What Is Craniosacral Therapy? And How Can It Change Your Life?

Acute physical pain like headaches or back aches ruin well deserved days off at the weekend. If allowed to continue, not only will you be suffering from chronic pain but also mental fatigue. Issues like chronic pain can be pervasive and cause serious mental health problems like depression and increase likelihood of illness as they drain your ability to rest. They can increase stress levels and make what would be otherwise easy to manage health conditions much more difficult to deal with. At Mount Sinai’s Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, we have a fantastic method of dealing acute pain.

Craniosacral Therapists work to improve the movement of cerebrospinal fluid and reduce tension through gentle manipulation of the head and spine which can help you not only overcome daily hassles but also thwart chronic and emotional pain. Treatment consists of entering our relaxation sanctuaries with our fantastic on-site craniosacral therapists and beginning your treatment on a couch.

Our therapists will begin by exploring your with gentle hands, identifying and working through pressure points and built up tension in the body. Your body and nerve system will respond to the therapists touch as they pick up on tensions or distortions which may be indicative of ill health. Your therapist will help your body relax allowing the body to find an equilibrium.

What makes craniosacral therapy unique is the empathy our therapists have with your body. Their unique training allows them to identify and patiently relieve your body of tension and chronic pain.

The Primary Respiratory Mechanism (PRM)

This is a mechanism that is proficient in working and has been summarized in five ideas and encompasses the routine.

1. Inherent motility of the central nervous system
2. Fluctuation of the cerebrospinal fluid
3. Mobility of the intracranial and intraspinal dural membranes
4. Mobility of the cranial bones
5. Involuntary motion of the sacrum between the ilia

If you are experiencing chronic pain and heightened levels of stress in your daily life, and especially if you are struggling to cope, please call (212) 241-6321) to see if we can help.