Friday, October 24, 2014

GERIATRIC APPLICATIONS OF CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY: Established allied health professionals’ use of a complementary modality

A couple of lines in here on stroke.
http://www.upledger.com/pdf/ger.pdf
Post-stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)
Therapists spoke about treating clients who have completed their standard rehabilitation post-stroke,
and others who have experienced TIAs. The outcomes they reported included improved
communication, including articulation, as well as improvements in movement, balance and stability
standing, expression, sleep patterns, and elimination. Sometimes the results were striking; one
therapist described a client who took 15 minutes to walk 20 feet to the treatment room making the
return trip after treatment quickly.

Stroke patient with long-standing bursitis in the unaffected shoulder — the
combination resulted in functional limitations. Ultrasound treatments gave
temporary pain relief for the bursitis. CST achieved similar levels of pain
relief, but also improved shoulder mobility leading to increased function.
80-year-old WWII vet with severe bilateral foot pain secondary to multiple

Or another view of CST;

Craniosacral therapy may be helpful, but not curative

 

I personally can't see any possible way that cerebro spinal fluid could be moved by pressing on the skull without damaging the skull.

1 comment:

  1. When I was practicing, we had a guy do an in-service for us about cranio-sacral therapy. He showed us a technique where he was at the person's feet, feeling for the "flow" of fluid at the feet. Ummm, it's called cranio-sacral therapy. CRANIO (top of spine) SACRAL (bottom of spine). Ummm, there is no cerebrospinal fluid at the feet. Hogwash.

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