Amy Hanson, LMP

Medical treatment focus

Because it is gentle to the client and works profoundly.

1 hour

No two bodies are exactly alike, and no two sessions are alike.  There are three major tools in Upledger CST work: one to gently pull apart stuck connective tissue around the spine and brain, another one to find and release trapped energy from old injuries, and a third to access the client's inner physician/wisdom/healer.  Plus some minor tools.  Any given session could use any of these, depending on what the client's body needs right then.

If you recently had a car accident, I'd suggest twice a week for a little while.  For chronic pain, maybe once a week for a little while, then once a month for a while. For maintenance, maybe once a month or less. We generally ask clients to stick with the treatments for four sessions because the key to pain might be in a deeper layer than what we can get to right away.  And also, that will give us time to see what treatments are holding, and which ones aren't holding so we need to look upstream/downstream for the key.

I'm in a building where the ground floor has offices and a restaurant, and the upper floors are condos.  My room is professional but not clinical.  If you're from the Midwest, you'll like my artwork.

Wear comfortable clothing (sweatpants are ideal; jeans not so much).

I do massage, and craniosacral therapy is one form of bodywork.  So yes, insurance will cover it.

Will it help me?  Answer: we have to do it to find out.  It's like an x-ray: you have to do it to see what's underneath.

There's no way to know without doing it, but if your pain or anxiety or insomnia is not being helped with traditional western medicine, or if nothing shows up on an X-ray or MRI, or if medications aren't particularly helpful, or if physical therapy isn't helping, then craniosacral therapy is a fantastic next step.

See my website for an explanation: www.amyhansonmassage.com. 

Decreased pain.

Decreased anxiety.

Longer time periods between flareups for chronic diseases.

Decreased flareup intensity.

Better sleep.

Neck pain, back pain, headaches.

The list is long, and includes any autoimmune condition (MS, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis), and even cancer becaue it's so gentle.

Any kind of body pain.

Insomnia.

Anxiety.

Because I'm a nerd!  I am constantly taking continuing education classes to improve my knowledge, and I care enough about clients to learn more about any interesting conditions that my clients may have. 

Anyone with a sense of adventure who wants to explore the edges of the box.  Craniosacral therapy isn't totally out of the box, but it isn't really in the box, either.

Your body knows what's wrong, and your body knows how it wants to heal.  My job is to listen and help your body communicate to you.

I love how it is right on the edge of science and the Other.  I love standing on that edge and looking out into areas our culture doesn't know much about.

In massage school.

I study through the Upledge Institute.  Dr. John Upledger, an osteopathic physician, did a huge amount of work expanding the field.  I consider Upledger classes to be the gold standard for CST education.

Upledger Institute teachers are all fantastic.

Yes.  Always.