CST is a non-invasive, gentle, hands-on therapeutic approach to release tension deep in the body to relieve pain and improve whole body health and performance. It is a natural alternative to chemical prescriptions for pain management.
The brain and spinal cord are part of the central nervous system (a major highway of the body) and are influenced by the cranio sacral system (membranes and fluid that surround the brain and spinal cord to protect and nourish them).
Our body tightens in reaction to everyday stress and strain which causes tension around the brain and spinal cord (like the tightening of your belt around your stomach after you eat). These restrictions affect the performance of the central nervous system and all the systems that are attached to that major highway in our body.
The CST practitioner is able to detect and correct these tensions with light touch by noticing the ease of motion and rhythm of the cerebrospinal fluid around the brain and spinal cord.
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You endure stresses and strains, and your body absorbs them. But the body can only handle so much tension before the tissues begin to tighten, and potentially affect the brain and spinal. This can compromise the function of the central nervous system and nearly every other system in the body. The goal is to enhance the body’s ability to self correct by balancing the cerebrospinal fluid around the brain and spinal cord and to release fascia
***CST is not to be used with acute aneurysm, cerebral hemorrhage or other pre-existing severe bleeding disorders where an increase in intracranial pressure could cause instability
After the CS therapist takes information about your history, clients lie down fully clothed on the massage table. Using a gentle touch practitioners monitor and assess the rhythm of the fluid that is flowing around your central nervous system.
By carefully listening with the hands to locate the areas of weak fluid flow or tissue motion, the practitioner can trace those areas of weakness through the body to the original source of dysfunction. Delicate manual techniques are then used to release those problem areas, and improve the form and function of the central nervous system.
The sessions are generally deeply relaxing and create areas of warmth or gentle pulsing in the areas the therapist is working on.
Osteopathic Physician, John E. Upledger, developed this therapeutic approach after years of clinical tests and research while working as a Clinical Researcher and Professor of BioMechanics at Michigan State University
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