How does Cranial Osteopathy Work?

Cranial Osteopathy

The guiding principle of Osteopathy is to assist the body to resolve diseases. Given the opportunity the body will sort itself out. Cranial osteopathy follows the same principle assisting the correction of older problems in adults and developing issues in babies and children.

Cranial osteopathy is widely accepted in the treatment of babies, however is uses are broadly applied to people of all ages, from newborn to the elderly. This is a non invasive treatment, yet extremely effective for acutely painful conditions. It assists in the recovery by releasing tension and strains held within tissues throughout the body.The application cranial sacral contact in treatment can be benefical in numerous ways:

Cranial osteopathy is used in treating some delicate health problems in acute and pre existing conditions:

- Pain around the head /cranium

- TMJ problems ( jaw pain )

- Tension in tissues of the spine

- Muscular and joint pain

- Relief of tissues in low back pain

- Facial Pain

Cranial Osteopathy can also help with the impact of the shock:

-Trauma from violence (as victim or accidental) or falls

-sporting injuries in tissues old or new. Helping tight muscles and fascia to relax

Modern day lifestyle challenges pose threat of heightened stress levels to our health. Finding ways to cope can be difficult. Cranial osteopathy helps the body to relax bringing with it a sense of calmness from within. When shock manifests in the body from physical /emotional trauma, sometime the body will struggle to dissipate the impact of the shock. Resulting in the tissues holding onto the after effects by contracting and adhering causing disturbances in the tissues which lead to if not detected altered organ/system physiology. This may be expressed as outward behaviour of anger,depression,insomnia in adults. In children it may be behavioural issues, bad dreams, bed wetting in sleep or fright and irritability and so on. This abnormal flow of restrictive motion in the areas of the body, whether it be in the cranial bones themselves or their sutures, or other underlyne tissues of the body. The impact of the shock can be displayed.Cranial osteopaths use the palpatory approach to detect subtle changes,at sites in the body where disturbance may be present. Hence some people describe the treatment so gentle, during the session they almost fall asleep.