Data

There is significant evidence supporting the effectiveness of bodywork for a very broad range of health concerns, including:

  • Chronic pain management, such as back pain, headache, carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoarthritis, neck and shoulder pain, fibromyalgia, and hospice care.

  • Behavioral health treatment, such as anxiety and stress, depression, PTSD, and substance use disorder.

  • Rehabilitation/physical training, such as athletic training/injury treatment, job-related injuries, cardiac rehab, joint replacement surgery, and scar management.

  • Acute medical conditions, such as cancer management, post-operative pain, lymphatic drainage, and maternity and newborn care (Massage Therapy in Integrative Care and Pain Management, AMTA, 2018).

Craniosacral therapy (CST) is a newer bodywork field, derived from cranial osteopathy and adapted to professionals with broad range of healthcare licensures: physical therapists, massage therapists, nurses, MDs. Qualitative and anecdotal data support the effectiveness of CST for a truly diverse range of health concerns, from substance abuse disorder, to epilepsy, neuropathy, depression, arthritis, autism, TMJ, herniated discs. Pretty much you name it, CST has made it better—symptoms reduced, quality of life improved.

CST is especially effective with conditions that conventional medicine struggles to address—chronic pain, complex pain, migraines, mental health, autoimmune conditions, endocrine disorders, neurological disorders, substance abuse.

Quantitative studies are now also proving the effectiveness of CST. More studies will be available in the coming years. So far, studies have demonstrated CST’s effectiveness for: