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January 13th, 2015
Chronic Pain Associated with Activation of Brain's Glial Cells
Will Boggs MDCurriculums:
Patients with chronic pain show signs of glial activation in brain centers that modulate pain, according to results from a PET-MRI study
January 8th, 2015
What Happens to a Woman's Brain When She Becomes a Mother
Adrienne LaFranceCurriculums:
From joy and attachment to anxiety and protectiveness, mothering behavior begins with biochemical reactions.
Mapping the maternal brain is also, many scientists believe, the key to understanding why so many new mothers experience serious anxiety and depression.
In other words, the act of simply caring for one's baby forges new neural pathways—undiscovered rooms in the parental brain.
January 1st, 2015
CranioSacral Therapy for Infants
Editor- Birth Injury GuideCurriculums:
In this article CranioSacral Therapys (CST) is described as well as how it can help some of the cranial injuries sustained by infants during birth. Some of the issues that CST can help treat are: Vomiting Seizures Fine motor skills problems Torticollis Cerebral palsy Down’s Syndrome ADD or ADHD Erb’s palsy Colic Klumpke’s palsy Reflux Constipation Teething problems Acid reflux Misshapen head Ear pain It also explains how CST can help with feeding issues.
January 1st, 2015
Effectiveness of Combined approach of CraniosacralTherapy (CST) and Sensory-Integration Therapy (SIT) on reducing features in Children with Autism
Durga Prasad Mishra (M.O.T.), Co-Author : Anurupa Senapati (M.O.Curriculums:
This study was undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of combined approach of Craniosacral Therapy(CST) and Sensory-Integration Therapy(SIT)on reducing features in Children with Autism. From the above experiment it has been concluded that combined approach of CST and SI therapy(SIT) is more effective then SIT alone. Thus CST can be incorporated in the usual practice to get better improvement in autism.
December 31st, 2014
Prospective study of superior cluneal nerve disorder as a potential cause of low back pain and leg symptoms.
Kuniya H, Aota Y, Kawai T, Kaneko K, Konno T, Saito TCurriculums:
The purposes of this prospective study were to investigate the prevalence of Superior Cluneal Nerve (SCN) disorder and to characterize clinical manifestations of this clinical entity. Conclusions SCN disorder is not a rare clinical entity and should be considered as a cause of chronic Low Back Paim (LBP) or leg pain. Approximately 50% of SCN disorder patients had leg symptoms.
December 16th, 2014
A Controlled Comparison between Manual Lymphatic Mapping (MLM) of Plantar Lymph Flow and Standard Physiologic Maps Using Lymph Drainage Therapy (LDT)/Osteopathic Lymphatic Technique (OLT)
Bruno Chikly, Jurgen Quaghebeur and Walter WitryolCurriculums:
This prospective study evaluates the potential of trained LDT/OLT practitioners to palpate superficial lymphatic flow with MLM. It shows that trained practitioners are able to provide maps of the soles of the feet of healthy volunteers.
December 16th, 2014
A Controlled Camparison Between Manual Lymphatic Mapping (MLM) of Plantar Lymph Flow and Standard Physiological Maps Using Lymph Drainage Therapy (LDT)/Osteopathic Lymphatic Technique (OLT)
Bruno Chikly, Jorgen Quaghebeur, and Walter WitryolCurriculums:
This research article explains some of the structures of the lymph system and outlines the objectives, method, results obtained through a study where a total of 393 newly 'trained' manual practitioners were asked to feel the lymphatic flow of the foot and draw arrows showing the direction of the flow. These were then tested against an untrained group of manual therapists drawing the same.
December 2nd, 2014
Blows to Head Damage Brain’s ‘Garbage Truck,’ Accelerate Dementia
co-authors include Michael Chen, Lijun Yang, Itender Singh, and Rashid Deane with the University of Rochester, and Douglas Zeppenfeld with the Oregon Health and Science University.Curriculums:
A new study is out that traumatic Brain Injury can disrupt the function of the brains waste removal system.When this occurs, toxic proteins may accumulate in the brain, setting the stage for the onset of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
As with the rest of the body, the timely removal of waste from the Brain is essential to prevent unchecked accumulation of toxic proteins and other debris.
Recent studies have shown that the glymphatic system is more active during sleep which is why sleep is so refreshing to the mind and that it's function declines with age.
December 2nd, 2014
The Foundation of Upledger Curriculum: CS1, CS2 and SER1
Avadhan Larson, LMT, LAc, CST-DCurriculums:
This is a brief description of the 3 courses; CS1, CS2, and SER1, that make up the foundation of the CranioSacral Therapy curriculum and why it is important to attend and learn the techniques from each of these courses to completely and skillfully apply CST in your practice and support your client's self healing process.
December 2nd, 2014
The differences between VM, NM, MAA, and CST
IAHECurriculums:
Barral Visceral Manipulation (VM) and Neural Manipulation (NM) , as well as Upledger CranioSacral Therapy (CST), are based on osteopathic principles. They all rely on connecting with, listening to, and following the self-correcting mechanism of the body. This article gives a brief description of each technique and how each connects to this self-correcting mechanism of the body in different ways with the ultimate goal of relieving pain and dysfunction, while improving health and vitality.