Cranial Sacral Therapy

Last weekend Kathleen took a Cranial Sacral Therapy (CST) Course. During the course she learned the basics of CST, and can now incorporate them with Massage Therapy to help improve overall health.

History of CST: At the start of the 1900’s, an osteopathy student, William Sutherland, who was taught that our cranial bones were fused together and did not move, had discovered, during examining a set of cranial bones, that the cranial bones were easily separated and the sutures (joints) looked like the gills of a fish. So Dr. Sutherland started experimenting with his own skull to try and prove that what he was taught was right. During his experiments he discovered that the cranial bones do in fact move, and therefore can be manipulated. While assisting a neurosurgeon in the removal of a plaque on the spinal cord membrane of a patient, Dr. John Upledger noticed a pulsating that was slower than cardiac pulse and respiratory pulse, and is known now as craniosacral rhythm. Dr. Upledger then further developed Dr. Sutherland’s observations and incorporated them into his treatments, he now calls Craniosacral Therapy.

What is CST: Cranial Sacral Therapy is a gentle, manual therapy that helps release deep tension throughout the body that causes pain and dysfunction in turn improving whole body health. By using a very light touch (no greater than the weight of a nickel) Practitioners can release restrictions in the soft tissues surrounding the central nervous system.

What to except during a CST treatment: The therapist places the hands lightly on the body and tunes into the Cranial Sacral system to release restrictions. The client may feel a sense of relaxation or light headedness, or may feel nothing at all.

So drop by the clinic and try some Cranial Sacral Therapy with Kathleen.