It looks and feels like a relaxing massage. But what’s going on during craniosacral therapy (CST) is much more technical than it looks.
The massage look of CST is actually the trained hands of a doctor releasing restrictions of the cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid affects the central nervous system, which controls just about everything. When the fluid is moving as it should, our body’s central nervous system functions optimally.
Sally Fryer, founder of Interactive Pediatric Therapy in Dallas, says she was skeptical upon first learning about the technique founded by Dr. John Upledger, who developed the technique in the ’70s. She attended a seminar intending to prove to herself that the therapy was inconsequential. But, she proved herself wrong instead. Now she believes anyone can benefit from CST. She uses it often for kids with gastric problems, sleep disturbances, eating issues, sensory and attention issues, seizure disorders and autism.
“In my experience of over 30 years,” she says, “I have never seen kids go as far or as fast as the kids who combine other therapies with craniosacral work.”
