Do you have a pain in the neck? You might want to get some Craniosacral work. A new study published in The Clinical Journal of Pain shows that Craniosacral Therapy is both specifically effective and safe in reducing neck pain intensity and may improve functional disability and quality of life up to three months after a session. […]
Craniosacral work helps people with PTSD – research study
PSTD could be treated with Craniosacral therapy according to a research study Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is impacting people worldwide. In the United States alone, more than five million people will suffer from PTSD this year. There are major emotional, financial, and negative health implications associated with PTSD making it a timely priority. “Post-traumatic stress […]
Football Players Helped by Craniosacral Work
Last year, several retired NFL players took part in the first of it’s kind pilot study conducted by the Ricky Williams Foundation and the Upledger Institute Clinic to look at how Craniosacral work can help football players. The early results of that study are quite promising and two of the players offered these comments after […]
Brain Cleansing During Sleep and How Craniosacral Work Helps
Why do we sleep? Recent research by the University of Rochester, New York shows that a major purpose of sleep is to help the brain cleanse itself of harmful materials. How does the brain cleanse itself? […]
This Earth Day Honor Your Earth Element
Polarity Therapy works with the elements of the body. Each of the five elements –– ether, air, fire, water and earth — vibrate at a specific, energetic frequency and relates to a general quality, sense, function/emotion and body. The elements flow through the body in electromagnetic waves, traveling from positive through neutral to negative poles. Earth energy […]
My Personal Love of Football and the Patriots
I know that it’s a bit counter-intuitive that a light-touch bodyworker would be so enamored with an intense, high-contact sport like football. I used to watch my dad watching Patriots games when I was a child. One day, not long after he died, I came across a game on TV. The sights and sounds of […]
Client Success Stories
How does my work help people? Here are just a couple of success stories. Please feel free to share your own stories about how this work has helped you. Concussions I worked with a man who played football in college and high school. He had just turned 50 and came to me because he felt […]
Early Craniosacral Research Shows Promise
Frankly, one of the most frustrating things about doing “alternate” work, is that there is very little in the way of traditional research that supports the effectiveness of the work I do. My clients can tell you how much Craniosacral and Polarity Therapy sessions have helped relieve their pain and trauma, yet there are still […]
Another dead football player’s brain shows he had CTE
When I was a kid, Mosi Tatupu was my favorite football player. I even had his jersey. Maybe I liked him because I thought his name was cool and I heard his name a lot in those days because he was one of the Patriots’ star players. Recently, it’s been reported that tests of Mosi’s […]
It’s not so alternative anymore!
Welcome to my new blog. Here I’ll be sharing more information about my work incorporating craniosacral and polarity therapy to help people recovering from injuries and pain. I thought an interesting way to start would be to look at how this work is seen in a larger context. Did you know there’s an national agency […]