CRANIOPATHIC PROCEDURES:

There are three aspects of Craniopathy:

Sutural Approach
The sutures of the skull are manipulated to ease the pressure and increase mobility of the cranial bones.  By removing stress between the cranial bones, the sutural approach normalizes the relationship of one bone to another. This allows for remodeling of the entire craniosacral system and enhancement of its function and capacity for adaptation.

While still a medical student, M. B. DeJarnette worked with Dr. Sutherland, who had observed that the bones of the skull are designed to move in accordance with one another.  Even today, Dr. Sutherland's theory is considered ridiculous, as prevailing scientific opinion states that the bones of the skull are fused together.  Despite scientific and clinical evidence to support cranial bone motion, the scientific community and many anatomic texts still teach that the bones of an adult skull are fused and immobile.

Meningeal Approach
Developed in the late 70's by a multidisciplinary team of medical personnel to determine a mechanism of the craniosacral system.  This provided a practical model of the movement of the cranium and craniosacral system.  This evolved into an approach focusing on the meningeal membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

Treatment is focused on releasing the restrictions of the cranial sutures and the underlying membranes through gentle contacts on cranium.These gentle contacts restore the rhythmic movement of the craniosacral motion and normalize cerebrospinal fluid pressure.

Reflex Approach
The reflex approach relieves stress in the craniosacral system and in other structures and organs of the body.  By stimulation of the nerve ending in the scalp and between the cranial sutures, this approach eliminates referred pain in the body, i.e. sciatica, low back pain can be caused by the jamming of the sutures at the top of the head.  Releasing the suture allows immediate relief of the pain.

Sacro Occipital Technique/Craniopathy combines the sutural, meningeal and reflex approaches into one system of analysis and treatment.  Since the 1920's, Dr. DeJarnette researched, developed and taught Craniopathy.  Today Sacro Occipital Research Society - International (www.sorsi.com) carries on the work, teaching Doctors around the world.

Craniopaths all over the world are able to produce positive clinical results in conditions such as asthma, cataracts, ADD/ADHD.   Correction of the position of the cranial bones can reduce the impact of traumatic birth injury and concussions.  Releasing cranial nerve entrapment helps seizures, facial palsy, tic delorous, hearing, eyesight and headaches.

Trapezious Fiber Technique
Chronic back spasms are often the result of the small muscles that control fine motion of the vertebrae, loosing their ability to control the vertebrae. This allows the vertebrae to move uncontrolled.   The excess motion generates heat.  In defense of this, the body creates a muscle spasm to clamp the out-of-control vertebrae down.  This muscle splinting controls motion but destroys normal circulation of blood and lymph and nerve flow to the organs, setting the stage for further dysfunction.  Loss of circulation and nerve control causes the organs to swell and become stagnant and dysfunctional by robbing them of motility and mobility to function properly leading to organ pathology if uncorrected.

SOT recognizes this and through critical point analysis can determine the exact vertebrae through “trigger point-like” nodules across the tops of the shoulders.  After properly adjusting the vertebrae in a specific manner to restore controlled motion, the nodules and the muscle spasms disappear.

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