Research, Articles & Case Studies

October 1st, 2016

Visceral factors in rehabilitation & health

Matthew Sorenson, PT, VM, DipRM and Matt Wallden, MSc Ost Med, DO, ND
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Visceral health on rehab and prevention.

Article Outline

I.        Digestive organs lungs and pleura

II.        Adhesions and infertility

III.        Ovaries and endometriosis

IV.        Pelvic pain

V.        Leg pain

VI.        Viscera-brain connections

VII.        Beyond manual work to the viscera

VIII.        How common is visceral dysfunction?

IX.        Abdominal neurological connections

X.        Conclusion

XI.        References

October 1st, 2016

A Craniosacral Therapy Perspective on Migraine and Complex Headaches

Erin Riley PT, CST-D
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Erin Riley talks about the history of Upledger CranioSacral Therapy and CST work. She talks about the functional manifestation of migraine and complex headaches and how CST is well placed to effectively threat these disorders.

September 28th, 2016

Science Finally Confirms That People Absorb Energy From Others

Simplecapacity.com
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A biological research team at Bielefeld University has made a groundbreaking discovery showing that plants can draw an alternative source of energy from other plants. This finding could also have a major impact on the future of bioenergy eventually providing the evidence to show that people draw energy from others in much the same way. THE ARTICLE GIVES YOU FIVE ENERGY TOOLS TO USE TO CLEAR YOUR SPACE AND PREVENT ENERGY DRAINS WHILE RELEASING PEOPLE’S ENERGY.

September 24th, 2016

How Neurons Talk to Each Other

Max Planck Institute
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Summary: A new paper offers an overview as to how neurons ‘communicate’ with one another. Neurons are connected to each other through synapses, sites where signals are transmitted in the form of chemical messengers. Reinhard Jahn, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, has investigated precisely how the process works.

September 21st, 2016

Fight-or-flight chemical prepares cells to shift the brain from subdued to alert state

Johns Hopkins Medicine
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Brain cells, called astrocytes because of their star-shaped appearance, can monitor and respond to nearby neural activity, but only after being activated by the fight-or-flight chemical norepinephrine. Because astrocytes can alter the activity of neurons, the findings suggest that astrocytes may help control the brain’s ability to focus.

September 21st, 2016

Brain function: First look at how astrocytes function in humans

Cell Press
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Pretty much everything happening in the brain would fail without astrocytes. These star-shaped glia cells are known to have a critical role in synapse creation, nervous tissue repair, and the formation of the blood-brain barrier. But while we have decades of data in mice about these nervous system support cells, how relevant those experiments are to human biology (and the success of potential therapies) has been an open question.

September 21st, 2016

The Mystery and Magic of Glia: A Perspective on Their Roles in Health and Disease

Ben A. Barres
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In this article, Ben Barres reviews recent evidence that glial cells are critical participants in every major aspect of brain development, function, and disease. Far more active than once thought, glial cells powerfully control synapse formation, function, and blood flow. They secrete many substances whose roles are not understood, and they are central players in CNS injury and disease. I argue that until the roles of nonneuronal cells are more fully understood and considered, neurobiology as a whole will progress only slowly.

September 20th, 2016

Líkami og tilfinningar eru ein

Kynningardeild DV
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This article is about CranioSacral Therapy. The body and emotions as a whole.

September 5th, 2016

Preliminary Reflections on the Adaptation of one form of Osteopathic palpation to Acupuncture

Daniel Bensky, D.O.
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Fondateur du Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine The goal of this brief article is to accomplish two simple things. First, introduce a type of palpation adapted from the osteopathic world to serve the practice of acupuncture. While simple and easy to practice, it does take some time to become proficient at this technique. After practicing it for over ten years, I believe I have achieved a modicum of proficiency; enough in any case to present it to the audience of the NAJOM which is well versed in various palpatory techniques. After a brief description of the background to this technique and going over how to practice it, I would like to both talk about some clinical ramifications and use some of my findings utilizing it to look at some of meridian therapy's basic assumptions from a slightly different perspective

August 30th, 2016

New Craniosacral Therapy Research—This Duck Doesn’t Quack Anymore

Chris Centeno, M.D.
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Chris Centeno, M.D. is a specialist in regenerative medicine, wrote this article supporting CST. CranioSacral Therapy shown to be effective for neck pain in new high level study. Even I, who have become more and more open to alternative therapies, need to give a hat tip to the CST practitioners, as I also couldn’t get my head completely wrapped around this one. So the next time one of my patients tells me about the relief he or she gets with CST, I’ll be sure to swallow some pride and say, “Wow, that’s awesome!” -Chris Centeno, M.D