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Craniosacral therapy manipulates the bones of the skull to treat a range of conditions. Various forms of cranial manipulation have been used to improve overall body functioning.

Within the human body there exists an important rhythm, the craniosacral rhythm, that results from the increase and decrease in the voume of cerebrospinal fluid within and around the craniosacral system. This system consists of the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system), the cerebrospinal fluid that lubricates the brain and spinal cord, the surrounding meninges (membranes), and the bones of the spine and skull that house these membranes.

The human Life Force (a.k.a. "breath of life"), which is the main fixture in healing, is said to be transported via the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to all the tissues of the body. Thus, this fluid is involved in the healing of all of the major organs and organ systems of the body. An increase in the craniosacral fluid pressure, resulting from the filtering of the fluid from the bloodstream to the craniosacral system, causes the movement and vibration of the cranial bones of the skull. The only time that the cerebrospinal fluid pressure decreases is when the fluid is reabsorbed into the bloodstream through the inner membranes of the brain. This decrease in fluid pressure, in turn, allows the bones to return to their original position.

Maintenance of proper functioning of the craniosacral system may be the key to promoting homeostasis. Furthermore, this system may be the most important body system in regards to ensuring health because the disruption of this system filters down and eventually affects all of the body's vital rhythms (e.g. cardiac rhythm and respiratory rhythm). The purpose of craniosacral therapy, quite simply, is to enhance the functioning of this system by examining the movement of the bones of the system, locating restriction points that result from injury, and by monitoring and manipulating the energy manifestation of the anterior portion of the human being.

Craniosacral therapy is "holistic" because it tries to prevent illness and dysfunction by viewing the entire body as a whole. It attempts to cater to the physical, mental, and emotional needs of the patient.

 

Method:

The goal of craniosacral therapy is to determine the cause of a particular condition or conditions and to eliminate it; not necessarily to alleviate all of the symptoms or ailments that a person is enduring immediately.

Craniosacral practitioners listen to the subtle rhythms and pulsations of the craniosacral system. This deep listening enables them to hear the expression of the body's patterns of stress and resistance. Craniosacral therapy does not, per se, heal the patient itself; rather, it facilitates, encourages, and thereby elicits the body's own innate healing mechanisms to act accordingly.

In addition, the cranial therapist monitors the wavelike motion of the cerebrospinal fluid's changes in pressure to determine any restriction or dysfunction. He or she feels the motion of the craniosacral system and diagnoses the movement of the system by locating critical points of restriction in the cranium. These restrictions result from injury, inflexibility of the joints of the spine and cranium, or from dysfunctions in other parts of the body. The abnormal motion in the craniosacral system, which the restrictions cause, can contribute to poor health and dysfunction throughout the body, but particularly in the brain and spinal cord.

There are three separate approaches to craniosacral therapy: sultural, meningeal, and reflex. These three approaches are, for the most part, very similar. However, they do differ slightly in their approach to craniosacral therapy.