by Samantha Lotti | May 11, 2020 | 2016, Craniosacral Research, Infants & babies
A 2016 opinion piece on feeding in the NICU by a Craniosacral Therapist with nine years of experience working in a Level III NICU. Abstract states: “Completing full feedings is a requirement for discharge for babies in the NICU. Interaction between the nerves...
by Samantha Lotti | Apr 14, 2020 | 2019, Craniosacral Research, Infants & babies
A 2019 randomized controlled trial conducted on 58 infants, aged 0-84 days, diagnosed with infantile colic. “The babies received a 30-40 minute CST session once a week (experimental group) or no treatment (control group). Babies in the CST group received either...
by Samantha Lotti | Apr 14, 2020 | 2019, Craniosacral Research, Pain, Systematic Literature Review of CST
A 2019 systematic review to assess the evidence of craniosacral therapy (CST) for the treatment of chronic pain searching Pubmed, Central, Scopus, PyscInfo, and Cinahl up to August 2018. Results suggest: “Ten RCTs of 681 patients with neck and back pain,...
by Samantha Lotti | Apr 14, 2020 | 2020, Craniosacral Research
A 2020 qualitative study from an outpatient clinic in Norway consisting of “semi-structured individual interviews (n = 8) and one focus group interview … conducted with the therapists at the Clinic for Psychosomatics, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand, Norway....
by Samantha Lotti | Jan 23, 2018 | 2016, Craniosacral Research, headache
A 2016 study using the Upledger Institute 10-step craniosacral protocol Version 1 on 49 participants with cervicogenic headaches who meet the Cervicogenic Headache International Study Group diagnostic criteria for CGH. Over the course of three weeks each...
by Samantha Lotti | Aug 29, 2017 | 2014, 2015, 2017, concussion, Craniosacral Research, English, Pain, quality of life, traumatic brain injury, Upledger Institute
A 2014-2015 single-blinded case series conducted at the Upledger Institute with 11 male retired professional football players medically diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome. Each participant received a 2-hour session in the morning and in the afternoon of...
