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Cranial Osteopathy is a refined subtle type of osteopathic treatmaent that uses very gentle manipulative pressure to encourage the release of stresses throughout the body,including the head.
It is extremely effective in treating a wide range of conditions in people of all ages,from birth to old age.
In their training,Osteopaths are taught a variety of treatment methods and techniques,ranging from the well known "high velocity thrust" with its dramatic clicks,to the very gentle applied methods used by so called "cranial osteopaths"
Osteopaths vary their treatment methods depending on their own preference and individual patients problems."Cranial Osteopath" is the name by which osteopaths who work at the more gentle,subtle end of the spectrum have becme known.
Cranial Osteopaths are trained to feel a very subtle,rhythmical shape change/movement that is present in all body tissues.This is known as involuntary motion.The skull is made up of 26 bones which are intricately joined in such a way that during the rhythmical cycle of involuntary motion,the skull can actually change shape very slightly to accomadate the normal involuntary motion of the brain inside.
Impacts to the head can block or disrupt this movement.This can in turn cause a very wide variety of problems both in the head and elsewhere in the body.Using involuntary motion in the tissues, osteopaths can feel whether a person is in an optimum state of health,or whether there is something preventing healthy movement of the tissues from occuring.
Most of us have been exposed to physical trauma at some stage in our life.The body may have been able to absorb the effects of an accident at the time,but a lasting strain often remains.This is known as a compensation.Illness and emotional trauma can also leave a lasting physical effect.Gradually the body may find it difficult to cope with accumulated stresses and symptoms such as pain and restrictions in movement may occur,hence the compensation becomes a complication.