Craniosacral Therapy

Craniosacral therapy involves gentle manipulation of the skull and spine to enhance the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and alleviate imbalances or restrictions in the craniosacral system, which includes the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround the brain and spinal cord. When these imbalances are restored it can improve the functioning of the central nervous system.

Dysfunction in the craniosacral system can be the result of a traumatic birthing for either mother or child, tongue tie(s), physical injury, concussion, emotional stress, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Craniosacral therapy is used to treat a variety of conditions and can effectively reduce symptoms including Infantile disorders, colic, motor-coordination impairments, migraine headaches, temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ), chronic neck and back pain-tongue ties, stress and tension related problems, orthopedic issues, learning disabilities, and emotional difficulties.

Why Primitive Reflex Integration?

Babies learn their sensory environment by first mouthing-feeding by breast or bottle, then hands to the mouth (the start of coordinated movement), and finally by including the feet. Developmental movement entails crawling, and other foundational brain-body based movements. Movement drives the growth of the brain and nervous system. Children who lack these movements often have an underdeveloped, immature neurosensory-motor system. Without these movements, a child’s brain may have gaps in sensory processing including deficits in attention, focus, vision, speech, coordination, muscle tone, balance and more. They will also likely have had developmental delays.

Programs based in primitive reflex integration are movement-based therapy that target foundational areas of the brain to organize and integrate functions not addressed by other interventions. This type of therapy uses a prescribed set of repetitive movements to remap a child’s neural pathways. This allows the child’s brain to continue developing naturally (without surgery or pharmaceuticals) as it was intended to. This therapy can help fill the gaps and resolve challenges in children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder and learning disabilities. Both children and adults can benefit from neurological reorganization.

What is Buteyko Breathing?

The Buteyko breathing technique is a breathing method that can be used for various purposes. Advocates of Buteyko breathing consider it a natural way to improve health, increase energy and concentration, reduce stress and anxiety levels, and improve sleep quality. It calls for nasal inhalations and exhalations, with few exceptions (i.e. weight lifting and some strenuous exercising). The Buteyko breathing method teaches people how to use their diaphragm for full body breathing instead of shallow chest breathing which uses too much oxygen and leads to hyperventilation and over production of carbon dioxide (CO2).

Buteyko breathing exercises support diaphragmatic breathing performance levels.

The “Control Pause” (CP) or BOLT score, is a simple breath hold measurement used to evaluate breathing proficiency. It helps to determine breathing volume, and tolerance to carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood. Carbon dioxide is required in the blood to release oxygen (O2) to muscles and organs. Over breathing reduces CO2 levels and therefore decreases oxygenation of the blood.

The Postural Restoration Institute:

Basic concepts of the Postural Restoration Institute were developed upon the principle that the dominant use of one side of the body can develop from other system unilateral overuse. When normal imbalances are not regulated by reciprocal function during walking, breathing, or running, a strong pattern emerges creating structural weaknesses, instabilities, and Musculo-skeletal pain syndromes. Balancing muscle activity around the sacrum (pelvis), the sternum(thorax) and the sphenoid (middle of the head) through a PRI approach best positions multiple systems of the human body for appropriate integrated asymmetrical function.

Vision, occlusion, hearing, foot pressure, occupational demands, in-uterine position, etc. can all influence asymmetrical tendencies and patterns. PRI credentialed professionals recognize the more common integrated patterns of human stance, extremity use, respiratory function, vestibular imbalance, mandibular orientation, and foot dynamics; and balance these patterns, as much as possible, through specific exercise programs that integrate correct respiration with left side or right side inhibitory or facilitatory function.

The Benefits of Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic care is a non-invasive treatment for individuals seeking to manage musculoskeletal issues, and to promote overall wellness. Spinal adjustments and joint mobilization are used to realign the spine and relieve pressure. By restoring proper alignment and function to the musculoskeletal system, chiropractic adjustments can alleviate discomfort and improve mobility, allowing individuals to experience relief from chronic or acute pain.