Craniosacral Therapy / Osteopathy

We owe the discovery of this very important branch of natural medicine to Dr. W.G. Sutherland D.O., who was a direct student, towards the end of the 19th century, of the founder of Osteopathy, Dr. A.T. Still D.O.
Dr. Sutherland, an American, was not a doctor, but a printer first and then a journalist, and just as a journalist in 1897 he went to Dr. Still's school of Osteopathy to write an article on this science ... he was so impressed that what he saw that he then decided to abandon everything and become an osteopath

He himself says: ".. Reflecting on a skull, my attention was drawn to the sphenoid, cut like the scales of a fish, to perform functions of movement, indicative of the possibility of a respiratory movement .."

Dr. Sutherland, still a student, tried to get rid of that idea that he himself called crazy, then he graduated and for 20 years worked as an osteopath, but that idea never abandoned him so much "is that he convinced himself to follow his own inclinations and began to carry out studies first on disjointed skulls and then on his own skull, with results that were sometimes not exactly brilliant and above all not entirely restful, as he reproduced mechanical injuries induced by considerable stresses on his skull.
Little by little he developed an understanding and a mechanical model that allowed him to realize his intuitions, the "Primary Respiratory Mechanism": "corresponds to the fluctuation of the cerebrospinal fluid, the motility of the brain and medulla and the mobility of the bones of the skull and of the sacrum between the iliac bones "he will say ..." the bones of the skull and the sacrum function as a "functional unit that possesses an involuntary mobility in the phases of the MRP (primary respiratory mechanism)".
These ideas met indifference and hostility in osteopathic colleagues for many years, during which Osteopathy in the Cranial field also spread outside Osteopathy and was also taught to non-osteopaths, and thus CranioSacral Therapy was born, an etymological difference that is purely ethical to distinguish it from Osteopathy. in the Cranial area.
This method consists of extremely gentle manipulations of the cranial sphere, fascia and pelvis, in the wake of Dr. Still's philosophy of Osteopathy, but skilfully dosed, administered and above all performed by operators who have a deep knowledge of neuroanatomy and biomechanics and biodynamics craniosacral.
So many times today I hear about "craniosacral massage" or something like that; here always be wary of these improvised charlatans and contact osteopaths who are members of the R.O.I. or to craniosacral therapists who are members of the A.I.T.E.C.S. - R.O.C.S. in case of need.
The benefits of the cranial approach to the infant and adult are now widely documented and demonstrated.
Today both Osteopaths and Craniosacral Therapists practice this discipline, although in a study of a few years ago on the practice of Osteopathy in America it is estimated that out of 36,000 licensed osteopaths less than 500 practiced cranial osteopathy.
In Italy this discipline has not yet been officially associated with traditional medicine, unlike many other European, Anglo-Saxon and American countries, and, in addition to some schools of osteopathy, there are very few schools that teach it in serious scholastic pathways, in accordance with the inheritance. left to us by Dr. Sutherland.
The following are the disorders that can be normalized by performing Craniosacral Therapy:

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM PROBLEMS

ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

DISORDERS OF THE JOINTS

GYNECOLOGICAL DISORDERS

HEART AND BLOOD VESSEL DISORDERS

SLEEP DISORDERS

DIZZINESS

DIGESTIVE DISORDERS

DISORDERS OF THE STOMATOGNATIC SYSTEM

DISORDERS OF VISCERAL FUNCTIONS

CHRONIC PAIN

VISUAL AND MIDDLE EAR DISORDERS

PSYCHO-SOMATIC PROBLEMS AND HYPERACTIVITY "IN THE CHILD

DISORDERS OF POSTUROLOGICAL ORIGIN