subject: Relieve Pain And Stress Through Craniosacral Massage Therapy From A Licensed Massage Therapist Or Lm [print this page] A licensed massage therapist or LMT who is likewise a certified craniosacral therapist is your best choice for craniosacral massage therapy in order to truly benefit from its pain and stress relieving effects.
Craniosacral massage therapy is also known as cranial osteopathy or cranial sacral massage therapy. This healing modality has been known to use the manipulation of the skull, cranial sutures, spine, diaphragm, and fascia to release restrictions on nerve passages. Releasing such nerve restrictions is said to result in the realignment of any misaligned bones. This facilitates the unimpeded flow of the cerebrospinal fluid in the membranes that sheath the central nervous system. Because of this, a wide range of conditions are relieved, including temporomandibular joint disorder which is the inflammation of the joint between the jaw and the skull, chronic headache, neck pain, back pain, fibromyalgia and mental stress.
William Sutherland, a doctor of osteopathy, first developed craniosacral massage therapy between 1898 and 1900. At that time he called it cranial osteopathy. While the prevailing belief then was that the skull or cranium was made of one solid piece of bone, Sutherland observed that it was in fact similar to the gills of fish because the temporal bones meet the parietal bones in the beveled cranial sutures. Sutherland further observed that the cranium moved in synchronized rhythm with the sacrum which is at the other end of the spine. He noted that the rhythm was based on the inhalation and exhalation of breathing. He saw its relation to the basic philosophy of osteopathy which regarded the Breath of Life as the vital life force.
Sutherland later developed his cranial osteopathy into biodynamic osteopathy, now referred to as biodynamic craniosacral therapy. In this evolution, he related the Breath of Life with the concepts of Qi or Prana central to Eastern philosophy. Sutherland believed all three concepts represented the same core energy that allows the body to correct any imbalances and heal itself naturally even without outside intervention. The biodynamic theory states that embryonic cells shape and heal the body through intrinsic embryological forces that express the original intention of existence. With this more spiritual point of view, Sutherland became more reverential toward the natural healing power within the body and advocated the subtlest external touch to minimize interference from extraneous forces.
While there was initial resistance to cranial osteopathy from traditional osteopathy, the American School of Osteopathy eventually put up the graduate course Osteopathy in the Cranial Field in 1940. In 1947 the Cranial Academy was established and in 1953 the Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation was set up. Biodynamic osteopathy was further developed by Becker and James Jealous while biodynamic craniosacral therapy was further developed by Franklyn Sills. In 1987, osteopathic physician John E. Upledger put up the Upledger Institute which developed his own style of craniosacral therapy.
In more recent times the College of Craniosacral Therapy has been established in the UK. Its graduates created the Craniosacral Therapy Association of the UK (CSTA) in 1989. In 1998 the Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America was put up and in 2004 the the Craniosacral Therapy Association of Australia was set up.
Craniosacral massage therapy is not the only massage modality that a licensed massage therapist or LMT can provide. You can also avail of shiatsu, acupressure massage therapy, reflexology massage therapy, deep tissue massage therapy, sports massage therapy and pregnancy massage therapy from such a professional therapist. In fact, because a large number of clients needing massage therapy have gone through vehicular accidents, a licensed massage therapist often does insurance billing for people in auto accidents as well.
