I recently gave a presentation on CranioSacral Therapy (CST) to a local North Carolina organization dedicated to improving the lives of children with disabilities. The presentation was in the format of real time video conferencing. This allowed me to communicate with individuals in numerous facilities thus providing ease of access for the participants.
Since I was asked to provide a brief description of CST for their online newsletter I have included it below. I hope you find it helpful while explaining CST to your clients.
Here it is:
CranioSacral Therapy (CST) can help children with disabilities attain optimal function by reducing abnormal strain upon their cells. Each cell receives vital elements, discharges waste, communicates with other cells, and organizes musculoskeletal motion within its surrounding medium. Helping a child decrease restrictive or imbalanced body patterns may improve cell environment, and this can boost cell function. In response a child can maximize her ability to correct dysfunction.
A primary focus of CST is to gently reduce adverse strain upon: 1) the craniosacral system (CSS) which surrounds, protects, nourishes and cleanses the central nervous system tissue; and 2) the body fascial system which surrounds all cells of the body. Cell structure and function can improve as abnormal strain of the CSS and fascial system decrease.
CST was created by John Upledger, D.O., O.M.M., in the early 1980’s and is based upon a model of the CSS he developed called the Pressurestat Model. The Pressurestat Model shows how the motion of the CSS, called the craniosacral rhythm (CSR), delicately moves the central nervous system and body as a whole.
Practitioners of CST can locate restrictive structural patterns by feeling the way the body moves in response to the CSR. The CSR is also used as a tool to aid correction of adverse tissue patterns. As abnormal patterns correct, cell environment and cell health can improve, which in turn can help promote improved function.