B1.3.0 – Cranio Sacral Treatment.
Fundamentally Cranio Sacral Therapy helps remove
trauma from the body. This can be physical trauma,
like a car accident, a fall on the back steps or a difficult
birth.
Trauma can also be emotional like a deep shock,
prolonged unhappiness or witnessing violence.
Trauma leaves an imprint in the body, which over
time can inhibit normal function and cause pain.
In the example of a car accident, the broken bones
and lacerations caused by the accident will heal within
a matter of months, but the physical after-effects can
go on for years. This is because the crash leaves a deep
but subtle imprint in the body. Over time these
imprinted patterns of restriction can inhibit the body’s
natural function causing an array of symptoms, which
progressively worsen.
The body tries to release these patterns of restriction
from the moment they are imprinted. Under the right
circumstances it can spontaneously free itself of these
restrictive patterns, but if the imprint is too intense it
overwhelms the body’s ability to effect a release.
Cranio Sacral therapy works with this naturally occurring
release mechanism, inducing the ‘right’ circumstances
under which a natural release occurs.
With emotional trauma, the process of imprinting a
restriction pattern happens in the same way. An intense
emotional trauma can be imprinted in the body leaving
restrictions, which can cause significant physical problems.
Treatment
There are two aspects to the process of Cranio Sacral
treatment. The first is to locate the primary restriction
causing the problem. The second is to encourage this
restriction to release.
We use highly refined palpatory skills to perceive areas
of restriction. Palpation is defined as ‘examining by touch’
or ‘listening with the hands’. It relates to how things feel
with your hands.
Rather than pushing or manipulating the body into a set
or ‘correct’ position, we use techniques to assist the body
to release its own restrictions.
When restrictions are released in this way they are gone
for good. Once a treatment program is complete there
are no follow up or maintenance programs.
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Hi,I would like to thankyou for the opportunity to learn more about CST, As i am a 5th year osteopathic student i feel this will help my knowlegde and palpation skills.
Can i learn cranio sacral therapy just to help other without any medical degree.
very interesting material
I absolutely love this information. This is what I’m practicing and its actually working very well! Each day I read and reread information on CST and its amazing what I have learned.