Services & Treatments - Cranial sacral therapy

Cranial Sacral Therapy
This therapy is popular due to its success in the treatment of both infants and adults. It is now known to help alleviate a wide range of problems in both adults and children including pain, neurological dysfunction, and structural, digestive, emotional and behavioural problems.

It is a profound healing process which can influence the deeply held patterns of disease - both physical and psychological - which accumulate throughout life as a result of injury and illness and become held into the body tissues, leading to ill-health and dysfunction.

Some of the areas Cranial Therapy addresses:

  • General Irritability or trouble settling
  • Head tilt, misshapen skull (plagiocephaly), flat spots
  • Ear infections, feeding difficulties
  • Pregnancy aches and pains
  • Difficulty crawling, leg and hip pain
  • Headaches, constipation, seizures
  • Colic, asthma, sleeping difficulties
  • Reflux, sinusitis, failure to thrive
  • Headaches, stiffness, lethargy

How does it work?
Our brains undergo rhythmic movements at a rate of 10 to 14 cycles per minute, a periodicity unrelated to breathing or heart rate. Small cranial pulsations can be felt with the fingertips and restriction of movement of the cranial sutures (where the skull bones meet) can be detected using this highly skilled work. Restrictions or cranial faults, can interfere with the normal flow cerebrospinal fluid, the vital nourishing substance that bathes the brain and spinal cord.

Using light touch, the therapist checks for restrictions or distortions in the structure and function of the cranio-sacral system (the membranes in and around the head and spine that contain cerebrospinal fluid). The touch assists by supporting, calming and balancing bone placement and nerve and organ structure, and strengthens the body's natural ability to heal.

Working with babies and children?
For children Cranial Sacral therapy works gently on both ends of a child's spine, to help achieve balance and proper nerve flow. A balanced child is one that will grow and reach milestones readily, and help set it on a healthy path into adulthood. By correcting problems in the nervous system early on, the development of many childhood ailments and later learning difficulties may be avoided.

It is suitable for all ages from newborn babies to the elderly, including all ages and stages in between. It is particularly valuable in babies and children (the younger the better) since the establishment of healthy patterns at an early age sets patterns for the whole future of that individual, both in their health and in their abilities. Cranial therapy is also particularly renowned for its profound influence on the effects of Birth Trauma - the effects of which may range from learning difficulties, hyperactivity and ear-infections to epilepsy and cerebral palsy.

At the age of 3 months a baby's head will pretty much be set in the shape and general appearance of an adults head. The area within a baby's skull doubles in the first 6 months of life and doubles again by age 2. Most sutures begin to close at about this time. After age 2, the skull and brain grow at a much slower rate. Correction does not usually involve more than a few visits, and once a fault has been corrected, correction stays for life.

Find out more about our Cranial Cranial Sacral Therapist Brian Tierney

Investment
1 hour session - $120