CRANIO SACRAL PHYSIO
Listening with our hands…
Craniosacral therapy (CST) is a hands-on therapy, where the touch is gentle, non-invasive and usually subtle. It is a powerful therapy that affects the craniosacral system to assist in improving the function in the whole body.
When all our body structures are well aligned; the fluid can flow round the spinal cord well. But as the 'stresses' of life happen, restrictions or tensions can disturb the craniosacral system putting 'kinks' in the nervous system which can affect how other areas of your body work.
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(Upledger Institute, 2023 https://www.upledger.co.uk/what-is-craniosacral-therapy)
WHAT IS
CRANIO SACRAL
PHYSIO
HOW DOES IT WORK?
In Craniosacral therapy, our hands encourage the fluid to flow again, as if you are gently flushing more fluid through a slightly sticky pipe, or it could mean using gentle techniques to unwind kinks in the body’s fascia – sort of like straightening out a kinked pipe or garden hose!
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(Upledger Institute, 2023 https://www.upledger.co.uk/what-is-craniosacral-therapy)
WHAT HAPPENS DURING MY CRANIO SACRAL PHYSIO APPOINTMENT?
During a session (1 hour) Catia uses her physio skills as well as her 'listening hands' to feel the craniosacral rhythm in different parts of the body and decide what can be done to improve its functioning.
The craniosacral therapy releases the restrictions and tensions deep in the body with light touch techniques. The area we treat is sometimes different from the area in which symptoms are experienced as our bodies can be very clever in how they adapt to it's stresses and strains.
An important part of our approach is understanding that your body knows exactly what to do in order to straighten out the 'kink' itself, and all Catia is really doing is listening to what it needs and helping it to do it.
We do not try and figure out what is wrong and then try to fix it, craniosacral therapy encourages the body to find the way to heal itself as our body rebalances, relieving pain and associated dysfunction.
Catia has done extensive training to enable her to use this extra skill as part of her physio tool kit. She uses this technique alongside her physio sessions but during a Craniosacral appointment, she will solely focus on this method to get the best results for you.
