Category: Craniosacral Therapy

Fibromyalgia: Impaired Energy Flow in Acupoints

Fibromyalgia results from energy congestion in the meridians.    Fibromyalgia is the result of impaired energy flow in the body’s meridians. The meridians carry primal energy to all the cells, tissues, organs, and other structures of the body, like electric wires bring electricity to all the outlets in your house.  Without electricity, your appliances, lights, heat/air conditioner, entertainment centers, and… Read more →

Allergies: An Alternative to Antihistamines

Allergies reflect an over-vigilant immune system due to compromised mucus membranes that line the digestive and respiratory tract. We can use herbs and homeopathy to help the body repair the mucus membranes to make them less permeable to pathogens as well as harmless food particles and pollens.  However, we can also help the body in its healing process with acupuncture,… Read more →

Basilar Migraines: Uncommon & Frightening

Basilar migraines are less common than other migraines but are more frightening. Basilar migraines, so called because they involve the basilar artery, are not nearly as common as other migraines.  However, the symptoms are more frightening.  They may manifest as  dizziness, double vision, slurred speech, hearing difficulty, tingling of the body, temporary loss of vision, loss of balance, and confusion, as well… Read more →

Migraines: Causes and Treatment

Migraines are complex. Migraine headaches are quite complex, causing symptoms such as mild to severe head pain of a pulsating quality, nausea, vomiting, photophobia (sensitivity to light), phonophobia (sensitivity to sound) as well as unusual sense of smell, sight, and hearing right before the migraine, referred to as aura.  Approximately a third of all migraine sufferers experience this aura.  Jaw and neck… Read more →

Cluster Headaches: Causes & Treatments

Cluster headaches, so called because they have a tendency to appear in time “clusters”, are an excellent candidate for craniosacral therapy because they involve all the cranial and facial bones, as well as the sutures that connect them, and the connective tissue (sutures are a form of connective tissue), such as the meninges of the brain, and the fascia that… Read more →