02/16/2022
Craniosacral Therapy can help all sorts of things. From chronic migraines starting from the skull and it twinkling down to the sacrum.
Dr. Upledger (founder or Craniosacral Therapy) explains where the research started … our spine.
The “core”
All the vertebrae of your spine are shaped so that they form a canal that goes all the way from the base of your skull to just a couple of inches above your tailbone. In front of the canal is the supporting part of the vertebrae that is called the body vertebral body . The bodies are the supporting parts of your spine. Your spinal column is a pile or a stack of these vertebral bodies with softer shock absorber discs interposed between each two of the vertebral bodies. In addition to their function as shock absorbers, the disc allow for bending and rotation movement of the spine just behind the stack of the vertebral bodies and disc that support your body and the spinal canal. This canal offers protective housing for the spinal cord that it extends from your head to your tail.
Inside this spinal canal is a membrane system that further
houses and protects the spinal cord. This membrane system
also carries blood vessels that nurture the spinal cord and its
nerve roots. The membrane system is three-layered: the outermost layer is called the dura mater; the middle layer is called the arachnoid membrane; and the innermost layer is called the pia mater. The inside layer adheres snugly to the spinal cord. There is a fluid between all other layers. This fluid lubricates so that one membrane can glide in relationship to another and the spine can move about in acts of bending and twisting. The fluid, called cerebrospinal fluid, also carries nutrients and takes away waste products.
This membrane system is officially called the meninges.
When it gets infected or inflamed, it hurts like you can't imagine, and causes what is called meningitis. It can be a deadly and/or very crippling disease.
The outermost layer of the membrane system, the Dura mater, it’s tough and waterproof. It protects everything inside of it. It totally encloses the brain and spinal cord.
Page 11 and 12 in “Your inner physician and YOU by John E Upledger