Expert Articles on Craniosacral Therapy

CLINICAL STUDIES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Migrane Headaches – “Credibility of Low-Strength Static Magnet Therapy as an Attention Control Intervention for a Randomized Controlled Study of CranioSacral Therapy for Migraine Headaches,” The Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine 2011 http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2010.0277
“Craniosacral therapy for migraine: Protocol development for an exploratory controlled clinical trial,” BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/8/28

Fibromyalgia - “Influence of Craniosacral Therapy on Anxiety, Depression and Quality of Life in Patients with Fibromyalgia,” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2011 http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2011/178769/
“A randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of craniosacral therapy on pain and heart rate variability in fibromyalgia patients,” Clinical Rehabilitation 2011 http://cre.sagepub.com/content/25/1/25.abstract

Vertigo - “Temporal Bone Misalignment and Motion Asymmetry as a Cause of Vertigo: The CranioSacral Model,” Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine 2009. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943575

Dementia - ”Craniosacral Still Point Technique: Exploring Its Effects in Individuals with Dementia,” Journal of Gerontological Nursing 2008 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18350746

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) – “Effect of craniosacral therapy on lower urinary tract signs and symptoms in multiple sclerosis,” Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 2009 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19341983

OTHER NOTABLE ARTICLES

“Understanding the Process of Fascial Unwinding” by Budiman Minasny, PhD, International Journal of Massage & Bodywork, 2009. http://www.ijtmb.org/index.php/ijtmb/article/view/43/75

“Understanding the E Word in Bodywork” by John Upledger, DO, OMM, Massage Today, September 2006. Dr. Upledger presents an abbreviated version of Tim Hutton’s presentation at the 2005 Beyond The Dura conference. Dr. Hutton talks about how the E-word – “energy” in bodywork is sense-oriented. http://www.massagetoday.com/mpacms/mt/article.php?id=13472

“CranioSacral Therapy” by Will Wilson, Positive Health, July 1999. The article provides some history of CST including the work of William Sutherland and Dr. John Upledger. He discusses the effects of craniosacral therapy, describes what happens in a treatment and provides some case studies from his practice. http://www.positivehealth.com/article/craniosacral-therapy/craniosacral-therapy

“Geriatric Applications of Craniosacral Therapy: Established allied health professionals’ use of a complementary modality” by  Edith G. Walsh, PhD, RN, The International Journal of Healing and Caring, January 2007. http://www.upledger.com/pdf/ger.pdf

SPECIFIC AUTHORS

- Tad Wanveer has published numerous articles and has an expert blog column in Massage Magazine since 2008.
- John Upledger published an ongoing column Craniosacrally Speaking in Massage Today magazine from 2001-2009.