Thanks to Dr. William Warner Sutherland, we know that the skull and face bones move throughout our lifetime; i.e., the sutures between them do not fuse until we die. We also know that the brain and spinal cord, also referred to as the central nervous system (CNS), are encased in a three-layered membrane system, called meninges, that attaches to the inside of the skull, the first two neck vertebrae, and the sacrum. Furthermore, we know that this membrane system (meninges), envelopes the CNS as a single unit. Please see the picture above.
Hence, any tug on the meninges anywhere from the top of the head to the bottom of the sacrum will affect what is inside the membrane system, namely the brain and spinal cord, comprising the CNS. This is what Dr. Sutherland discovered as he continued to explore the effects of shifting head bones on a person’s well-being.
What does that mean to you and me? Because the membranes attach to the inside of the skull bones, any shifting of the skull bones or facial bones creates a tug on these membranes. Any muscle tension along the spine will also create a tug on the membranes since these are attached to the spine at the top of the neck and to the sacrum. How? The muscles shorten when they tense up, pulling the spine slightly out of alignment, and along with it the membranes that cover the spinal cord. Moreover, any trauma to the head, face, spine, or sacrum may cause many different symptoms depending on what nerves are affected by this trauma.
These symptoms are universal and common place. We’ve learned to palliate them or suppress them with medication, alcohol, or drugs. Some of these symptoms are headaches, vision changes, mood changes, nausea, generalized pain, discomfort, muscle and joint pain, joint dysfunction, restricted range of motion — difficulty moving any part of the body, nerve pain and/or dysfunction, difficulty swallowing, talking, and hearing, sleep problems, digestive issues, developmental difficulties in children, difficult pregnancy and/or birth, difficulty with concentration and/or memory, and so much more.
However, thanks to Dr. Sutherland’s discovery, as well as Dr. John E. Upledger, who further explored, developed, and helped to make known craniosacral therapy, we now have a very gentle and non-invasive, yet very effective tool to release these tensions and thus the pain and discomfort caused by them.
The spinal cord is the highway of our nervous system, relaying sensory signals from the body to the brain and response signals from the brain back down to the body. The spinal cord and the brain are bathed in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which buffers the brain and spinal cord from injury due to minor and major physical trauma, as well as nourishes the nerves, and returns metabolic toxins back out to the venous system of the body. For more details on the membrane system and the CSF, read the FOURTH INSTALLMENT…
The Story Of Craniosacral Therapy– Inst 03
THIRD INSTALLMENT
Thanks to Dr. William Warner Sutherland, we know that the skull and face bones move throughout our lifetime; i.e., the sutures between them do not fuse until we die. We also know that the brain and spinal cord, also referred to as the central nervous system (CNS), are encased in a three-layered membrane system, called meninges, that attaches to the inside of the skull, the first two neck vertebrae, and the sacrum. Furthermore, we know that this membrane system (meninges), envelopes the CNS as a single unit. Please see the picture above.
Hence, any tug on the meninges anywhere from the top of the head to the bottom of the sacrum will affect what is inside the membrane system, namely the brain and spinal cord, comprising the CNS. This is what Dr. Sutherland discovered as he continued to explore the effects of shifting head bones on a person’s well-being.
What does that mean to you and me? Because the membranes attach to the inside of the skull bones, any shifting of the skull bones or facial bones creates a tug on these membranes. Any muscle tension along the spine will also create a tug on the membranes since these are attached to the spine at the top of the neck and to the sacrum. How? The muscles shorten when they tense up, pulling the spine slightly out of alignment, and along with it the membranes that cover the spinal cord. Moreover, any trauma to the head, face, spine, or sacrum may cause many different symptoms depending on what nerves are affected by this trauma.
These symptoms are universal and common place. We’ve learned to palliate them or suppress them with medication, alcohol, or drugs. Some of these symptoms are headaches, vision changes, mood changes, nausea, generalized pain, discomfort, muscle and joint pain, joint dysfunction, restricted range of motion — difficulty moving any part of the body, nerve pain and/or dysfunction, difficulty swallowing, talking, and hearing, sleep problems, digestive issues, developmental difficulties in children, difficult pregnancy and/or birth, difficulty with concentration and/or memory, and so much more.
However, thanks to Dr. Sutherland’s discovery, as well as Dr. John E. Upledger, who further explored, developed, and helped to make known craniosacral therapy, we now have a very gentle and non-invasive, yet very effective tool to release these tensions and thus the pain and discomfort caused by them.
The spinal cord is the highway of our nervous system, relaying sensory signals from the body to the brain and response signals from the brain back down to the body. The spinal cord and the brain are bathed in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which buffers the brain and spinal cord from injury due to minor and major physical trauma, as well as nourishes the nerves, and returns metabolic toxins back out to the venous system of the body. For more details on the membrane system and the CSF, read the FOURTH INSTALLMENT…