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Creating a Healing Place for the Community
UnknownCurriculums:
This article introduces the public to a new healing center founded by Gloria Coppola. She saw a need and created a center to educate people on holistic health and provide treatments. One of the treatments offered at her center is CranioSacral Therapy.
CranioSacral Therapy Research Paper
John E. Upledger, DO, OMMCurriculums: Upledger's CranioSacral TestimonialCategory / SomatoEmotional Release,
This is a paper that was written by Dr. John E. Upledger in 1995. It is reprinted in its entirety and shares information regarding CranioSacral Therapy and the research that had been done on the subject up to that date. The original title of the paper was RESEARCH AND OBSERVATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE EXISTENCE OF A CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM.
Anatomic Relation Between the Rectus Capitis Posterior Minor Muscle and the Dura Mater
Gary D Hack, DDS, Richard T. Koritzer, DDS, PhD, Walker L. Robinson, MD, Richard C. Hallgren, Phd, and Philip E. Greenman, DO, FAAOCurriculums:
This study was designed to verify the connection and possible importance between the Rectus Capitis Posterior Minor and the Dura Matter. The dissection of 10 embalmed subocciptal regions found a connection in each specimen. The conclusion is that the awareness of this relationship should bring lessen potential of risk during surgery. This relationship is also relevant for many types of manual therapies, especially those that work with the dura mater membrane.
Research that Supports the Existence of A Craniosacral System
John E. Upledger, DO, OMMCurriculums:
In the present article, the author has reviewed much of the theoretical background and research that support the existence of the craniosacral system. The research summarized here represents work in which the author has either personal knowledge or involvement. The author concludes that positive patient outcomes as a result of CranioSacral Therapy should weigh greater than data from designed research protocols involving human subjects, as it is not possible to control all of the variables of such studies.
Interrater Reliability of Craniosacral Rate Measurements and Their Relationship With Subjects' and Examiners' Heart and Respiratory Rate Measurements
Virginia Wirth-Pattullo and Karen W HayesCurriculums:
This study examined the interexaminer reliability of craniosacral rate and the relationships among craniosacral rate and subjects' and examiners' heart and respiratory rates. It was determined that although measuremen& of craniosacral motion did not appear to be related to measurements of heart and respiratory rates,therapists were not able to measure it reliably amongst themselves.
Visceral Manipulation
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCOCurriculums:
Warren Hammer describes Visceral Manipulation based on Jean Pierre Barral’s books
On the pulsatile nature of intracranial and spinal CSF- circulation demonstrated by MR imaging
Greitz D, Franck A, Nordell BCurriculums:
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow was studied in 24 healthy volunteers using grated MR phase imaging.
Thoracic outlet syndrome--a myofascial variant
BENJAMIN M. SUCHER, DO DEBORAH M. HEATH, DOCurriculums:
Thoracic outlet syndrome involves more than just local neurovascular compression. Myofascial release treatments and stretching exercises may be only partially or temporarily successful unless all related components of somatic dysfunction, including craniosacral mechanisms, are addressed. Structural and postural abnormalities in the frontal plane, as with a short leg, and in the sagittal plane, such as lumbopelvic imbalances, as well as neural involvement all contribute to thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms. Once segmental restrictions are treated and symptoms diminish, postural correction and strengthening exercises may be initiated. Osteopathic diagnosis and treatment of the local, regional, and remote structural problems is necessary for optimal treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome and the maintenance of a symptom-free status.
Letter to the Editor: Dr. John E Upledger
Dr. John E. UpledgerCurriculums: Upledger's CranioSacral TestimonialCategory / SomatoEmotional Release,
Dr. Upledger responds to letters published in 1985 apparently that refute the validity of the craniosacral system and the effectiveness of the therapy. He explains how he came to verify first-hand the movement of the cranial bones and the subsequent research at Michigan State University – College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Upledger also explains why the 10-Step Protocol was developed and the concept of the ‘Energy Cyst’. He concludes with the belief that “Physical Therapists and “hands on” clinicians must learn to trust that the perceptions received through our hands are valid, accurate and reliable.”
Changes in elongation of falx cerebri during craniosacral therapy techniques applied on the skull of an embalmed cadaver
Kostopoulos DC, Keramidas GCurriculums:
Abstract Craniosacral therapy supports that light forces applied to the skull may be transmitted to the dura membrane having a therapeutic effect to the cranial system.