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UpDate Newsletter
The Upledger InstituteCurriculums:
Articles and topics include: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Research; Visceral Manipulation Report; CranioSacral Dissection Class; Fear: Deep Down and Personal by Dr. Upledger.
CranioSacral Therapy & Spinal Cord Injury
S. Laurance Johnston, PhD, and Lynn St. Denis, NCMT, OTRCurriculums:
This in-depth article outlines the benefits of CranioSacral Therapy in treating spinal cord injuries. The authors offer the basis for and history of CranioSacral Therapy, the concerns of detractors, and CST’s efficacy in treating spinal cord dysfunction. Includes sidebar stories on “alternative medicine primers for spinal cord injury” and “tips for working with paralysis and other disabilities.”
UNWINDING THE MERIDIANS FOR HEALTH VITALITY AND CLARITY
KENNETH R KOLES Ph.D.,D.Sc.,L.Ac.Curriculums:
In this article the author explains how Unwinding the Meridians uses the craniosacral rhythm and meridian points to to tap into the body's wisdom and healing abilities. The techniques can give access to other levels and dimensions of healing by just feeling the points and meridians while consciously partnering with the patient's inner Qi to heal themselves.
The Upledger Foundation Vietnam Veteran Intensive Program
Richard B. Zonderman, Ph.D., P.CCurriculums:
Results after 24 Vietnam Veterans completed a 2 week intensive program at The Upledger Foundation.
UpClose Newsletter
The Upledger InstituteCurriculums:
Articles and topics include: Women and War: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Crosses All Gender Boundaries; Breaking Through the Armor of PTSD.
The Effectiveness of CV-4 and Resting Position Techniques on Subjects with Tension-Type Headaches
William P. Hanten EdD, PT, Sharon L. Olson PhD, PT, Jennifer L. Hodson MS, PT, Vickie L. Imler MS, DC, PT, Virginia M. Knab MS, PT, Jennifer L. Magee MS, PTCurriculums:
This research study investigates the effectiveness of CranioSacral Therapy techniques on tension-type headache sufferers, with results indicating a statistically significant reduction in pain compared to control groups.
IAHP Connection Newsletter
The International Alliance of Healthcare EducatorsCurriculums:
Articles and topics include: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Myofascial Pain Conference; Visceral Manipulation Report; Message From UI HealthPlex Medical Director; International CranioSacral Therapy Awareness Month.
Testimonial by Cynthia Rowe, PT
Cynthia RoweCurriculums:
Cynthia Rowe writes about her first experience seeing the falx cerebri,tentorium cerebelli and the falx cerebelli of a cadaver, while working as a teacher's assistant in a gross-anatomy course at Harvard Medical School.
New Hypothesis for the Origin of Cranio-Sacral Motion
A. Farasyn, MSc, DO, PhD Cand, Assoc. ProfessorCurriculums:
Farasyn’s article examines the ‘hypothesis for the origin of Cranio-Sacral motion. The difference between the rhythm of venomotion and the Cerebro-Spinal Fluid is explained and a new hypotheses is put forwards.’
Systematic review of randomized clinical trials of complementary/alternative therapies in the treatment of tension-type and cervicogenic headache
C.S. McDermaid. C. Hagino. Howard VernonCurriculums:
Summary
Objectives:
To conduct a systematic review of the
randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) of complementary/alternative (CAM)
therapies in the treatment of non-migrainous headache (i.e. excluding migraine,
cluster and organic headaches).
Design:
Systematic review with quality
scoring and evidence tables. Main outcome measures: Number of RCTs per therapy,
quality scores, evidence tables.
Results:
Twenty-four RCTs were identified in
the categories of acupuncture, spinal manipulation, electrotherapy,
physiotherapy, homeopathy and other therapies. Headache categories included
tension-type (under various names pre-1988), cervicogenic and post-traumatic.
Quality scores for the RCT reports ranged from approximately 30 to 80 on a 100
point scale.
Conclusion:
RCTs for CAM therapies of the
treatment of non-migrainous headache exist in the literature and demonstrate
that clinical experimental studies of these forms of headache can be conducted.
Evidence from a sub-set of high quality studies indicates that some CAM
therapies may be useful in the treatment of these common forms of headache.