Research, Articles & Case Studies
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How Can CranioSacral Help
Barabara CoonCurriculums:
She explains how CST can best be described by sharing a moment from the table during a session with a Parkinson's client.
The Baby Angel in Maleny
Gay LiddingtonCurriculums:
Gay writes about a CranialSacral Therapist that works with newborns.
Role of glia in memory deficits following traumatic brain injury: Biomarkers of glia dysfunction
Venkata Siva Sai Sujith Sajja, Nora Hlavac and Pamela J. VandeVordCurriculums:
Mini article on the role of glia.
Lip Tie and Tongue Tie and CranioSacral Therapy – OH MY!
Dr. Jackie HinesCurriculums:
Dr. Jackie Hines talks about Lip or Tongue tie and how CranioSacral Therapy can help.
Your Cells Are Listening: How Talking To Your Body Can Help You Heal
Therese Wade, MScCurriculums:
Researcher Backster tested human cells for signs of consciousness. He collected white blood cells from human donors, electroded them in a test tube and then recorded the cells’ reactions as the donors experienced different emotional states. He found that spontaneous emotions were necessary in order to elicit an electrical reaction in the cells.
Barral Visceral and Neural Manipulation and New Manual Articular Approach
Barral Institue.comCurriculums:
Visceral Manipulation is a modality that assists functional and structural imbalances throughout the body including musculoskeletal, vascular, nervous, urogenital, respiratory, digestive and lymphatic dysfunction. Neural Manipulation (NM) examines mechanical relationships between the cranium/spine hard frame to the dura and neural elements. New Manual Articular Approach (MAA) is a manual therapy modality that applies a comprehensive approach to the treatment of joints. It integrates all aspects of the joint including the nerve, artery, bone, capsule, and ligaments, as well as visceral and emotional connections.
Astrogliopathology in neurological, neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders
Verkhratsky A, Parpura V.Curriculums:
Abstract article on Astroglial cells representing a main element in the maintenance of homeostasis and providing defense to the brain.
What If (An article about Upledger and CranioSacral Therapy)
Brenda ZarthCurriculums:
Upledger states that “by complementing the body’s natural healing processes, Craniosacral Therapy is increasingly used as a preventive health measure for its ability to bolster resistance to disease, and is effective for a wide range of medical problems associated with pain and dysfunction. SomatoEmotional Release is a therapeutic process that uses and expands on the principles of Craniocacral Therapy to help rid the mind and body of the residual effects of trauma.”
General Movements in preterm infants undergoing craniosacral therapy: a randomised controlled pilot-trial
Wolfgang Raith, Peter B. Marschik, Constanze Sommer, Ute Maurer-Fellbaum, Claudia Amhofer, Alexander Avian, Elisabeth Lowenstein, Susanne Soral, Wilhelm Muller, Christa Einspieler, and Berndt UrlesbergerCurriculums:
Abstract
Background: The objective of this study was to investigate neurological short-term effects of craniosacral therapy as an ideal form of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) due to the soft kinaesthetic stimulation.
Methods: Included were 30 preterm infants, with a gestational age between 25 and 33 weeks, who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Graz, Austria. The infants were randomized either into the intervention group (IG) which received standardised craniosacral therapy, or the control group (CG) which received standard care. To guarantee that only preterm infants with subsequent normal neurodevelopment were included, follow up was done regularly at the corrected age (= actual age in weeks minus weeks premature) of 12 and 24 months. After 2 years 5 infants had to be excluded (IG; n = 12; CG: n = 13).
General Movements (GMs) are part of the spontaneous movement repertoire and are present from early fetal life onwards until the end of the first half year of life. To evaluate the immediate result of such an intervention, we selected the General Movement Assessment (GMA) as an appropriate tool. Besides the global GMA (primary outcome) we used as detailed GMA, the General Movement Optimality Score (GMOS- secondary outcome), based on Prechtl's optimality concept. To analyse GMOS (secondary outcome) a linear mixed model with fixed effects for session, time point (time point refers to the comparisons of the measurements before vs. after each session) and intervention (IG vs. CG), random effect for individual children and a first order autoregressive covariance structure was used for calculation of significant differences between groups and interactions. Following interaction terms were included in the model: session*time point, session*intervention, time point*intervention and session*time point*intervention. Exploratory post hoc analyses (interaction: session*time point*intervention) were performed to determine group differences for all twelve measurement (before and after all 6 sessions) separately.
Results: Between groups no difference in the global GMA (primary outcome) could be observed.
The GMOS (secondary outcome) did not change from session to session (main effect session: p = 0.262) in the IG or the CG. Furthermore no differences between IG and CG (main effect group: p = 0.361) and no interaction of time*session could be observed (p = 0.658). Post hoc analysis showed a trend toward higher values before (p = 0.085) and after (p = 0.075) the first session in CG compared to IG. At all other time points GMOS were not significantly different between groups.
Conclusion: We were able to indicate that a group of "healthy" preterm infants undergoing an intervention with craniosacral therapy (IG) showed no significant changes in GMs compared to preterm infants without intervention (CG). In view of the fact that the global GMA (primary outcome) showed no difference between groups and the GMOS (detailed GMA-secondary outcome) did not deteriorate in the IG, craniosacral therapy seems to be safe in preterm infants.
Ann Romney, Multiple Sclerosis and Craniosacral Therapy
Lud DeppischCurriculums:
Ann Romney, the wife of the presumptive 2012 Republican nominee for president, spoke about her multiple sclerosis (MS) and the treatments she has used to combat it. Some of the therapies she has employed fall under the rubric of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). In addition to acupuncture and reflexology, craniosacral therapy has been helpful to her.