Cranial Osteopathy

Craniosacral osteopathy (also known as cranial osteopathy) is a form of osteopathic therapy developed By Dr. William Garner Sutherland – a student of Dr. A.T. Still.  Dr. Sutherland was a student at the America School of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Missouri (Dr. Mercuro’s alma mater) when he had a thoughtful revelation when studying the surfaces of the cranial bones.  The shape of the bones prompted years of further study and self-experimentation where he developed the principles of osteopathy in the Cranial Field.    

Osteopathic Treatment in the Cranial Field is a powerful treatment modality.  If you have ever been on a river or in some type of water current, you know that it is much easier to move with the tide than against it.  In the same way, cranial osteopathic treatment works with the movement in your body.  When we work with the movement within, we need to apply less external force to evoke change.  This makes it sometimes seem like there is not a whole lot going on during the treatment sometimes.  From the outside observer, the treatment appears very still and quiet as the osteopath moves around the table placing hands in precise positions to find balance within that area and in the whole body.  The recipient of the treatment will often feel as if something is happening but is not quite sure what and often the correction happens in between treatments.  Every treatment and every person is different so there is not a standard procedure or process.