Ear infections in a baby
Matise was a seven and half month old baby boy the first time I saw him. His mother told me that he was having recurrent ear infections and unless the fluid went down the doctor wanted to put in tubes. Mom had taken CST I as part of her continuing education for OT and wanted to know if this could help. It sounded like an excellent opportunity, I said. The first two sessions, Matise was not yet rolling over according to Mom. We sat him on the table and I just blended with him. After a few minutes, he began to cry and arch his back, making no attempt to move my hand or move away. Fortunately, Mom understood that he was directing this action, and allowed it to continue. In the beginning sessions the difference at his coronal suture (bregma) between his parietals and his frontal bone, was also quite palpable which presented somewhat lower at the frontal bone and elevated at the parietals. At one point, the boy arched his back, and began pushing with his feet, eventually coming off the table into my lap. This was his first significant client initiated movement. I immediately deflected to his mother who was sitting next to me, and I would call this a very nice completion of biological process. After this, he allowed me to work on his cranial base and vault. After the second session where Matise allowed cranial vault work, the doctor pronounced that there was no fluid in his ears and no need for tubes. I saw Matise weekly from 7.5 months to 9 months and can report that he is now a happy baby. The coronal suture is more even. Mom reported that now he even likes sitting in the grass in the backyard. An activity he really didn’t like before. Sensory development as noted by mom, a SIPT certified Occupational Therapist.

Developmental history
For this case study, I believe his birth and development history are particularly relevant. Fortunately, mothers are meticulous note takers. Matise was an emergency C-section as mom would not fully dilate and he could not crown. At birth he weighed 8 lbs, 10 oz, with a length of 21 inches and head circumference in the 90th percentile. At two months his WT. 13 lbs (75th%), HT. 24 inches (80th%) with HC of 40 cm (50th%). At four months, two weeks after his first ear infection, stats were WT. 15 lb. 15 oz. (55th%), HT. 28 inches (97th%) and HC 42 cm (50th%). By his six-month checkup, he already had his second ear infection and had been diagnosed with fluid in both ears for 3 months. And his HC was at 43.5 cm, down to 45%. The doctor was recommending and ENT specialist and the possibility of tubes. CST was applied from 7.5 months to 9 months and the HC was then measured at 45.5 cm and 65%. The fluid was gone and the tympanic movement was normal. 10 CST sessions, no fluid or ear infections, a happy mother and baby.

Scoliosis
Henry J. called me saying his 10-year old daughter, Christine, had just been diagnosed by their family physician with scoliosis. The school nurse had observed the possible condition, and referred him to a doctor. The doctor had counseled him to find a DO or a chiropractor to address the condition, and he called me to see if I knew of one in the area. I asked him if he would like me to take a look? "Can you help this?" he asked." I reminded him the sessions are gentle, pain free, non-invasive and have no negative side effects. So a session was scheduled.
When I saw Christine, her spine was laterally distracted about a half an inch to the left in the lumbar spine and about an inch and a half to the right in the upper thoracic spine. After the first session, the condition was noticeably improved, as noted by her father. After the third session, the condition was imperceptible. Two more sessions were completed to reduce the possibility of a reoccurrence. Five sessions total, no pain, no discomfort. Three years later, she is a starting guard on her middle school basketball team.
This is exemplary of the results possible for a condition treated early with CranioSacral Therapy. The relaxation of the soft tissues adjacent to the cranial vault, spine and sacrum allow the body to optimize its potential for health and well being. Henry J. and his wife routinely see me for well body health maintenance. In fact, they prefer CST to traditional massage.

Impact Injury
Lamonte (an adult female) first came to me a few weeks after she had been involved in an automobile accident. The SUV she was driving had been hit in the driver's door (T-boned) by another vehicle, hard enough to throw her out of the driver's seat into the side of the passenger's seat with her right shoulder. She was wearing her restraint belt. She still had the use of her right hand but no useable range of motion (ROM) in her right shoulder and significant pain. Her doctor said there was a good possibility that she might need shoulder surgery.
After the first CST session, her pain was diminished considerably and she had a limited ROM of her shoulder. I saw her seven times in the first month before her presenting complaint began to be that she could wave at the crowd just fine, (her range of motion was back to within normal limits, ROM to WNL) but when she reached across the console of her new vehicle to pick up her laptop computer, her shoulder still hurt a little. I simply reassured her that torn muscles might take a little longer than a month to repair themselves and continued her CST. In about two months of weekly sessions, she returned to full active duties. No pain, no surgery. Gently releasing the fascia of the soft tissues around the injury allows the body to repair itself naturally.

Old Man's Itch
Miles S. came to me as an 83-year old male with an itch over his entire body. It had been plaguing him for the past six years. It didn't always itch everywhere, but it always itched somewhere. He called me and said, "I don't know what the heck this Cranial Rectal stuff is, but I've tried everything else."
He had been seen by a physician, five different dermatologists (including a few at the Loma Linda University Medical Center), an Acupuncturist (OMD) and an Internist, to name a few. One of the Dermatologists had diagnosed him as having what he called "The Old Man's Itch" and told him to get used to it, there wasn't anything he could do for it. Another diagnosed him with Atopic Dermatitis and sent him to an Allergist. He had stories of blood tests, X-rays and the Allergist with "every test known to mankind". The tests resulted in a minor allergy, only to dust mites, and not enough to cause any problems.
The Internist had provided him with a Cortisone injection, which stopped the itch for two weeks. Three months later, he administered another Cortisone injection, providing another two weeks of relief.
Another Dermatologist prescribed HydroCortisone ointment (.25), which provided minimal positive results. Another prescribed Prednisone, which did nothing for the itch, but enlarged his breasts.
When I first saw Miles on the table, his muscles were, in my terms, tight all over more than anywhere else. After the first session, he was much more relaxed, calmer and still had a pretty good itch. It was after the third session that I began to notice a significant reduction in scratching. A few sessions later he told me, "In five sessions I've had more relief than I've had in the past six years."
In all, Miles has 7 CST sessions in 10 days. Then he got back in his motor home and rode back to southern California. He called me two weeks later to say he was still itch free and was looking for a CranioSacral Therapist in his area so he could stay that way. I gave him a few referrals. The gentle CST had trained his muscles to relax, but 83 years of tension, enough to impinge the peripheral nervous system, might make their way back home. Old habits die hard. But CranioSacral therapy can help any body relax.

CranioSacral therapy is an effective method for relaxing the body's soft tissue, allowing then natural healing process to occur in an expedited fashion. Relaxing the body and improving the flow of cerebral spinal fluid can enhance the overall function of the central nervous system and the elements under its control.