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Sue Still Point PDF
Sue Still Point PDF
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What if I told you that a simple technique that incorporates 15 minutes of lying down might be able to help your wellbeing, alleviate headaches, reduce a fever by up to four degrees, help with acute and chronic musculoskeletal dysfunctions, reduce the effects of stress and help support your immune system? I bet you might want to know more. Well here is the scoop A system in the body I work with quite frequently is the CranioSacral System (CSS). This system is organized around meningeal membranes. These membranes attach to the skull, several upper cervical vertebrae, the 2nd sacral vertebrae and eventually attach to the coccyx (the tailbone). These meninges cover your central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and thus can exert an influence on it. So anything that influences these bones can influence our CSS, hence our central nervous system. There are a wide variety of symptoms which can be caused by tension in these bones or meninges, such as (but not limited to) headaches, back pain, GI problems, foggy thinking, scoliosis, symptoms of children on the autism spectrum and people with cerebral
start our computers if they have been acting up. We can induce these stillpoints in the body to encourage the body to a better balance or self-correction in about 15 minutes even if you cannot feel the rhythm! This simple, 15 minute treatment involves lying on a stillpoint inducer (SPI); typically the body will respond by going into stillness. This self-correction or balancing can have profound effects on the central nervous system, such as feeling calmer, decreased muscle tension, and a balancing of the autonomic nervous system (which could help to balance
Susan Cotta is a licensed physical therapist in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She teaches CranioSacral Therapy (CST) for the Upledger Institute and is the author of "I Can Show You I Care: Compassionate Touch for Children", a book about how children can change the world through touch. Sue is the owner of Unlimited Potentials, a holistic practice in Swansea, MA, which not only incorporates CST, but a variety of other modalities such as visceral manipulation, Maya abdominal massage and myofascial release to name a few. Call now to experience CST in a caring and gentle atmosphere. You can reach Sue at (508)982-1100 or by email at suecotta@verizon.net
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