Cranio Sacral Therapy Brisbane Australia

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How does Cranio Sacral Therapy (CST) work?

 

CST looks at the person‘s system as a whole on the physical, emotional, mental  and spiritual levels, working with the root of the problem and therefore providing long lasting results.

CST is extremely gentle and therefore can be used with people of all ages from newborn babies to older persons and people with a lot of pain.

 

CST works through one of the body systems called the CST system, which consists of the cranial bones, the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid. It extends from the cranium to the sacrum (tailbone area).


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Therapy session
CST has a rhythm that can be felt throughout the body. The cranio cacral therapist tunes into the body and uses the CST rythm to locate the areas of restrictions. Once located, the therapist will assist the body to release its own restrictions by contacting and stimulating the body's own healing forces.


What does the therapist actually do?


The Cranio sacral therapist uses their hands to listen closely to the body. This allows them to discern restriction patterns and mostly the primary restriction. The therapist will then place their hands gently on different areas of the body and by enhancing the body's ability to heal itself will help release the restrictions. Being able to find where the restrictions are located in the body and to help the body release them is the essence of CST.


What’s happening during a treatment ?


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Cranio: a gentle therapy
In a CST session you will lie fully clothed on the treatment table (or sit up if lying down is not comfortable for you). The therapist will place their hands lightly on your body starting with your feet to tune in to what is happening in your body. The contact is light all the time so it will feel comfortable for you throughout the treatment.


CST is very relaxing and patients often doze during treatments. It is very gentle and therefore suitable for all ages, from new-born to elderly.


How many sessions will I need?


This depends on age and conditions.

 

Baby’s and very young children will release in a couple of sessions most of the time. Children will need from 1 to 10 sessions on average.

 

An average series of treatments for adults will be between 10 and 20 times.

 

How long is a session?


It depends on age. Children session is about 1 hour and an adult session lasts about 75 mn.

 

What is the usual interval between sessions?

 

CST works at its best with one session a week.

After the session the body will continue the healing process for a few days and then will tend to go back to its old pattern. So by having a treatment once a week, the body does not have time to go back to old patterns.


How safe is CST?


As CST does not push or manipulate but uses the ability of the body to heal itself, it is one of the safest therapies. It is very gentle. The therapist encourages the body to release and never forces anything.