“A Gentle hands-on technique to help detect and correct imbalances in the craniosacral system that may be the cause of sensory, motor and/or neurological dysfunction” (Upledger Institute).

Bodily tissues contract and tighten in response to the everyday stresses and strains of  life.  Eventually, this affects the brain and spinal cord which, in turn, can affect the performance of other bodily systems.

Cranial Sacral Therapy releases restrictions and frees the central nervous system by eliminating pain and stress.  This allows the body to relax and self-correct, strengthening resistance to disease and enhancing overall health and well-being."

CST (Cranial Sacral Therapy) has helped to alleviate the following conditions

• Migraines and Headaches
• Chronic Neck and Back Pain
• Stress and Tension-Related Disorders
• Motor-Coordination Impairments
• Fibromyalgia
• Scoliosis
• Central Nervous System Disorders
• Learning Disabilities
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• And May Other Conditions

“Research conducted in the late ‘70’s by Dr. John Upledger and biophysicist Zvi Karni led to the discovery that the body often retains the emotional imprint of physical trauma. These imprints, especially of intense feelings that may have occurred at the time of injury – anger, fear, resentment – leave residues in the body in areas called “energy cysts.”

Although you can adapt to energy cysts, over time your body needs extra energy to continue performing its day-to-day functions. Then as years pass and the body becomes more stressed, it can lose its ability to adapt. That’s when symptoms and dysfunctions begin to appear and become difficult to suppress or ignore.

Through SomatoEmotional Release, the therapist engages in imaging and dialoguing techniques that can guide the patient through an otherwise challenging encounter with long-held emotions. The patient does not need to analyze the problem to release it. Often the body will spontaneously return to the same position it was in when the injury was first sustained. As this occurs, the therapist can feel the tissues of the body relax as the energy cyst is expelled. Then the body is free to return to it optimal levels of functioning.”

Pam is a Connecticut licensed massage therapist and is nationally certified with the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Body Work (NCBTMB).  She is a graduate of the Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy, and a member of AMTA.