Who developed Cranio Sacral Therapy?
CST was pioneered and developed by osteopathic physician John E. Upledger following extensive scientific studies from 1975 to 1983 at Michigan State University, where he served as a clinical researcher and Professor of Biomechanics. Scientists used to think that the bones of the skull fused as we reached adulthood and were not capable of movement. This has been shown to be inaccurate as there are very small movements possible between each bone in the skull. Those with sensitive hand may be able to feel the subtle movements of the skull during each inhalation and exhalation of the breath. There is slight widening and shortening of the skull on inhalation, lengthening and narrowing on exhalation. John Upledger discovered the cranio sacral rhythm as a process of the body when he was assisting on an operation to remove a calcium plaque on a man’s dura mater membrane. “We wanted to maintain the intactness of the membrane itself, so the membrane was not cut—though usually it would have been.
