If the client desires, trouble spots can be manipulated with a deeper, more intense kneading. Usually there is no pounding, poking or chopping in cranio-sacral massage. With something as delicate as the movement of fluid in tiny webs, it makes perfect sense. Advocates maintain something does happen. They claim cranio-sacral massage helps women with menstrual complaints such as cramping and bloating and anyone who has digestion problems.
Bruises heal faster because the motion eases off the collected blood beneath the skin.
Psoriasis and eczema respond well. In addition, believers say, the massage ensures the brain is nourished by getting rid of any blockages to the cerebrospinal fluid. This, they claim, will treat learning disabilities, dyslexia and hyperactivity in children. Virtually anyone can undergo this type of massage because there are no potentially injurious movements. Developed in 1977 by American health care expert John Upledger, it is a way to correct imbalances in tissues the same way osteopaths and chiropractors correct bones.