Craniosacral Therapy

Craniosacral therapy (CST) was invented in the 1970s 

by John Upledger, an osteopathic physician, as an offshoot of cranial osteopathy, 

which had been devised in the 1930s by William Garner Sutherland

CTS is soft and gentle hand-on technique to release restriction surrounding cranium bones 

and to restore normal physiological rhythm of craniosacral system 

comprised of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord.

Skull bones present in many connected pieces with unique sutures. 

Normal amplitude and symmetry of craniosacral system indicate functional production and reabsorbing of cerebrospinal fluid. 

Thereby, craniosacral rhythm can be detected by well trained medical profession 

who learn to assist craniosacral system to its self correction.

The restriction of the soft tissue around central nervous system can create neural tension 

and lead to pain locally and remotely throughout the body. 

CST has been wildly used as non-invasive treatment 

and prevention program for many medical problems causing pain and dysfunction 

such as 

fibromyalgia , concussion, dementia, musculoskeletal pain, lower urinary tract symptoms. 

Reference

• https://www.upledger.com/therapies/faq.php
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