Cranial Osteopathy

Cranial osteopathy is a particular form of osteopathy that involves the practitioner placing their hands on the patient’s head. It is a gentle and subtle form of treatment that uses light pressures and prolonged holds to balance deep patterns of tension within the nervous system and the connective tissues of the body.

Although these techniques can be used on any area of the body, they were originally developed on the head, which remains their most popular use. In cranial osteopathy osteopaths do not directly manipulate the bones of the skull – which start to fuse early in life – in the same way that they manipulate other joints, but use a highly developed sense of touch and gentle motions to create deep states of relaxation and facilitate the body’s own healing mechanisms.