Research, Articles & Case Studies

This article talks about CranioSacral Therapy and CranioSacral Aquatic Therapy.   CranioSacral Aquatic Therapy combines multi-hand therapy, floating, sea water/pool water, giving and receiving, group sharing and altered brain wave states with craniosacral hands-on techniques to produce a unique and powerful healing modality.

Eric talks about his experiences in Upledger CranioSacral Dissection classes and the dissection lab. He talks about his personal and professional stories working with unpreserved cadavers.

CranioSacral Immersion Program Report graphs from the The Upledger Military Veterans Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Program.  The Upledger Military Veterans Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Program was a five-day Upledger CranioSacral Therapy Intensive Program that ran from Tuesday, November 8th through Sunday, November 13th 2016. The first day was a short meet and greet of the therapists and the veterans. The five-day intensive started the next day. Six military veterans participated in the program. Two were Vietnam veterans and the remaining four were in more recent conflicts. There were approximately 20 therapists. Each veteran received Upledger CranioSacral Therapy from a team of three Upledger CranioSacral therapists, with each team led by a Primary Therapist who was an Upledger CranioSacral Therapy Diplomate. Support therapists all were a minimum of an Upledger CranioSacral Therapist Techniques certified. Each day, veterans received Upledger CranioSacral Therapy for approximately 2.5 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon

Tami tells the journey of her daughter's recovery from Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder to Functioning Recovery and independent living. She talks about what is Sensory Processing Disorder, CranioSacral Therapy and Bio-Medical Therapy, and what roles they play on the road to Functioning Recovery and independent living.

Allopathic and Complementary Healthcare - Let's Integrate Rather than Diminish

In Australia, an effort to label all alternative (traditional, complementary) medicine products as "based on Pseudoscience" has failed.

This article is important to share, as many times complementary healthcare modalities are maligned by saying there is not enough science behind them. People who watch the news or read mainstream news have impression that "scientific" medical research is remarkably valid and always progressing. 

"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgement of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which i reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine." (Dr. Marcia Angell, NY Review of Books, January 15, 2009, "Drug Companies & Doctors: A story of corruption)

Let's work together to create the healthiest healthcare system.  

In Australia, an effort to label all alternative (traditional, complementary) medicine products as "based on pseudoscience" has failed.

This article is important to share, as many times complementary healthcare modalities are maligned by saying there is not enough science behind them. People who watch the news or read mainstream news have the impression that "scientific"medical research is remarkably valid and always progressing. "It simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is publishes, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no please in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and relunctantly over my two decades as an editor of Th New England Journal of Medicine." (Dr. Marcia Angell, NY Review of Books, January 15, 2009, "Drug Companies * Doctors: A Story of Corruption)

This article talks about vertigo and how CST can help. 

The aim of the proposed study is to analyze the effect of a six-week osteopathic visceral manipulation (OVM) program on the flexion-relaxation phenomenon in individuals with non-specific chronic low back pain (LBP) and functional constipation.

This article talks about what Lymphatic Balancing is and the six-step treatment approach. 

The vagus nerve represents the main component of the parasympathetic nervous system, which oversees a vast array of crucial bodily functions, including control of mood, immune response, digestion, and heart rate. It establishes one of the connections between the brain and the gastrointestinal tract and sends information about the state of the inner organs to the brain via afferent fibers. In this review article, we discuss various functions of the vagus nerve which make it an attractive target in treating psychiatric and gastrointestinal disorders. There is preliminary evidence that vagus nerve stimulation is a promising add-on treatment for treatment-refractory depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and inflammatory bowel disease. Treatments that target the vagus nerve increase the vagal tone and inhibit cytokine production. Both are important mechanism of resiliency. The stimulation of vagal afferent fibers in the gut influences monoaminergic brain systems in the brain stem that play crucial roles in major psychiatric conditions, such as mood and anxiety disorders. In line, there is preliminary evidence for gut bacteria to have beneficial effect on mood and anxiety, partly by affecting the activity of the vagus nerve. Since, the vagal tone is correlated with capacity to regulate stress responses and can be influenced by breathing, its increase through meditation and yoga likely contribute to resilience and the mitigation of mood and anxiety symptoms.