CranioSacral Therapy (CST), NeuroMeningeal Therapy (NMT) and Visceral-Vascular Mobilization (VM) are treatment modalities that your therapist may offer during your treatments at Shine. Almost anyone, from newborns to seniors, can benefit from these gentle yet powerful methods of detecting and correcting the alignment and function of the nervous system and surrounding tissues while VM works with the internal organs and their surrounding tissues. These approaches seek to improve the alignment, symmetry and mobility of these systems. The delicate balance of these complex systems can be compromised by trauma, surgery, postural compensations, infections and even minor injuries. Dysfunctions in these systems can create a cascade of negative effects anywhere in the body that may even present years after the initial event.
CST, NMT and VM sessions at Shine take place in a quiet, private setting and can last as little as a few minutes or up to an hour. Clients remains clothed or respectfully draped while comfortably resting on a warm, cushioned treatment table. By carefully palpating to feel for tissue alignment and restrictions, your therapist can trace an imbalance to the original source of dysfunction. Gentle, firm and specific manual techniques are then used to release and rebalance that area and other surrounding compensations. CST, NMT and VM do not take the place of empowering movement, breath, and postural retraining, so these manual therapies are used in combination with movement education to create the most healing outcomes for our clients. What you experience during your own session is highly individualized and based on your body's unique response to each technique. Clients generally leave feeling more relaxed, aligned and present in their bodies. By releasing tensions in these systems, the body is better able to heal and make intuitive self-corrections even weeks after the treatment.
Individuals of all ages with the following symptoms tend to respond very well to CST, NMT and VM: headaches, migraines, clenching and jaw dysfunction, generalized tension, sinus pressure, vertigo, chronic spinal pain, menstrual cramps, gastrointestinal dysfunction, nerve pain and entrapment, nausea, and breathing impairments. The work is truly a dialogue that -along with other treatments- facilitates transformation from trauma.
CranioSacral Therapy Brochure
NeuroMeningeal Therapy Brochure
Visceral Manipulation Brochure