CranioSacral Therapy (CST)
CranioSacral Therapy is a light-touch approach that can create dramatic improvements in your life. It releases fascial tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction, and improve whole-body health and performance.
Few body structures have more influence over your health and well-being than your central nervous system. And few body systems have more impact on your central nervous system than the craniosacral system — the soft tissues and fluid that protect your brain and spinal cord.
Why is CranioSacral Therapy so Important?
You endure stresses and strains, and your body absorbs them. But your body can only handle so much tension before tissues begin to tighten, and potentially affect the brain and spinal cord. Unfortunately, this can compromise the function of the central nervous system and nearly every other system in your body.
CranioSacral Therapy releases those tensions to allow the entire body to relax and self-correct. Using gentle touch, starting with about the weight of a nickel, practitioners evaluate you for strain patterns. Then they use distinctive light-tough techniques to release any restrictions they find.
By freeing the central nervous system to perform at its best, CST has been shown to naturally reduce pain and stress, strengthen your resistance to disease, and enhance your health and well-being. And because it’s so gentle and non-demanding, CST has been shown to be effective for all ages, from newborns to elders.
What Can I Expect From a Session?
A typical CranioSacral Therapy session takes place in a quiet, private setting. You remain fully clothed as you relax on a comfortable, padded table. Your therapist begins with gentle hands-on evaluation of the head and various parts of the body to monitor the rhythm of the fluid that is flowing around your central nervous system.
By carefully listening with the hands to locate areas of weak fluid flow or tissue motion, your practitioner can trace those areas of weakness through the body to the original source of dysfunction.
Delicate manual techniques are then used to release those problem areas, and improve the form and function of your central nervous system. A CranioSacral Therapy session can last up to an hour or more. It can be used alone or integrated with other therapies to facilitate powerful changes.
What you experience from your own session is highly individual. The sessions are generally deeply relaxing, creating feelings of warmth or gentle pulsing in the areas the therapist is working on.
The Body is a Self-Correcting Mechanism.
There is an innate ability of the human body to heal itself. Some practitioners refer to this as the Inner Physician. When the skin is lacerated, this self-correcting mechanism responds with an elaborate process to close the skin. Immune responses are also indicative of the body’s self healing abilities. CranioSacral Therapy involves facilitating or enhancing the body’s own natural capacity to heal when trauma or disease processes become overwhelming for the system.
“People have a belief that life is difficult and healing is painful. CranioSacral Therapy helps them let go of that belief. The healing process can be much more gentle and subtle.”
-S.H., Abbeville, LA
How Can CranioSacral Therapy Help?
CranioSacral Therapy is a multidimensional therapy: physical in technique, energetic in sensitivity and deeply holistic in intention. Simply, it improves your body’s ability to take better care of you. It has been shown to help people with a full spectrum of pain and dysfunction, including:
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Migraines and Headaches
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Chronic Neck and Back Pain
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Stress and Tension-Related Disorders
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Motor-Coordination Impairments
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Immune Disorders
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Post-Concussion Symptoms
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Chronic Fatigue
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Fibromyalgia
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TMJ Syndrome
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Scoliosis
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Central Nervous System Disorders
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Learning Differences, ADD, ADHD
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Alzheimer's
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Orthopedic Problems
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Cancer Treatment Support
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And Many Other Conditions
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