The Benefits of CranioSacral Therapy

How can CranioSacral help me?

Because it acts on the deepest structures and organs of the nervous system, CranioSacral Therapy influences motor, pain and coordination mechanisms, the digestive system, the respiratory system, heart function and the endocrine system. Receiving CranioSacral Therapy tends to be very relaxing, and indeed positively pleasurable.

CranioSacral Therapy has been effective for medical problems including:

• Migraine headaches,
• motor co-ordination difficulties,
• chronic neck and back pain,
• stress and tension-related problems,
• orthopaedic problems,
• fibromyalgia and other connective tissue disorders,
• chronic fatigue,
• insomnia,
• allergies,
• traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries,
• preparation and recovery from surgery,
• healing of broken bones,
• emotional difficulties,
• central nervous system disorders,
• eating disorders,
• neurovascular or immune disorders,
• immune problems,
• stomach illnesses, including Chrons, IBS, diverticulitis, etc,
• post-traumatic stress disorder,
• autism, and learning disabilities including ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia
  Also recommended for treating baby colic, reflux and sleeping disorders and other infant related conditions.

What does a treatment involve?

 CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle, non-invasive manipulative technique. Examination is performed by testing for restrictions of movement in various parts of the CranioSacral system and the body. It is possible to feel for the CranioSacral system anywhere on the body, the easiest places being via the bones of the skull, sacrum and coccyx. Then during treatment the therapist applies a gentle pressure, rarely more than five grams or the equivalent weight of a 1 Shekel coin, to relieve and remove the restrictions, thus enabling the system to self-correct.
   During most treatments the client will lie down on their back, however if this is not possible seated treatment is also possible.

How long does a session last?

 A typical session for an adult is for one hour, but can last for longer. For a baby, infant or young child under the age of 7 years old half an hour is usually preferred.

 What will I feel?

 Often a person will feel light and relaxed. At times the client may also feel a release of tension in their body, heat in areas of the body being treated, lightness in joints or bones, sometimes their may also be a feeling of tension in areas of the body which are being treated until a release is achieved. On occasion people have been known to fall asleep or to feel nothing at all – although this does not mean that healing is not occurring.
 
 How many treatments will I need?

 As mentioned above everyone reacts to tension, injury and trauma in a different way and so even two people who have the same illness may need different lengths of treatment. It is usually for there to be a noticeable improvement in a persons functioning within one or two sessions, but it can take longer, depending on the state of health, discomfort and suffering associated with the condition. Sometimes the changes may only be subtle or take a while to be noticed. To achieve complete healing will depend on the condition and how quickly the client’s body is able to heal itself, which may be from two sessions to several months.

 What will happen afterwards?

 After a session of CST a person may feel invigorated and energized, light headed for a short time, or exactly as they did before, depending on the type of work that needs to be done. A person can also feel relaxed and at ease, happier and positive, limbs may feel freed up with a need to stretch. Often toxins (such as caffeine, cigarette smoke, drug medication which may have been taken in the past, etc.) which have been stored up in the body for cause of this. To combat this it is recommended that people drink extra water or fruit juices for a day or two after a session  to help the body rid itself of these toxins. Due to the releases of tension in body tissue achieved during treatments people may also sense that their body feels different after a session. This is usually because the body is now better aligned than it had been before the treatment.

"RELIEF - that is the word that comes to mind when I think of my visit to Daniel Tarlow. Relief from back pain..... Relief that the treatment was so gentle"  H.S. Elazar

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