At "CranioSacral Therapy and Massage" in Kelowna, craniosacral therapy is offered as a sole treatment or can be integrated with massage and other techniques.

Please find the following information from the "Discover CranioSacral Therapy" brochure from the Upledgers Institute:

Why is CranioSacral Therapy so Important?

CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is a light-touch approach that can create dramatic improvements in your life.  CranioSacral therapy releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole-body health and performance.

Few body structures have more influence over your health and well-being than your central nervous system.  And few body systems have more impact on your central nervous system than the craniosacral system - the soft tissues and fluid that protect your brain and spinal cord.

Every day you endure stresses and strains and your body absorbs them.  But your body can only handle so much tension before the tissues begin to tighten and potentially affect the brain and spinal cord.

Unfortunately, this can compromise the function of the central nervous system - and the performance of nearly every other system in your body.

CranioSacral Therapy releases those tensions to allow the entire body to relax and self-correct.  Using a gentle touch - starting with about the weight of a nickel - practitioners evaluate your internal environment.  Then they use distinctive light-touch techniques to release any restrictions they find. 

By freeing the central nervous system to perform at its best, CranioSacral Therapy naturally eliminates pain and stress, strengthens your resistance to disease, and enhances your health and well-being.

And because it's so gentle, CranioSacral Therapy can be effective for all ages, from newborns to elders.

What Conditions Does CST Address?

CranioSacral Therapy improves your body's ability to take better care of you.  By complementing the body's natural healing processes, craniosacral therapy is increasingly used as a preventative health measure for its ability to bolster resistance to disease and is effective for a wide range of medical problems associated with pain and dsyfunction including:

• Migraines and Headaches
• Chronic Neck and Back Pain
• Stress and Tension-Related Disorders
• Motor-Coordination Impairments
• Infant and Childhood Disorders
• Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries
• Chronic Fatigue
• Fibromyalgia
• TMJ Syndrome
• Scoliosis
• Central Nervous System Disorders
• Learning Disabilities
• ADD/ADHD
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Orthopedic Problems
• And Many Other Conditions 

What is Somato Emotional Release?

Somatic Emotional Release (SER) is a therapeutic process that uses and expands on the principles of CranioSacral Therapy to help rid the mind and body of the residual effects of trauma.

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Among many of reasons that I love craniosacral therapy is the phenomenal outcomes and results that it brings.  CranioSacral therapy can be a bit mystifying to people as it claims to be beneficial for such a huge array of health issues.  And, although I know that it is not the panacea for everything or everyone; I also know firsthand that it does in fact have great potential to have a significant impact on a wide number of health issues.  Because the craniosacral system is such a core part of our physiology, and because of its direct influence on our central nervous system (which is responsible for basically all of our functions), craniosacral therapy can’t help but affect our health and our health issues. 

Sometimes craniosacral therapy works instantly with dramatic results, for example, a restriction is released that has had a huge influence on a specific health ailment and the experience is transformational – almost magical.  Other times, it is like peeling away the layers of an onion.  Restrictions are released layer by layer until the core issue is reached which has been holding all the others in place.   One of these restrictions in itself may not be significant, but put together they become very significant as does the results.  Every “body”, has its own story, it’s own history, its own way of compensating, absorbing, adjusting, adapting to life and it’s challenges – and the beautiful thing about craniosacral therapy is that it uses techniques that allows the "body" to show the way back home! 

At "CranioSacral Therapy and Massage" in Kelowna, craniosacral therapy is offered as a stand alone treatment or can be combined with massage and other therapeutic modalities.

For more information, or to book an appointment call

250-859-7554 or email tia@craniosacralplus.ca

More Information

For craniosacral therapy case studies, click here.

For videos about craniosacral therapy, click here.

To access an interview with Dr. John Upledger on "CranioSacral Therapy and the Central Nervous System", click here.

For more information on CranioSacral Therapy please visit the   Upledger Institute's website.

For more information and studies on CranioSacral Therapy visit the International Alliance of Healthcare Educators research page:  IAHE

For additional articles on CranioSacral Therapy visit the Massage Today Magazine website.