Research, Articles & Case Studies — Page 49

This article was published in a NICU journal in Italy, about the CST research! 

The Association for Neonatology in Reggio Calabria feels that Craniosacral Therapy is a precious tool especially on premature babies and newborns as well as all ages. The Reggio Calabria TIN is positioning itself in a position of Leader in world research.  Craniosacral therapy has been practiced for some years in all the most renowned TIN and neonatal pathologies in Italy and in the world. Upledger CST is practiced at their facility. Upledger CST has two levels of pediatric specialization and various levels of obstetric and meningeal specialization

The paravascular pathway, also known as the “glymphatic” pathway, is a recently described system for waste clearance in the brain. According to this model, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) enters the paravascular spaces surrounding penetrating arteries of the brain, mixes with interstitial fluid (ISF) and solutes in the parenchyma, and exits along paravascular spaces of draining veins. Studies have shown that metabolic waste products and solutes, including proteins involved in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases such as amyloid-beta, may be cleared by this pathway. Consequently, a growing body of research has begun to explore the association between glymphatic dysfunction and various disease states. However, significant controversy exists in the literature regarding both the direction of waste clearance as well as the anatomical space in which the waste-fluid mixture is contained. Some studies have found no evidence of interstitial solute clearance along the paravascular space of veins. Rather, they demonstrate a perivascular pathway in which waste is cleared from the brain along an anatomically distinct perivascular space in a direction opposite to that of paravascular flow. Although possible explanations have been offered, none have been able to fully reconcile the discrepancies in the literature, and many questions remain. Given the therapeutic potential that a comprehensive understanding of brain waste clearance pathways might offer, further research and clarification is highly warranted.

Editor’s Note: Psychiatrist and chronic pain specialist, Eric Leskowitz, MD, retired  recently after 20 years as a member of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical  School. He continues to lead the Integrative Medicine Task Force at the Harvard affiliated Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and maintains an avid interest in the  potential of integrative practices in sports‐related contexts. His first column for JACM, in  the May 2017 issue, ‘‘The Zone: A Measurable (and Contagious) Exemplar of Mind‐Body  Integration,’’ examined emerging evidence on athletes seeking that special level of ‘‘in  the zone’’ performance through integrative strategies. In  this, Dr. Leskowitz turns to what may be viewed as the other end of contact sports  performance: concussion and brain injury. The focus is on football, though the  applications may extend to the military. Again, the evidence is only emerging, and begs  more thorough exploration.    —John Weeks, Editor‐in‐Chief, JACM 

This article is about Vanderbilt researchers who report elderly people whose hearts pump less blood have reduced blood flow in the temporal lobe. Previous studies report the temporal lobe is a critical brain area for the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Dr. Axe talks about what CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is, the benefits of CST, how CST works, CST for Infants and CST Training.

Michael talks about the connections between the gut, brain and immune system. Where there is stress in one, the other will be influenced. That is certainly the down side. But the up side is that the opposite is also true. Where health prevails in one, the other will be influenced. And techniques working with the meningeal and CranioSacral systems reach through the body all the way to the gut. This is one way healthy eating can contribute to a healthy brain. And when modalities such as CranioSacral Therapy are utilized the cleansing and balancing for the brain reaches the gut. In turn the immune system is free to do its job with TRUE invaders.

David Lauterstein talks about his biography he wrote about Fritz Smith's life: Life in the Bones: A Biography of Dr. Fritz Smith and Zero Balancing. 

This article talks about what Visceral Manipulation is and the therapeutic value of Visceral Manipulation.