A. Stress is very damaging to the body. Chronic stress can lead to many physical problems. CranioSacral Therapy, NeuroLinguistic Programing and SomatoEmotional Release can be a very effective combination of treatments for chronic stress. It is necessary to retrain your body-mind habitual responses with the assistance of a qualified therapist. A combination of Heart Centered Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release can address the root causes.  At Well On The Way, we are very happy to offer this service as nothing is more important than handling stress and depression, wouldn’t you agree?

A. Well On The Way® has two locations; 222 Westchester Ave, Suite 103, White Plains, NY 10604 and 191 Main Street, Ossining, New York 10562.

Both locations offer CranioSacral Therapy, Lymph Drainage Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, Neuro Linguistic Programming, Aston Therapeutic Massage and Movement and BEMER for both adults and children.

A. Everyone is different. At the initial evaluation, we will assess if the CranioSacral System is compromised and to what degree. After one treatment, people normally know if CST is helpful for them or for their child.People usually come to us because they have a specific issue they want resolved–maybe to relieve a physical symptom or to bring a child up to grade level. We will decide on a course of action that may include weekly or twice weekly sessions until a goal is reached. Then the client decides what type of frequency they want to continue. It could be monthly, bi-annual, or as needed. You do not “need” it for life; you may want it for quality of life.

Also, at the other end of the system, we often find the sacrum compressed to the lower lumbar spine. The system is thus compressed at both ends, leaving the child struggling.

Within the brain itself, frequently children having difficulties have strain patterns that are quite severe. By strain patterns I mean the alignment of the cranial bones is off quite significantly and this puts forces on the brain itself and surrounding membranes. If these strain patterns existed in adults, we might be voicing our discomfort, a feeling of pressure, or even headaches. Sometimes no discomfort is felt, yet there can be a severe strain on the system.

In one child I evaluated and found these severe strain patterns, I asked his mother if he had headaches. She said no. I then released the strain pattern and the young boy said to me, “Now the man in my head has stopped banging.”

It’s not that his head didn’t hurt, its just that he didn’t know how to express it. He didn’t know the discomfort wasn’t normal.

It takes a lot more energy to do normal activities when these pressures are present, as you know if you’ve ever tried to perform normally when you were ill. The result for the kids can be a difficulty concentrating or behaving normally or learning to talk or read.

It is worth it for any parent to take their child for a CranioSacral evaluation from a qualified therapist. You can find a qualified therapist by going to the website www.upledger.com and looking up practitioners in your area. A more advanced practitioner is usually one that has taken more courses and that will be shown on the website. Sometimes people with just a few classes can be quite good.

There is a great deal more information on this subject on our website www.wellontheway.com, including dolphin therapy with children.