Research, Articles & Case Studies

Many massage therapist consider lymphatic drainage to be a specialized set of techniques that do not factor into a daily massage practice. 

The Lymphatic System

An important principle of Osteopathic treatment is "Drainage Precedes Supply." This concept is based on understanding that tissues need a healthy inflow of oxygenated and nutrient rich blood for cellular homeostasis and repair. The system responsible for providing this drainage pathway is the lymphatic system.

This is an Abstract Article Very interesting Read !

A possible cause of chronic post-sternotomy pain syndrome is the formation of adhesions in themediastinum, between the sternum and the retrosternal tissues up to the pericardium.

With  postsurgicaladhesions can help stabilize the pericardium in the mediastinum, they can also cause neuropathic pain. The

new adhesions are vascularized and innervated, generating unforeseeable proprioceptive or nociceptiveafferents.

This is the first case report that uses osteopathic treatment in a patient with sternalpain associated with an undergoing cardiac transplantation.

This patient was admitted to the cardiorespirtory dept on Jan. 2019

The reasons for this artificial heart are related to continuous heart failure, due to previous inoperable stenoses (stenosis on small caliber coronaries) and a probable previous infant rheumatic disease.

In the months leading up to heart transplant surgery, the patient had been treated with antibiotics to reduce the infection derived from the drive line.

Nonspecific neck pain is a musculoskeletal disorder characterized by pain in the structure located between the superior nuchal line and the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra, which is not associated with a particular disease or modification of the anatomical structure.

Previous studies have reported that visceral disturbances can lead to increased musculoskeletal tension and pain in structures innervated from the corresponding spinal level through viscerosomatic reflexes.

Upledger Institute International Case Study

CranioSacral Therapy - Conception, Pregnancy and Birth

This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 58 infants, aged 0-84 days, diagnosed with infantile colic. The babies received a 30-40 minute CST session once a week (experimental group) or no treatment (control group). Craniosacral therapy appears to be effective and safe for infantile colic by reducing the number of crying hours, the colic severity and increasing the total hours of sleep. 

•CST helps in reducing crying hours and colic severity in infantile colic.

•CST helps to increase the sleep hours in infants dealing with infantile colic

Upledger Institute International Case Study

CranioSacral Therapy - Head Injury

In this story, she tells how CranioSacral Therapy helped improve her sons far-sightedness

The Mother of 3 was prompted to seek help for Hart's vision problems when she noticed he wasn't seeing up close. He wasn't meeting certain milestones.

After speaking to her pediatrician, she was recommended to visit a pediatric ophthalmologist. But before the appt. Dr. MCNamara told her about CranioSacral Therapy which was meant to loosen the muscles that were making his eyes cross-eyed and were making it hard for him to see up close.

Present study was undertaken to add on to available treatment methods for cervical spondylosis and to find out the effectiveness of Craniosacral therapy (CST) for treating cervical spondylosis. Conclusion: Craniosacral therapy (CST) is an effective treatment and can be used for treating patients with cervical spondylosis. Read full article attached.

Upledger Insitute International Case Study

CranioSacral Therapy - Chronic Insomnia

Avadhan Larson offers somatic experiencing, which can potentially help people heal from trauma. The healing modality looks like talk therapy from the outside, but doesn't ask the client to relive the traumatic experience repeatedly.

So what does a session look like? To an outside observer, it would look a lot like talk therapy, Larson said, with the practitioner and patient sitting and quietly talking.But it’s not. Talk therapy can only help resolve trauma to a point, and it might even worsen it, as talking about and reliving the trauma can reinforce its neural pathways in the brain, making the memory stronger.

This is very interesting read !!!