Your body’s “other” pulse

When I take a patient’s pulse, I’m really checking to make sure their heart is beating in rhythm and their blood is flowing regularly. It wasn’t until much later that I learned your body has another pulse — your “dural pulse.” In the 1970s, Dr. John Upledger discovered the dural pulse. He was studying dural tubes at the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University. The dural tube is a membrane surrounding your spinal cord. It’s filled with cerebral spinal fluid. Dr. Upledger noticed that this spinal fluid moves with a set rhythm. In fact, this dural pulse beats at 6 to 12 cycles per minute. While the dural pulse is still completely ignored by Western medicine, this central nervous system network of tissues, bones and fluids at the core of your body beats like a second heart. When the dural pulse is in balance, health and well-being flow naturally. But years of stress and trauma can disrupt this natural rhythm. Physical injuries, emotional stress, and trauma can leave your body tight and resistant to movement. These blockages can cause: Migraines and headaches Chronic neck and back pain Central nervous system disorders Orthopedic problems Chronic fatigue Stress and tension Fibromyalgia Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ) Based on his discovery, Dr. Upledger developed a new therapy for keeping the dural pulse in rhythm. He called it craniosacral therapy or CST. It stimulates healing by using gentle pressure to manipulate the “craniosacral s...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Anti-Aging Craniosacral Therapy Dural Pulse Source Type: news