by Carolyn Zepf | Sep 23, 2010 | Therapist Tips and Tricks
Phase 4 – Mobility of the cranial bone. “The bones of the skull are moving?” YES! There are 26 bones in the head and they are all in slight rhythmic motion along with the CNS, CSF, membranes, and sacrum. These bones all fit together like the gears of a watch and...
by Carolyn Zepf | Sep 16, 2010 | Therapist Tips and Tricks
Scoliosis simply means a curvature of the spine-in a sideways fashion, in addition or lack of the ones we naturally have- one in our back from birth- then the second one in our neck as we begin to crawl as babies and then walk upright on two feet. It can be...
by Carolyn Zepf | Sep 16, 2010 | Therapist Tips and Tricks
Phase 3 – The motion of the dural membranes. As discussed in the previous paper, the dura is a cartilaginous tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, like a sheath. The dura has a few characteristics that make it much different than other tissues of the...
by Carolyn Zepf | Sep 7, 2010 | Therapist Tips and Tricks
Phase 2 – The rhythmic fluctuation of the cerebrospinal fluid As discussed in the previous submission, The Brain and Spinal Cord or CNS, expand and contract at a rate of 8-12 cycles per minute. This expansion and retraction is one of the causes of Cerebrospinal...
by Carolyn Zepf | Aug 27, 2010 | Therapist Tips and Tricks
Phase 1 – The Inherent motility of the brain and spinal cord (CNS). The central nervous system (CNS) of every living organism, meaning the cells of the brain and spinal cord, exhibits a phenomenon called “Inherent Motility” This means that the cells that make...
