Craniosacral Therapy

Eight year old, Jenny has tantrums over every little thing, she refuses to cooperate with her parents and she barely talks. Jenny was diagnosed with a learning and behavioral disorder when she was two. Since then, her parents have struggled to cope with her condition. Every day is a battle to get her to go to school, behave appropriately and not hit other children, and cooperate with what they tell her to do. Her parents have tried to put her on medication, taken her to speech therapy, and sent her to a lot of different doctors. Nothing has helped make their lives any easier. Desperate to try anything that could possibly help; they decide to learn more about an alternative healing method, called craniosacral therapy, they heard about from a friend. Jenny attends one session for an hour and another session the following week. After just two weeks, her parents see changes in her behavior. Her tantrums have decreased and she is starting to show behavioral improvements in school. Many people have never heard of this type of treatment and know nothing about its amazing effects. Craniosacral therapy is a gentle and safe method of touch therapy used to reduce the symptoms and improve the behavior of those with autism, ADD, ADHD and other learning disabilities.

During the early 1900’s, William Sutherland, became fascinated with the design of the human skull. He believed that the bones in the cranium move in relation to each other. Through self-experiment, he was able to feel a certain rhythmic motion of the cerebrospinal fluid, which he called the craniosacral rhythm. (1) Based off of Sutherland’s work, John Upledger, an osteopathic physician, studied the craniosacral rhythm in depth. During 1975-1983, he continued to s...

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... towards a large variety of mental, physical and behavioral disorders. It is done by a trained profession who uses a light touch to locate the craniosacral rhythm and create more motion in areas of the body with restrictions. This can increase the functioning of the central nervous system. With autistic people, craniosacral therapy does not cure the disorder, but it can reduce the symptoms and behavioral problems that it is associated with. This therapy can completely alleviate the symptoms of a person with ADHD, ridding the person of the entire disorder, in most cases. In order to further prove the effectiveness of craniosacral therapy, there needs to be more large scale researches and studies. By educating people about the effectiveness about this therapy, it could be used to help many people reduce the symptoms of their disorder and improve their lives.