CranioSacral Therapy FAQ’s

1. What conditions benefit from CST?

CranioSacral Therapy can help a lot of conditions, but most of the people I see complain of some variety of pain, including:

  • • Back Pain
  • • Neck Pain
  • • Shoulder Pain
  • • Headaches
  • • Migraines
  • • Sinus Pain
  • • Concussions and Post-Concussion Syndrome
  • • TMJ Dysfunction/pain
  • • Hip pain
  • • Knee and foot pain
  • • Sciatica
  • • Scoliosis
  • • Lupus
  • • Fibromyalgia
  • • Other chronic autoimmune, inflammatory or pain conditions

2. Who created CST?

CranioSacral Therapy has been a technique used in Osteopathy for over a hundred years and there is evidence that it came out of traditional bone-setting techniques practiced in Europe and by the Native Americans in the US. The school of CranioSacral Therapy that I practice 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.

For more information on John E. Upledger, go to www.UpledgerInstitute.com.