CRANIO - SACRAL THERAPY
WHAT IS CRANIO-SACRAL THERAPY? Cranio-Sacral Therapy is a non-invasive technique used by accredited therapists to assess and treat restrictions and altered patterns of cerebrospinal fluid flow.

Restrictions are caused by physical or emotional traumas. For instance, neck injuries from a car accident are locked into the body. So are sports injuries, accidental falls or birth complications such as forceps deliveries. Emotional traumas are also stored. The events are essentially "frozen" into our bodies until they are released.
• The brain produces a fluid, which circulates within the head and up and down the spine. This is called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). There is a rhythm, or pulse, created by the pumping of this fluid (like the pulse from our circulatory system, but much fainter).
   
• The bones throughout our bodies are in continual motion as the CSF is pumped. The cranial sacral rhythm is detected through the palpation of the bones. Each bone has its own natural movement. When a particular bone has a non-normal movement, it indicates that there is a restriction in the flow of CSF.
   
• All the nerves in our body originate somewhere along this path from the brain down the spinal cord. If there is impedance to the flow of the CSF, then it can be felt as pain anywhere in the body.
   
• The practitioner is trained to detect tiny variations in movement as well as to perform techniques, which will free up the flow.
   
• Outwardly, the treatment can seem very passive and uneventful. Many of the movements are imperceptible to the recipient on a conscious level. People vary in their sensitivity to their body and its sensations. Some people experience emotions, memories, physical sensations, and insights into patterns or problems in their lives.
   
• Other people feel like they've gone to sleep. Regardless of what the conscious mind thinks, this work taps into the nervous system and subconscious levels that can have profound impacts. It is not uncommon for people to feel exhausted a few hours after a treatment.