Craniosacral therapy - WAS severe autism

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Hi,

 

I'm a brand new member of this group and also have advanced training

from Upledger in CranioSacral Therapy. The vast majority of people I

see think the work is wonderful and have no adverse reactions.

However, what you describe can happen. I have a couple of thoughts on it.

 

First, there's an emotional component to CranioSacral Therapy. The

theory is that emotional energy can be stored in the tissues, which

can actually have an effect on the physical body. There is a technique

called SomatoEmotional Release (SER) that specifically deals with

releasing this stored emotional energy. If someone receives a

structural treatment without going into the SER component, it's

possible that some of the emotional piece was stirred up, but not

released fully, thus leading to the uncomfortable feelings later on.

 

Another possibility is that the person actually had a delayed SER, did

release some emotional energy (which is good), and was working through

that emotional component several hours after the session. How did your

son do the next day or two after the treatment? Sometimes that

temporary increase in emotions can be exactly what that body needs.

 

If the treatments were all " just structural " and this happens without

any eventual change for the better, I'd recommend finding someone who

is comfortable working in the SER mode and try again. It does sound

like some changes happened, both with your son and your friend. And

sometimes CranioSacral Therapy is just not the best match if it stirs

stuff up too much.

 

I've never seen anyone who became permanently worse with this

technique, nor is it contraindicated in people with emotional issues,

quite the contrary. Overall, it is generally very helpful in a wide

variety of ailments, including those with an emotional basis.

 

Hope this helps,

Marge

 

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, " castleboys3 "

<castleboys3 wrote:

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> My now 17 yr old son had this back when he was in 6th grade; so

> around 12 yrs old.

>

> OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) had begun that year, pretty bad.

> He was seeing an occupational therapist for some motor skill help and

> she was also trained in the craniosacral and recommended it. Well,

> it was very interesting and my son did fine the two times she did it,

> I mean was fine when we left. But each time she had used it that

> afternoon, his OCD was way, way worse that evening, like it just

> came... " rushing " back 20x worse suddenly (he had

> compulsions/rituals). So after that 2nd time, I had her stop it.

>

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