Copyrighted Material Craniosacral Therapy Copyrighted Material Craniosacral Therapy JOHN E DPLEDGER, D.O., F.A.A.O AND JON D VREDEVOOGD, M.F.A Eastland Press SEATTLE Copyrighted Material 1983 by Eastland Washington 9811 L All Library of reserved Card Number: 82-82505 International Standard Book Number: 0-939616-01-7 Printed in the United State s of America Photolithoprinted by Ann Michigan, 1983 Third Printing 1984 Copyrighted Material To Our Families John Matthew, Mark, Mike and Rob and Kim and Jon Copyrighted Material Table of Contents PH D FOREWORD BY ELMER xi PREFACE CHAPTER Introduction to CHAPTER Concept: Basic Terminology 14 CHAPTER Craniosacral Motion: Palpatory 26 CHAPTER for Modification 39 Rhythm CHAPTER Release of Transverse Restrictions Which Impair Mobility 46 CHAPTER the ".:UU.'-'0." " System: Diagnosis Dural 60 CHAPTER Dysfunctions the '-'H�UL.,U Base 88 CHAPTER Spinal Mater and Complex 131 CHAPTER and Dysfunctions � ,.",•• vuw Osseous and Sutural the Cranial Vault 152 vii Copyrighted Material CHAPTER 10 167 The Occipital Condyles CHAPTER 11 Temporal Bone Dysfunction 172 CHAPTER 12 The Mouth, Face and Temporomandibular Joint 185 CHAPTER 13 Extrinsic Neuromusculoskeletal System Dysfunctions Which Influence the 203 Craniosacral System CHAPTER 14 Diagnosis by Evaluation of Craniosacral System Function and \Vhole Body Response 242 CHAPTER 15 Newborns, Infants and Children 256 CHAPTER 16 Specific Clinical Cautions and Applications 265 APPENDICES APPENDIX A The Structures of Cranial Bone Sutures 273 Ernest W Retzlaff, David Michael, Richard Roppel and Fred Mitchell, Jr ApPENDIX B Examination of the Cranial Rhythm in LongStanding Coma and Chronic Neurologic Cases 275 Z Karni, j E Upledger, j Mizrahi, L Heller, E Becker and T Najenson APPENDIX C Mechano-Electric Patterns During Craniosacral Osteopathic Diagnosis and Treatment 282 John E Upledger and Zvi Karni APPENDIx D Management of Autogenic Headache 291 John E Upledger and Jon D Vredevoogd APPENDIX E Spontaneous Release by Positioning Lawrence Hugh Jones Copyrighted Material 300 ix TABLE OF CONTENTS APPENDIX F Self-Induction of CR.! Still Point Using Tandem Tennis Balls 310 james Ne/Jon Riley APPENDIX G Diagnosis and Treatment of Temporoparietal Suture Head Pain 312 john E Up/edger, ErneJt W Retz/aff and jon Vredevoogd APPENDIX H Roentgen Findings in the Craniosacral Mechanism 317 Philtp E Greenman APPENDIx I The Relationship of Craniosacral Examination Findings in Grade School Children with Developmental Problems 329 john E Up/edger APPENDIX] The Reproducibility of Craniosacral Examination Findings: A Statistical Analysis 345 john E Up/edger APPENDIX K Holism, Osteopath y and Biomechanics 357 john E Up/edger REFERENCES 359 INDEX 361 Copyrighted Material Forew-ord light on Craniosacral therapy, as explained and taught in volume, interface, or area of blending, that lies intervention medicine and self medicine, traditional allopathic-osteopathic psychophysiologic self In other words, "between anisms when " book throws light on an differentiation between mind and in physics, biology, psychology and medicine In Preface to this book, John "people continue to they have care in health world Why? has recognize the existence of the significance.' , forceful statement about the ""M "'klH'V"' l.'U are subscribed to by some would say not summarize of y"HJIU�U texts In I am especially sensings and manipulations in Upledger's �� ••vu.[',v and manipulations of "body electricity" in intervention is not surprising, the visualization self It of P .� "'''· should common ground At a number of physiologic correlates that ['," a H xi Copyrighted Material xii FOREWORD remain without satisfactory explanation kind of "body electricity" can not the existence of a "transferred" from therapist to patient (in the technique) or can be self manipulated by a patient Since self-regulation placebo effect in drug after in visualization methods of psychophysiologic one of the almost of intervention u.��.�, for instance), a crucial question is reality of the"V-spread" data is accepted: Are the phenomena merely result of psychophysiologic self-regulation, conscious or unconscious, the patient? that It is a well placebo effect, a body, is a subdivision physiologic change in a effect (even though the is completely unconscious of having generated it) Much is known about how a patient consciously or unconsciously uses HU�F>',H"" change in biochemical and (visualization) to admittedly, much is not known But one thing is certain: without mental imagery, conscious or unconscious, nothing can self-initiated or self-controlled It is known that placebos and self-regulation methods not work with babies and dogs Those creatures not know what we are talking about In mechanisms can not self-directed through visualization But work with and Ius intermay handle the same energy in a way, but in both vention the existence of a non-neurological and nonto cases we find it classical "body to account for results of Often when the of the technique is used the patient not know what is happening, and has no described by Upledger (and what is "supposed to happen." The which are observed by workshop students, including myself) take place without patient's own visualization And since visualization is sine qua non of self'-F.'en """ in its conscious or unconscious, self-regulation can ruled out as a satisfactory \ "'It'''' ''''''wu'u In 8, strange as described, you however, one who to mind team psychophysiology lab try it before long been it out it may sound a hand." To me, in this area, it rings a familiar note It of yogis whom we (The Voluntary in India in 1974 with a portable Foundation) self regulation adepts who were willing (and to explain, maintained that everything they did "inside and outside the skin," however through to Western psychology and ""'",UlfJ''''''''v uof a which they called "prana." body's neurological According to correlate, or reflection, more of "nadis, " which are superphysical, but real, substance not yet detected by instruments filaments are constructed, it is said, of "dense prana, " and they conduct a more subtle form of (meridians) are "prana" said to be parts structure In any event, ",,,-,.VLUHAj