Craniosacral therapy

CST has proven to be helpful for managing:

• Chronic pain

• Migraine headaches or chronic tension headaches

• Neck pain

• May help minimize the effects from cancer treatment

• Fascial adhesions in various areas of the body

• Post-concussion syndrome

• Fibromyalgia

• Menopause symptoms

• Temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome

What is craniosacral therapy?

 

The fluid that surrounds and cushions your brain is the same fluid that moves around the nerves in your spinal cord. There is constant communication between your brain and nervous system. However, when we have a trauma, whether that’s a physical trauma or an illness, this communication can get interrupted or imbalanced.

 

Using very gentle pressure, usually starting at the base of the head and the sacrum in the low back, the “swish” of fluid can be restored to a balanced flow. This allows the nervous system to communicate with the brain. By relieving tension in the central nervous system, a feeling of well-being, pain reduction, and a boost in immunity are activated.

How does it work?

 

The main focus of CST is gentle pressure that helps release the body’s connective tissue. This connective tissue is called fascia. Fascia covers our organs, glands, nerves, muscles, blood vessels, and the brain and spinal cord. It forms a connective network throughout the body.

 

The body has many ways to maintain homeostasis; sweating, shivering, hunger pangs, etc. Releasing the tension in fascia allows all systems of the body to communicate thus allowing the efficiency of biological processes intrinsic to homeostasis and self-healing.