Research, Articles & Case Studies

PTSD has been part of CranioSacral Therapy  for treating the Veterans.

The program has helped these Vets. It's a 5 day program which helps them with anxiety and other issues that they have when coming back from Combat. The results have been amazing!

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Since the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic with the first confirmed case on December 1, 2019, the pathogen has now spread worldwide. In the scientific research work on the disease COVID-19 caused by the pathogen.

Sabine Foster-Garn investigated whether osteopathic treatment (including Visceral Manipulation, Neural Manipulation and CranioSacral Therapy) can change prolonged symptoms in post-COVID-19 patients. The following article provides an overview of the results and the assessment.

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The practice of slow-paced breathing (SPB) has been linked to a range of positive outcomes, such as decreasing symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as increasing well-being. Among the suggested mechanisms of action, SPB has been shown to increase cardiac vagal activity (CVA). Slow-paced breathing (SPB), the voluntary slowing down of respiratory frequency (RF), is linked to a range of positive mental and physical health outcomes, such as decreased depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms.

• Baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) has been proposed as a transdiagnostic biomarker of stress vulnerability across psychopathologies, and a reliable association between PTSD, OCD and lower resting RSA was found. The polyvagal theory proposes an evolutionary and neuro-physiological framework that deals with the organization of autonomic systems and has been linked to functional gastrointestinal disorders and chronic diffuse pain and to psychosocial pathology, both connected to chronic traumatic stress during development.

CASE STUDY

The classical cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulation theory has been accepted as an established theory of CSF physiology. It describes bulk CSF flow from production site to absorption site. However, much controversy remains regarding the basic CSF physiology and the mechanisms behind the development of hydrocephalus. In the recent observations made using advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique, namely, the time spatial inversion pulse (Time-SLIP) method, CSF was used as internal CSF tracer to trace true CSF movement. Observation of the CSF dynamics using this method reveals aspects of CSF dynamics that are different from those of classical CSF circulation theory. Cerebrospinal fluid shows pulsation but does not show bulk flow from production site to absorption site, a theory that was built upon externally injected tracer studies. Observation of the exogeneous tracer studies were true but misinterpreted. Causes of misinterpretations are the differences between results obtained using the true CSF tracer and exogenous tracers. A better understanding of the real CSF physiology can be significant for the advancement of medical sciences in the future. Revisiting CSF flow physiology is a necessary step toward this goal.

Amplification of the decongestive effect can occur by facilitating the motion of fluids away from the respiratory system which can become outside of the body. Protocols in this category are used as a diuretic reflex, the Barral  by creating fascial release or increased motility in and around organs used for elimination. This study provided immediate practical implications to clinicians who have been using these protocols. Further prospective work and replication of these findings are needed to better interpret the results of this study.

Osteopathic manipulative treatment reduces symptoms in patients with headache disorders. Patients with headache disorders who visit osteopathic physicians to have manipulation done, seem to improve the area where soft tissue experience a reduction of symptoms as part of their treatment plan.

Doppler ultrasound is a non-invasive tool that can be used to check the blood flow in the arteries for restrictions with OMT seem to help the patient out. 

CranioSacral Therapy is one of the most wonderful relaxing bodywork done by midwives, doulas and childbirth professionals. The CranioSacral system develops shortly after conception. It happens when the first of the cells divides in the womb and forms the primal midline that becomes our spine.

CST helps the mother to relax and relieves restrictions in the body. After birth CST helps to gently do bodywork for the newborn infants, babies and children after some have traumatic births. 

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