Cranial Sacral Massage Therapy

Series Summary

Massage is the act of applying pressure and motion to the soft tissues of the body like muscles tissue and joints. This helps with pain and managing stress as well as improving circulation. Typically the client is partially if not fully unclothed and a towel is draped over the parts of the body that are not being massaged. A Swedish massage is made up of long slow strokes that are specifically designed to improve circulation. It was actually designed by a Dutch practitioner Johann Georg Mezger and began being referred to as Swedish by mistake.

This free video series will not only provide you tips and useful techniques to use on your clients but it will also break down the different areas to pay attention to so that you may better attack those spots that cause problems for them. The head, neck, back and even stomach and feet are part of this series and are also an integral part of a good Swedish massage. You will learn indicators to avoid while giving a massage and how your clients should feel during and after the cranial sacral massage.

Video Transcript

"Hi! On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Jean Hurley from Siegels Day Spa Therapy in Cottonwood, Arizona. I am here to tell you about cranio-sacral therapy. This was discovered by a man name John Upledger in 1971 and he was assisting in a neurosurgery and was told to hold some certain nerves still and he found out that these nerves had a movement of their own that was unrelated to his pulse or to the lymphatic system and he discovered that by simply holding the head still that is not such a simple task. It has its own rhythm and movement of its own. Cranio-sacral relates from the sacral area of the body to the cranium, a fluid that moves up and down the spine column and through its own movement we can help relieve pain, pressure, and fatigue in all areas of the body. I am going to start with 10 simple holds and you can base an entire hour to hour and half release therapy session on these 10 holds. "