CranioSacral Therapy Blog
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What does a CranioSacral session with an Infant look like?
When I work with an infant, I start by laying the baby on his or her back and taking a photo – this is for the family and myself only – I will ask the family if I want to use the photo for teaching or on my website. The object of the photo is so what…
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What does a CranioSacral session look like?
The answer is different depending on age. Starting with an adult – after arriving at my office, there is the obligatory paperwork. Once that is complete, I will invite you to get onto the table – fully dressed. I have blankets available if you get cold – this commonly occurs when our body is at rest. …
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CranioSacral Therapy for Tongue Tie: Why It Matters Before and After Release
We are hearing and reading about Ankyloglossia otherwise known as tongue tie everywhere we turn. What is Ankyloglossia and why should we care? There is a piece of skin under the tongue that is called a frenulum – we all have them. In the mouth, there is one also under the upper the lower lips and…
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How CranioSacral Therapy Helped A Baby’s Torticollis
Torticollis – also known as “wryneck” is a condition in which an infant, child or adult either has difficulty or is unable to fully rotate their neck fully. In infants, parents often report that their baby’s head is always facing in one direction. Sometimes they have feeding difficulties at one breast only or will feed only…
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Why Your Shoulder Pain Might Start at Your Knee | CranioSacral Therapy
Why when it is my shoulder that hurts are you spending so much time at my knee? Bio tensegrity – In the mid 1970’s Dr. Stephen Levin applied Buckminster Fuller’s insights into biology showing how fascia and bone form a continuous tensegral network in living organisms. Bio tensegrity views the body as a living self-stabilizing dome of…
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How CranioSacral Therapy Calms Your Nervous System
One of the known benefits of CranioSacral therapy is its ability to help the body to calm and reset – We have excellent research that was done with firefighters for whom being in a state of flight and fright is almost fundamental. One study showed that a single session induced faster recovery of heart rate…
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What differentiates CranioSacral therapy from other modalities?
I am often asked how CranioSacral therapy is different than other modalities. Every modality has it own process for working and we each have something to contribute. My training is CranioSacral therapy therefore it is the only one that I am qualified to speak of. The following is not meant to be a comprehensive listing…
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The Vagus Nerve and Ankyloglossia
The “vagus nerve contains 75% of the parasympathetic nervous system’s fibers.” (1) “Vagal tone is correlated with the capacity to regulate stress” (2) It is the nerve of “rest and digest”“Compression or traction of the fascial sleeve of the vagus nerve, can result in an alteration in vagal “tone“or autonomic dysfunction.” (3) The vagus nerve…
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The importance of CranioSacral Therapy when there is a Tongue-Tie
Ankyloglossia, commonly known as Tongue-Tie, can put strain on the whole body. When you are told that your little one has a tongue or tongue and lip tie most providers strongly recommend that you arrange for CranioSacral therapy before the release. Some recommend trying CranioSacral therapy as a first step to see what improvement can…
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Just not feeling your best?
All of life’s events affect us on many levels… We know about bones and muscles getting bruised or injured. Athletes are trained that muscles have memory and therefore they need to change their routines and work muscles differently if they want to become stronger or more flexible. Your tissues and cells have a memory too….
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Post Car Accident
Have you had a car accident and found that you are just not “quite right”… you saw a regular physician, maybe a physical therapist if necessary, maybe a chiropractor and still feeling as if you are not as you were before? You may well not be; tissues and cells have memory – just as your…
