ symptoms. Cranial osteopathy is not aggressive. It does not try to move the immovable.
Cranial work is the gentle process of allowing the respiratory system, (our breath) adjust the membranes of the
internal cranial vault. Eight cranial and fourteen facial bones must articulate with each other so that all work
together in harmony. Sutures (where cranial bones join each other) tie the cranial vault together and are lined
by the tension membranes. Left and right membranes must be equal or at least they must synchronize with each
other. All structures must be supplied with blood. Our jaw bone (mandible) articulation (the TMJ: temporomandibular
joint) must be aligned for chewing food. The brain is the controller and with the hormonal system the coordinator of all such activities.
When the central nervous system is overloaded due to stress and we are unable to sleep or digest food or eliminate
properly, Craniosacral therapy is used to identify and help the body change core patterns contributing to chronic
pain. The body has an innate ability to heal itself, this therapy aids in the healing process.
Craniosacral therapy is performed on a table with the cranial therapist using a very light touch (about the weight
of a dime) to feel how the cranial wave (fluid surrounding the brain) is moving. The rhythmic motion of the cranial
wave is normally six to twelve cycles per minute. When a patient experiences trauma to the body from a car accident,
ski accident, etc., the cranial wave is dysfunctional. The balance of your Craniosacral system affects the core of
your being, motor functions, learning patterns, emotions, and ways of perceiving the world.
A Cranial Subluxation is a condition where movement of cranial plates at the sutures is reduced or
absent. Like vertebral (spinal) subluxations, cranial subluxations cause health problems due to nerve pressure.
The cranium houses and protects the very delicate tissue of the brain.Until the mid 1970's, our
understanding of the human cranium was derived from post mortem autopsy studies. These studies concluded
that there is no movement between the plate-like bones that make up the cranium. It was believed that these
plates fuse in early adulthood. With the development in the 1970's of an x-ray technique called
cinema-roentgenography, we were able for the first time to view the movement of cranial bones in living subjects!
Cranial Sutures which are represented by the lines that you see on the skull, are actually joints, as
are your knees or elbows. In healthy individuals, the bones of the cranium make subtle, almost imperceptible movements.
The proper movement of cranial bones is critical to proper brain function. This proper movement allows the
normal brain to expand and contract as necessary thereby preventing an increase in intracranial pressure
(nerve pressure). An increase in cranial pressure can cause a disruption of proper brain function due to
increased nerve pressure to the delicate brain tissue.
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