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UpClose Newsletter January 1998
The Upledger InstituteCurriculums: Upledger's CranioSacral TestimonialCategory / SomatoEmotional Release,
Articles and topics include: Sound Chamber Amplifies Therapeutic Effects; The Upledger Foundation Update; Virgilio testimony about CST’s effects on her daughter.
CranioSacral Therapy: Following the Body's Cues - Article in Health Naturally
Becky Peeling, APRCurriculums: Upledger's CranioSacral TestimonialCategory / SomatoEmotional Release,
General background and overview of CranioSacral Therapy, including benefits and information on practitioner training.
New Body-Based Therapies for Autism, ADD, and Other Childhood Disorders
Maya MuirCurriculums:
Explores the use of two natural therapies — Sensory Integration and CranioSacral Therapy — on children with challenges such as autism and attention deficit disorder.
Integration of Acupuncture and Manipulation
Dr. John UpledgerCurriculums:
Dr. John Upledger explains the advantages of combining acupuncture techniques with manipulative treatment.He claims that by adding simple needling techniques he will improve clinical results by shortening the length of treatment, reducing patient discomfort and obviating the need for pharmacological and physiotherapuetic adjuncts.
UpClose Newsletter October 1997
The Upledger InstituteCurriculums: Upledger's CranioSacral TestimonialCategory / SomatoEmotional Release, Barral's Visceral Manipulation / Neural Manipulation / New Manual Articular Approach / Manual Approach to the Brain,
Articles and topics include: Pilot Keeps Dream Alive; An Eclectic and Integrative Approach to Treatment by Dr. Upledger; Young Dancer Makes Gains.
IAHP Connection Newsletter Autumn 1997
The International Alliance of Healthcare EducatorsCurriculums: Upledger's CranioSacral TestimonialCategory / SomatoEmotional Release, Barral's Visceral Manipulation / Neural Manipulation / New Manual Articular Approach / Manual Approach to the Brain,
Articles and topics include: French Experts Demonstrate Their Work at Symposiums; An Eclectic and Integrative Approach to Treatment by Dr. Upledger; Forming a Multihands Group.
CranioSacral Therapy for Horses
E. Bailey TuneCurriculums:
Bailey Tune uses CranioSacral Therapy to relieve horses of their discomforts. She also describes three case studies.
The Controversy of Cranial Bone Motion
joseph S. Rogers, MS, PT, Philip I. Witt, AD, PTCurriculums:
This Literature Review discusses the validity of cranial bone motion, and concludes that despite a lack of scientific proof, anatomic studies on sutural union provide evidence that sutures may not fuse until late in life, if at all, and that motion is likely to occur between cranial bones. The author calls for more definitive research to be done before cranial techniques are applied therapeutically.
Aston-Patterning: Accessing the Power of the Ground
Laura Servid, OTR/LCurriculums:
Laura Servid, who maintains a private practice in Aston work, explains the basics of Aston-Patterning, and provides case histories highlighting how this therapeutic modality has benefited her clients.
A successful use of cranial-sacral osteopathy in the treatment of post-traumatic headache following subarachnoid hemorrhage
Lora Barke, MSIV, Sharon Gelman, MSIV, and CDR. James A. LiptonCurriculums: Upledger's CranioSacral TestimonialCategory / SomatoEmotional Release,
This paper presents a case study of a patient with a posttraumatic headache coincident with a subarachnoid hemorrhage. In this case the physical medicine approach, including osteopathic manipulative medicine, was a benefit to the patient in the treatment of a posttraumatic headache.