Craniosacral treatment is an integral part of osteopathic therapy. It is a very gentle and effective approach for a number of complaints:
- Many pain problems have their origin in the vertebral column. The cranium at the top, and the sacrum at the bottom, are the two ends of the column and can be used to change the movement in between.
- Circulation: There is a great deal of fluid inside your head – both blood and CSF. Stimulating circulation throughout the body can be done very efficiently using this therapy.
- Concussions are a common sports injury, and cranial osteopathic therapy is useful as part of a treatment plan, in addition to medical treatment.
- Newborns: during birth it is normal for an infant’s head to deform to allow it to pass through the birth canal. It can do this because the bones are not fully formed (ossified). Typically, the skull regains its shape within a week or two after birth. But sometimes things get stuck, and cranial osteopathy can help free things up before the bones harden completely.
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What is Fascia?
Approximately one third of your body weight is fascia.
Fascia is also called ‘connective tissue’, which is a good description of its function in the body. Fascia wraps body structures like muscles and blood vessels, bone and organs. It forms strong tendons and ligaments, and delicate membranes, and strong sheets of tissue. It divides, merges, and folds back on itself in a continuous network of fibres and fluids. Fascia is the conduit for nerves, blood and lymphatic vessels.
Fascia not only wraps the muscles, it surrounds each individual muscle fibre within the larger muscle and works to coordinate the different muscles to create smooth movement in the body.
Because of its continuity throughout the body, a restriction in one part of the fascia can affect other body parts.