CranioSacral Therapy
About
CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is a light-touch approach that can create dramatic improvement in your life. When you endure stress and strains, your body absorbs them, but with CST it can release those tensions and allow the body to relax and self-correct. By freeing the central nervous system to perform its best, CST has been shown to naturally reduce pain and stress, strengthen your resistance to disease, and enhance your health/well-being.
CranioSacral Therapy takes place in a quiet, relaxing and private setting where you remain fully clothed as you relax. Your therapist starts with gentle touches to your head and body, monitoring the rhythm of the fluid that is flowing around your central nervous system. CST can last up to an hour or more and experiences vary by individual. Sessions are generally deeply relaxing and creates a sense of Warm with gentle pulses in the areas the therapist is working on.
CST can help with migraines/headaches, chronic neck and back pain, stress, motor coordination, infant/childhood disorders, post concussion symptoms, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, TMJ Syndrome, Scoliosis, central nervous system disorders, Learning Differences (ADD/ADHD), Alzheimer's, PTSD, orthopedic problems, etc..
Craniosacral Therapy For Conception, Pregnancy, and Birthing
The application of CranioSacral Therapy can be used to facilitate the process of procreation from the initial thought of becoming parents to the successful delivery of the child. CST works so well because under the idea that the body wants to heal itself and both mother and baby know what needs to be undertaken to affect a successful delivery. CST being provided through all stages can empower the mother and baby as well as to the father/family of the newborn.
Techniques are used as the pregnancy progress to focus on the mother and baby as individuals whiles functioning as one, results have shows the process is facilitated and outcomes are improved. Traditional prenatal care combined with CST may prevent the need for more invasive techniques and ease the comfort of those that may be necessary. Ideally, the birth will be remembered as a wonderful experience.
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Some benefits include alleviating chronic neck/back/joint pain, headaches/migraines, morning sickness, stress, fatigue, emotional difficulties, challenges with conception, and other pregnancy related condidtions.
Clinical Discoveries of CST for Conception, Pregnancy, and Birthing
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CST has been able to be used instead of Pitocin to start/augment labor
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Adequate progress for the Active Phase of the Frist Stage of Labor (4-10 cm dilation) - 1 cm per hour - mothers receiving CST have not shown prolonged labor
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Infants born to mothers who have received epidurals have shown no negative effects to it
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None of the babies born needed to have required resuscitative efforts
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Common phrases used by mothers after the first few weeks: "good babies, alert, not fussy, at peace/calm"
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Mothers reported recovering quickly and the adjustment to motherhood was not difficult compared to the birth of their other children
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Breastfeeding seems to be more easily accomplished
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Involving father's-to-be and siblings-to-be in CST sessions can strengthen the bond of the whole family
