Research, Articles & Case Studies

Also known as dense irregularconnective tissue, this tissue surrounds and connects every muscle, even the tiniest myofibril, and every single organ of the body.

It forms a true continuity throughout our whole body. Fascia has been shown to be an important element in our posture and movement organization. It is often referred to as our organ of form (Varela & Frenk 1987, Garfin et al.1981). Many approaches to manual therapy focus their treatment on the fascia. They claim to alter either thedensity, tonus, viscosity or arrangement of fascia through the application of manual pressure.

May 20th, 2014

Craniosacral Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain: A Follow-up Study

Heidemarie Haller (1), Romy Lauche (1), Holger Cramer (1), Thomas Rampp (1), Felix J. Saha (1), Thomas Ostermann (2), Gustav J. Dobos (1)
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Follow up study showed that levels of anxiety were significantly less in the CST group. Craniosacral Therapy is more effective in relieving chronic, non-specific neck pain and in improving physical quality of life than an active attention-control condition.

May 1st, 2014

The Effect of General Osteopathic Treatment on pain in Veterans Diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Andrea Kim Mounce-Halasz
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In May of 2014 Andrea Kim Mounce-Halasz successfully defended for the College Etudes Osteopathique(Canadian College of Osteopathy) her thesis entitled: The Effect of General Osteopathic Treatment on pain in Veterans Diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This thesis was awarded the William Garner Sutherland Award. They hypothesis: General osteopathic treatment will reduce pain in veterans diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.

May 1st, 2014

CranioSacral Work Distinguishing between techniques and therapy

Robyn Scherr, CMT, CST-D
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I’m inspired every day by what the Upledger Institute calls “the power of a gentle touch.” Moving my practice from a “doing to” approach to CST’s “supporting and being with” approach empowers my clients in ways traditional manual therapies simply aren’t set up to do. I find this process-oriented work to be extremely effective and efficient. But both ways of working are needed in the world. m&b

May 1st, 2014

A new look at cerebrospinal fluid circulation

Thomas Brinker, Edward Stopa, John Morrison and Petra Klinge
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Abstract: According to the traditional understanding of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) physiology, the majority of CSF is produced by the choroid plexus, circulates through the ventricles, the cisterns, and the subarachnoid space to be absorbed into the blood by the arachnoid villi. This review surveys key developments leading to the traditional concept. Challenging this concept are novel insights utilizing molecular and cellular biology as well as neuroimaging, which indicate that CSF physiology may be much more complex than previously believed. The CSF circulation comprises not only a directed flow of CSF, but in addition a pulsatile to and fro movement throughout the entire brain with local fluid exchange between blood, interstitial fluid, and CSF. Astrocytes, aquaporins, and other membrane transporters are key elements in brain water and CSF homeostasis. A continuous bidirectional fluid exchange at the blood brain barrier produces flow rates, which exceed the choroidal CSF production rate by far. The CSF circulation around blood vessels penetrating from the subarachnoid space into the Virchow Robin spaces provides both a drainage pathway for the clearance of waste molecules from the brain and a site for the interaction of the systemic immune system with that of the brain. Important physiological functions, for example the regeneration of the brain during sleep, may depend on CSF circulation.

April 25th, 2014