Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy & Techniques

What is Craniosacral Therapy

Craniosacral therapy is a new type of therapy adopted by several massage therapists, osteopaths and physical therapists alike. Craniosacral massage therapy should be carried out on the patients with tender hands and tune their physical body with the craniosacral system.

It helps to restore the balance of the body by gently working on the spine, the skull and the muscles of the diaphragm.

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy helps in relieving the body from the intense pain in the spine and the skull and provides gentle massage to the nerves. It helps in the treatment of migraines and in providing motility to the central nervous system. It also affects the flow of the cerebrospinal fluid in the body and thereby increases the remembering power of the individual.

This craniosacral massage therapy helps in increasing the primary respiratory mechanism. Breath is highly essential for life and body both and the fluids carrying the oxygen for breathing are highly important constituent of our body. This craniosacral therapy helps in disseminating these forces throughout the body thereby providing great zeal, vigor and vitality in the organs of the body.

Craniosacral Therapy Techniques

Different bio dynamic craniosacral therapy techniques can be deployed to their fullest capacity to provide great relief and comfort to the individuals suffering from respiratory impairments and breathing difficulties. These techniques include providing mobility to the intracranial membranes and intraspinal dural membranes and thereby promoting mobility to the spinal meninges near the neck.

This Craniosacral massage therapy technique is also deployed for slip discs in the vertebral column and also for certain facial bones delocalization too. A certain procedure needs to be followed for the craniosacral therapy which includes creation of the still point at the base of the skull and then treating the pelvic and thoracic diaphragms with gentle massage to the hyoid bone near the throat and treating the cranial bones individually.

This treatment requires a great deal of communication between the practitioner and the patient. The communication keeps going on from the beginning to the end of the massage. Craniosacral massage therapy shows great results if the practitioner is well versed with the techniques of the massage and the patients report great comfort and relaxation after taking the massage and feel very light hearted. It also works well for children with physical impairments. It shows great results in a lot of diseases and recommendation for the treatment should be taken before undertaking the craniosacral massage therapy.