“A light-touch technique is gaining popularity among those dealing with pain and disorders.
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Craniosacral therapy is a new kind of holistic treatment that’s started gaining popularity with some who are looking for relief from stress, strained muscles, or a dysfunction.
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The difference between craniosacral therapy and a massage is therapists aren’t pushing the tissue around, they are mobilizing the tissue through a very light, manual touch on and along the bones, which are located from your skull all the way down to your pelvis.
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“The ability to feel or palpate, is a trained, refined sensitivity in your hands,” Larson said. “What this does is it gets to the core. It really helps that central nervous system reset.”
Larson said she can feel the patterns of strain in the cerebrospinal fluid, which houses the brain and spinal column.
The weight of the pressure that you’re seeing being exerted right now on this client is […] between 0 grams to 5 grams; and 5 grams being the equivalent to the weight of a nickel.
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“It’s not like a deep-tissue massage, or anything like that. It’s very, very relaxing, but in a different way,” Paradis said. “When I came in it was like my brain was having a little meltdown; there were all these synapses going off and little fireworks; and by the time I left that was kind of all calmed down and I could think clearly and process easier.”
Since her first session, four months ago, her daily headaches have stopped and she says she has been able to sleep better.[…]”
By Nicole Nalepa and Joseph Wenzel
For Cheryl Larson, licensed massage therapist
Full link to article below:
http://www.wfsb.com/story/28708086/craniosacral-therapy-become-popular-for-people-seeking-relief
Capucine Chapelier-Dehesdin 