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Craniosacral Therapy.
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Craniosacral therapy is a gentle yet powerful non-invasive therapy that can help a multitude of problems and often produces impressive results in cases where western medicine can offer no cure. It is particularly useful in treating children with learning difficulties and/or behavioural problems and in treating speech problems, seizures, head and spinal injuries, nervous system disorders, obstetrical problems, ear complaints and muscle/bone injuries.
The cranium is the collection of bone housing the brain (the skull) and the sacral area of the body refers to the lower parts of the skeletal system especially sacrum and pelvic regions. When it first began, craniosacral therapy concentrated its treatment on the cranial and sacral regions only. Now it has been discovered that its techniques also work on the trunk, neck and extremities too.
To understand how it works imagine you have a boat on one side of a canal and you would like to move it to the other side of the canal. One method would be to use a crane or pulley system to pull it across with force- this can be likened to osteopathy. Alternatively, using just your own power, you can gently push the boat and allow momentum to gently carry it across- this is craniosacral therapy. Its subtle and gentle techniques are used to manipulate and balance the cranial bones, meningeal membranes, cerebrospinal fluid, the intracranial vascular system and the whole of the body connective tissues.
A craniosacral therapist learns acute listening skills that enable him or her to perceive the subtle motions of the body. When a therapist places their hands on a patient, they "listen" to the body. The body has three major rhythms. First the therapist senses the breathing of the patient. They notice this and then put it out of their minds. Then they sense the pulse of the blood flowing through the veins and arteries. They notice this too and then put it out of their minds. Then they sense the pulse of cerebrospinal fluid through the body and this is the rhythm they diagnose with. The normal rate of craniosacral rhythm (cerebrospinal fluid) in humans is between 6 and 12 cycles per minute. This means that the body has a subtle movement of contraction and elongation that occurs every 5-10 seconds. A craniosacral therapist uses various techniques to make sure that this flow is free throughout the body to restore inner balance and harmony
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