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HOW WAS THIS GENTLE THERAPY DEVELOPED?

CranioSacral Therapy was developed by Dr. John Epledger, an osteopathic physician featured in TIME Magizine as one of America's next wave of innovators.


​From 1975 to 1983, Dr. Upledger was a professor of biomechanics at the college of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University. While he was there he led a team of anatomists, physiologists, biophysicists and bioengineers who performed and published the clinical research that formed the basis for the approach he named CranioSacral Therapy.


In 1985, Dr. Upledger founded The Upledger Institute to teach people worldwide about the value of this effective apporach. More than 80,000 therapists have since been trained in CranioSacral Therapy.

"Many people have a belief that life is difficult and healing is painful. CranioSacral Therapy helps them let go of that belief. The healing process can be much more gentle and subtle."

- S. Hollier, PT

CranioSacral Therapy

The Healing Power of a Gentle Touch

CranioSacral Therapy improves your body's ability to take better care of you. It helps relieve a full spectrum of pain, illness and dysfunction, including:


  • Migraines and Headaches
  • Chronic Neck and Back Pain
  • Stress and Tension-Related Disorders
  • Motor-Coordination Impairments
  • Infant and Childhood Disorders
  • Brain and Spinal Chord Injuries
  • Chronic Fatigue
  • Fibromyalgia
  • TMJ Syndrome
  • Scoliosis
  • Central Nervous System Disorders
  • Learning Disabilities
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Orthopedic Problems
  • And Many Other Conditions​

WHAT CONDITIONS DOES CST ADDRESS?

WHY IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY SO IMPORTANT?

CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is a light-tough approach that can create dramatic improvements in your life. It releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole-body health and performance.

Few body structures have more influence over your health and well-being than your central nervous system. Few body systems have more impact on your central nervous system than the craniosacral system - the soft tissues and fluid that protect your brain and spinal cord. Unfortunately, this can compromise the function of the central nervous system - and the performance of nearly every other system in your body.

CranioSacral Therapy releases those tensions to allow the entire body to relax and self-correct. Using a gentle touch - starting with about the weight of a nickle - practitioners evaluate your internal environment. Then they use distinctive, light-touch techniques to release any restrictions they find.

By freeing the central nervous system to perform at its best, CranioSacral Therapy naturally eliminates pain and stress, strengthens your resistance to disease, and enhances your health and well-being. And, because it's so gentle, CranioSacral Therapy can be effective for all ages, from newborns to elders.

WHAT CAN I EXPECT FROM A SESSION?
A typical CranioSacral Therapy session takes place in a quiet, private setting.You remain fully clothed as you relax on a comfortable, padded table. Your therapist begins by gently touching various parts of your body to monitor the rhythm of the fluid that is flowing around your central nervous system.

By carefully listening with the hands to locate areas of weak fluid flow or tissue motion, your practitioner can trace those areas of weakness through the body to the original source of dysfunction. Delicate manual techniques are then used to release those problem areas and improve the form and function of your central nervous system.

A CranioSacral Therapy session may be thirty or sixty minutes. CST can be used alone, or in combination with Medical Massage or Touch For Health Kinesiology. Clients report deep relaxation and more comfort after their session. This relaxation is due to stretch and restoring energy balance in the connective tissue, or fascia of the body.

Please call Mark with any questions.