Is Craniosacral a good fit for you? 

This practice may be especially potent for individuals who are actively cultivating a part of their life for healing, such as therapists, and folks who have long suffered from chronic complaints and tried natural therapies before. These individuals began to work with their traumas and chronic patterns directly and seek to connect more dots, find more depth, and receive support for chronic difficulties. 

 

Recent significant injury? 
Please wait about 2 weeks after an injury or surgery before an appointment.

And in the case of falls, accidents, concussions, get checked out by medical professionals before a Craniosacral appointment. 

Acute onset of moderate to severe, debilitating back or neck pain?  
Moderate to severe pain not caused by an accident of some kind is often a spasm. In the case of a spasm please wait two weeks to come in. While very difficult, spasms have to complete their life cycle. Craniosacral Therapy will be most helpful after the spasm ends and then we can get in and look at why those particular muscles and what patterns are trying to change.

In the meantime, cold therapy not hot. Move gently only. Keep walking, gently, throughout the day. No exercise, no heavy lifting for at least a week. Spend time on the floor if you can, rolling gently. Moving gently often, managing pain and waiting is the way through. Then go in for help; chiro, massage, Craniosacral. 

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New to Therapy as a whole? 

If you are new to healing work, bodywork, massage, any of the natural healing arts you are welcome but in service to the best possible introduction to this field, please take a moment to assess if you are prepared for a process, if you have time in your life for the homework and if this is a healing time for you. And no judgement if it is not, only, it may serve you in the long run to receive massage or acupuncture monthly for a while as your body gets used to the attention. Craniosacral work is a big ask on a burdened and unsuspecting nervous system. 


In support of your unique healing capacity and path, Broehe Ballman, CCSP, LMT

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