Guest guest Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Rhonda, I have done craniosacral therapy for my own anxiety/PTSD stuff. Very helpful at the time for bringing down the anxiety. Our insurance wouldn't pay if used for anxiety but I also had neck pain so the PT just billed out for the neck pain. > > Thanks for info on recovering from concussion, etc - also very interesting about craniosacral therapy - have you ever tried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Rhonda, I have done craniosacral therapy for my own anxiety/PTSD stuff. Very helpful at the time for bringing down the anxiety. Our insurance wouldn't pay if used for anxiety but I also had neck pain so the PT just billed out for the neck pain. > > Thanks for info on recovering from concussion, etc - also very interesting about craniosacral therapy - have you ever tried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 I have been treated with craniosacral on multiple occasions for a variety of things but not personally for concussion. However, in addition to my job as an ER doctor, I also am a craniosacral therapist and have worked on multiple clients for post concussive symptoms with excellent results after as few as one treatment. If the person (CST provider) has some expertise in the brain curriculum even better, bu tif not it can still be very helpful. Can be covered by insurance if done by PT, osteopath or MD- depends on reason for treatment and if provider takes insurance. Many of my clients use flex plan $ to pay for it. I will say my son with OCD has been treated and it does bring his general anxiety level down, but has not really solved his OCD. My middle son( not the OCDer, had a near drowning, and was having flashbacks (?PTSD type stuff) and was treated once for it and it completely resolved. Happy to talk further about it offline if you are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hi , since you are a CST, maybe you have some insight on what has bugged me about it. I find craniosacral therapy fascinating. First I heard of it was years ago when was still in middle school and his OT used it on him, thinking it would help with his anxiety and thus his OCD (and I guess overall general well-being, he was there for his handwriting...). Anyway, he was fine after each time but 2-3 hours later his OCD would burst forth severely. I realized after that 2nd or 3rd treatment that it only happened then, so I had her stop and we never had it recur. Would it have anything to do with the cerebralspinal fluid? LOL, nothing technical but I kept picturing all that fluid rushing back or something hours later. > > I have been treated with craniosacral on multiple occasions for a variety of things but not personally for concussion. However, in addition to my job as an ER doctor, I also am a craniosacral therapist and have worked on multiple clients for post concussive symptoms with excellent results after as few as one treatment. If the person (CST provider) has some expertise in the brain curriculum even better, bu tif not it can still be very helpful. Can be covered by insurance if done by PT, osteopath or MD- depends on reason for treatment and if provider takes insurance. Many of my clients use flex plan $ to pay for it. I will say my son with OCD has been treated and it does bring his general anxiety level down, but has not really solved his OCD. My middle son( not the OCDer, had a near drowning, and was having flashbacks (?PTSD type stuff) and was treated once for it and it completely resolved. Happy to talk further about it offline if you are interested. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Hi my first experience with CST with Quinn was when he was 2 years old and the same thing happened ( in 2 year old version- he put his head on the floor with his butt up in the air on his head and cried for 3 hours). The therapist I went to never warned me about it so I thought he was " too sensitive " and did not take hime back. In hindsight I wish I had. I cant tell you an exact reason whey this type of thing happens, but CST usually takes 2-3 days to " process " and during that time period any or all symptoms can be worse ( or better). It is not unusual for people to feel really " more of " whatever they feel usually or silly, or teary, or in pain or whatever for 2-3 days. This actually is a good thing. It is like cracking open a blockage that has been blocked, and all the stuff ( that was not supposed to be there anyway) comes pouring out and then dissipates. It is part of the process, but yes, it can feel like a rollercoaster for a while till most of the stuck, held stuff is released. Different tharapists feel differently about telling people this. I usually do warn people because often if you dont, they think they are too sensitive or the CST made it worse, when actually the release was part of the CST working. There is another more experienced CST therapist on this board, so Kate, do you have a better explanation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Thanks , makes sense. Tell ya, the OCD was so much worse hours later than it had been when I thought I'd seen the " worst " -- like you said, I just said " no more. " But it was " funny " how he was okay after, no better/worse, when we would leave the session, then hours later bang/wham! > > Hi my first experience with CST with Quinn was when he was 2 years old and the same thing happened ( in 2 year old version- he put his head on the floor with his butt up in the air on his head and cried for 3 hours). The therapist I went to never warned me about it so I thought he was " too sensitive " and did not take hime back. In hindsight I wish I had. I cant tell you an exact reason whey this type of thing happens, but CST usually takes 2-3 days to " process " and during that time period any or all symptoms can be worse ( or Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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