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Clearing the Fog: Craniosacral Therapy Aims to Ease Dementia
Susan Heitler Ph.D.Curriculums:
An interview with Michael Morgan about applying CranioSacral techniques to the treatment of Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia.
Integrative Approaches to Caring for Children with Autism
NadavKleinBS (MD Candidate). Kathi J.Kemper MD, MPHCurriculums:
Parents commonly integrate complementary and alternative medical (CAM) treatments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with conventional care. The aims of this article are to (1) describe the most commonly used treatments, (2) assess their efficacy and safety, and (3) organize the information in practical format for practitioners. We organized treatment modalities into four categories: recommended, monitored, tolerated, and therapies that should be avoided. These four categories are based on a two by two table weighing a therapy׳s effectiveness and safety. To meet the threshold for “recommended,” its effectiveness needed to be supported by two or more randomized, controlled trials. In addition to promoting an overall healthy lifestyle via nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress management, social support, and avoiding neurotoxins (healthy habits in a healthy habitat), the most promising therapies recommend are applied behavior analysis, parent-implemented training, melatonin supplements to improve sleep, supplements to correct deficiencies, and music therapy. Medications and restrictive diets may be helpful for some children, but use should be monitored given the risk of side effects. Most complementary therapies including craniosacral therapy are safe, so they can be tolerated, but additional research is needed before they should be recommended. Given their risks, costs, and limited evidence of efficacy, chelation, secretin, and hyperbaric oxygen should be avoided.
Science Says Silence Is Much More Important to Our Brains Than We Think
Rebecca BerisCurriculums:
This article talks about regenerated brain cells may be just a matter of silence. According to the attention restoration theory when you are in an environment with lower levels of sensory input the brain can ‘recover’ some of its cognitive abilities. In silence the brain is able to let down its sensory guard and restore some of what has been ‘lost’ through excess noise.
The empty brain
Robert EpsteinCurriculums:
An interesting essay by a psychologist Robert Epstein. Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer Epstein tackles the miseries that afflict any effort to understand the brain and its function when we think and speak in terms of the metaphor of the brain as some sort of computer.
DETOXING FOR BRAIN HEALTH – NEW RESEARCH FINDINGS: CranioSacral Therapy Improves Glymphatic Cleansing of Brain Tissue
Carolyn SimonCurriculums:
This article talks about how craniosacral therapy improves glymphatic cleansing of the brain tissue and effectively promotes brain health by invigorating this active fluid cleansing system.
Cells carry 'memory' of injury, which could reveal why chronic pain persists
Medicine & HealthCurriculums:
A new study from King's College London offers clues as to why chronic pain can persist, even when the injury that caused it has gone. Although still in its infancy, this research could explain how small and seemingly innocuous injuries leave molecular 'footprints' which add up to more lasting damage, and ultimately chronic pain.
Your Brain Has A "Delete" Button—Here's How To Use It
JUDAH POLLACK AND OLIVIA FOX CABANECurriculums:
This article talks about the fascinating way that your brain makes space to build new and stronger connections so you can learn more.
East Side therapy clinic opens door to inmates
Patty MachelorCurriculums:
This article talks about how an Arizona PT clinic helps inmates in need of treatment. They specialize in helping people with orthopedic, geriatric and neurological conditions. Therapy is offered by way of both traditional and alternative techniques, including massage, myofascial release, CranioSacral therapy and reiki.
INSPIRE: Barbara Huntress Tresness
Lorna OppedisanoCurriculums:
Baraba Huntress shares her journey with her son. “And the only thing I’d done differently was the dolphin therapy with Upledger. So I knew then that there was something really magical about this,” she said. She continued on her journey with Graham, becoming a licensed massage therapist and learning craniosacral therapy.
EFFECT OF COMPASSIONATE TOUCH ON PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: A PILOT STUDY
Russell A. Bourne, Jr., Ph.D.Curriculums:
Russel Bourne talks about the Dr. John E. Upledger Compassionate Touch program. In the Spring of 1997, The Upledger Foundation initiated a simple and straight-forward investigation into the use and instruction of Compassionate Touch with preschool children. The pilot project was design to evaluation the effect of Compassionate Touch on the demonstration of increased pro-social behaviors and the reduction of aggressive behaviors and behavioral problems in children.