Category Archives: CranioSacral Therapy Information

Video: Dr. John E. Upledger’s Congressional testimony

This video contains Dr. John E. Upledger testifying before Congress about autism,  CST and his comments linking vaccines to autism.

Witnesses testified about a theory that routine vaccinations may cause autism in a growing number of children. Parents spoke about their experiences with their own autistic children. Medical experts and researchers then testified about the scientific evidence of a link between vaccines and autism, often disagreeing on whether a causal link existed

Parents, clients and therapists discuss the benefits of CranioSacral Therapy

This is a very important study about the use of CranioSacral therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorders! Have you tried CranioSacral Therapy?

From the study’s extract:

The objectives of this preliminary study were to explore: the use of CranioSacral Therapy for persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder, the demographics of participants, and the retrospective interpretation of reported changes related to the intervention. Participants included therapists, parents, and clients.

Read the full study at the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies ….

Historical concepts, treatment strategies and clinical experiences in three patients with SSADH deficiency

From ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:

This paper is a review of clinical experiences providing developmental therapy services for three boys diagnosed with paediatric neurotransmitter disease.

The clinical presentation of paediatric neurotransmitter diseases might parallel other diagnostic characteristics seen in a typical paediatric therapy clinic (i.e. hypotonia, motor and cognitive delays, coordination, expressive speech, and ocular motor difficulties.) From the clinical perspective of the author, sensory integrative function is but one aspect of a thorough evaluation and treatment plan for all patients.

The manifestations of sensory integration dysfunction (SID), also known as sensory processing dysfunction (SPD), can occur alone or be concurrent with a variety of known medical, behavioural and neurological diagnoses. These manifestations of SPD can include, but are not limited to: hypotonia, hyperactivity, irritability, distractibility, attention difficulties, learning difficulties, clumsiness and incoordination, instability, poor motor skills, social-emotional difficulties, and behavioural problems.

This paper summarizes the theory and practice applications of sensory integration. The author discusses clinical experiences providing occupational therapy services utilizing sensory integration methods and strategies with clients who were eventually diagnosed with SSADH deficiency.

Read the entire study paper …

The Art and Science of CranioSacral Therapy

This is a very interesting article … Makes ya go hmmmm….

We have anatomical terms that help give credibility but there’s a lot that can’t be explained in a satisfactory way to people who want hard science. Let’s face it, there’s a fair bit of Mystery that informs our work no matter how much we try to cloak it in anatomy and physiology.

It doesn’t mean craniosacral isn’t effective. It doesn’t mean we don’t get results. Perhaps it means we’ve been too busy actually doing the work to take the time to figure out the why behind it.

Read the full article at AnatomyConversations.com …

Six Ways CranioSacral Therapy Facilitates Brain Health

From Massage Magazine:

A primary focus of CranioSacral Therapy is to gently lessen the body’s connective tissue strain and decrease meningeal stress. CranioSacral Therapy is based partly on the theory that certain light-touch manual techniques can help relieve cell stress and improve health by enhancing the form and balance of the connective tissue matrix, in particular connective tissue layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

Read the full article at MassageMag.com …

Recent research reveals the restful benefits of craniosacral therapy 

Do you or anyone you know have trouble sleeping? If so, pass along this great article from Spirituality & Health:

Craniosacral therapy is known to treat a myriad of problems including sleep disturbances. Honolulu based craniosacral therapist Valerie Collins explains that, “the light-touch approach of craniosacral therapy helps to calm the body by enabling the client to enter into a state of deep relaxation, similar to meditation.” But it doesn’t just help induce relaxation and improve sleep; it’s touted as healing everything from headaches to learning disabilities.

Read the full article at Spirituality & Health …