craniosacral

February 23, 2009

my son went for his first craniosacral appt. friday, the therapist recommended

2-3 times a week? does that sound right? does anyone go that often? and for how

long do they need to go that often? he seemed to like it, but i didnt see

anything worth $60 per session 3 times a week. any advise or stories of how it

help or didnt help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks, sharon

February 23, 2009

Sharon,

We did 8 sessions of cranio-sacral therapy throughout last summer and our

insurance paid for it through " out of network physical therapy " . You might try

that to get it covered. She initially rec. two times weekly for us but it was a

half days drive from our house to get to the therapist... so it just wasn't

possible. I can not tell you anything OVERT that it benefited... but it

certainly did not hurt. My son did very well through the summer while he was

getting the treatment (and many many others!) and has continued to make slow

steady progress. They wanted us to do " manitenance sessions " (after our intial

8) which I did not do for my son because it was just too far. But he continues

to do well, in general. We still have our issues, but he is making forward dev.

progress.

My husband called it " voo-doo " . I still can't make up my mind... even

after having gone through it. Sorry, I am not more help.

From: SHARON SMITH <ssmith0306@...>

Subject: [ ] craniosacral

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Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 2:35 PM

my son went for his first craniosacral appt. friday, the therapist recommended

2-3 times a week? does that sound right? does anyone go that often? and for how

long do they need to go that often? he seemed to like it, but i didnt see

anything worth $60 per session 3 times a week. any advise or stories of how it

help or didnt help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks, sharon

February 23, 2009

Hi! We take our son to have these treatments done and I have not seen

any real change and it has been about 3 weeks of about 2 times per

week. I can say that he sleeps better lately and he seems to tolerate

the session moreso(typically doesn't like to be restricted or held). I

am under the understanding that if you go more often, you will see

results sooner than if you are not going regularly and our therapist is

confident that it will make improvements...at this point, I am willing

to try it out. The theory is more like it relieves pressure on areas

of the brain and that can't be a bad idea.

>

> my son went for his first craniosacral appt. friday, the therapist

recommended 2-3 times a week? does that sound right? does anyone go

that often? and for how long do they need to go that often? he seemed

to like it, but i didnt see anything worth $60 per session 3 times a

week. any advise or stories of how it help or didnt help would be

greatly appreciated.

>

> thanks, sharon

>

February 23, 2009

My son's craniosacral therapist just suggested that I schedule an

appointment with her (free of charge!) for a session so that I can

better understand what she is doing/what he is feeling. because it

does look like a whole lot of nothing when you're just observing

I'm very interested to feel for myself what it is all about.

Kari

>

> The more frequent at the beginning the better. The idea is that the

> body is " holding " injury and restrictions in the flow of CSF as a

> memory. The more work done all in a short period of time, the less

> likely the body will revert to " old habits " . The great thing about

> CST is that once it's done it's done. A tune-up every six-twelve

> months is all you need.

>

> Make sure your practitioner _specializes_ in CST, full-time, and

> mostly with children. If they are certified (CST) or diplomates

> (CST-D) under the Upledger system

> (http://www.iahp.com/pages/search/index.php), you will have a lot

> more luck than with some random massage or physiotherapist who took

> one class.

>

> And if you want to know if it's helping your child, have a few

> sessions yourself to understand how it completely changes your body.

>

> >my son went for his first craniosacral appt. friday, the therapist

> >recommended 2-3 times a week? does that sound right? does anyone go

> >that often? and for how long do they need to go that often? he

> >seemed to like it, but i didnt see anything worth $60 per session 3

> >times a week. any advise or stories of how it help or didnt help

> >would be greatly appreciated.

> >

> >thanks, sharon

> >

>

> --

> Ralph Nader on the need for moral courage:

>

February 23, 2009

We did cs for many months on my son as a baby for plagiocephaly and torticollis.

I didn't see any major changes in head shape issues and went forward with a

second band. No regrets there at all.

You can learn from them if willing to teach you some. I'm not sure if it could

hurt or not. Pay attention to what they do. You could do some while your child

relaxes, sleeping, sorry, all depending on age. My guy was a baby, like 9-12

months of age.

He was also lodged in utero, I did a number to his head, c-section after induced

with pitocin.

Tammy

[ ] Re: craniosacral

My son's craniosacral therapist just suggested that I schedule an

appointment with her (free of charge!) for a session so that I can

better understand what she is doing/what he is feeling. because it

does look like a whole lot of nothing when you're just observing

I'm very interested to feel for myself what it is all about.

Kari

>

> The more frequent at the beginning the better. The idea is that the

> body is " holding " injury and restrictions in the flow of CSF as a

> memory. The more work done all in a short period of time, the less

> likely the body will revert to " old habits " . The great thing about

> CST is that once it's done it's done. A tune-up every six-twelve

> months is all you need.

>

> Make sure your practitioner _specializes_ in CST, full-time, and

> mostly with children. If they are certified (CST) or diplomates

> (CST-D) under the Upledger system

> (http://www.iahp.com/pages/search/index.php), you will have a lot

> more luck than with some random massage or physiotherapist who took

> one class.

>

> And if you want to know if it's helping your child, have a few

> sessions yourself to understand how it completely changes your body.

>

> >my son went for his first craniosacral appt. friday, the therapist

> >recommended 2-3 times a week? does that sound right? does anyone go

> >that often? and for how long do they need to go that often? he

> >seemed to like it, but i didnt see anything worth $60 per session 3

> >times a week. any advise or stories of how it help or didnt help

> >would be greatly appreciated.

> >

> >thanks, sharon

> >

>

> --

> Ralph Nader on the need for moral courage:

>

February 23, 2009

When I worked at a group home for youth on the spectrum I was yanked to the

ground by my hair by one of the teens. I opted for massage therapy over pain

medication for my wrenched neck. The massage therapist I went to practiced CST.

I don't remember how many sessions I had but it affected my vision considerably.

The eye doc checked 4 times because he couldn't believe my vision had improved

so much in such a short time. I had to get a new prescription. The CST was the

only explanation we could come up with. The practitioner hadn't heard of it

happening before but agreed that it was feasible. I still have to wear glasses

but I had been concerned about my rapidly failing vision prior to that (probably

due in part to metal toxicity). In my case Worker's Comp covered it but I don't

recommend that way of getting it covered.

S S

Re: craniosacral

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Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:56 am (PST)