CranioSacral Therapy (lat. cranium – a skull and sacrum – a sacral bone) is a direction pioneered by an American osteopathic physician W.G. Sutherland at the beginning of XX century. This direction is based on the fact that every part of our body, even our skull, is constantly moving. And although the joints of skull bones stiffen already in our childhood, there are some elastic fibers that allow our skull to expand or to say simply to “breathe” in its own rhythm (6 – 12 cycles per minute). 

Our spinal cord, skull bones, sacral bone, cerebrospinal fluid and meninges of medulla and brain are parts of the craniosacral system of our body and interact constantly and mutually with each other. This is not visible, but there are certain rhythmical fluctuations, that are especially apparent in contractions of the skull and sacral bone. If anything in this system goes wrong, such disorder influences the whole body.  So it may seem a bit strange but a tailbone injury may result in a migraine, and craniocerebral injury may lead to hernia of intervertebral disk and scoliosis. If the position of the sacral bone is not normal, then a cerebrospinal meninx might be twisted up to our head which causes tiredness and headaches. 

CranioSacral Therapy presupposes the use of several techniques. The main technique is unfolding (from the English word “unfold”). A doctor finds enfolded tissues and “unfolds” them in the right direction. In such cases, the following scheme is used: relaxation – recovery – normalization. 

This technique does not include rough resets, “clicks” of vertebral disks and certainly pain. From a distance, it may seem that the therapy consists only in simple laying-on-of-hands on the head or other parts of the body. Instead, a doctor focuses on his task and carries out very soft and light movements inside of diseased tissue that are not visible to our eyes. Such movements cause a powerful energetic wave that goes through the whole body. 

One session takes usually from 30 minutes to one hour. In the end, the patient retrieves looseness, freshness and feels as a newborn. This is the first sign of recovery. Of course, it is impossible to cure all diseases by one session. But soon you will be noticing more and more positive changes. 

CranioSacral Therapy is used not just as a treatment but also as prevention of neurological diseases.