# Craniosacral therapy, anyone??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craniosacral-therapy-anyone/183041 "2003-06-19T23:45:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craniosacral-therapy-anyone/183041/1 "2003-06-19T23:45:30Z")
Looking for a personal testimonial regarding craniosacral therapy. My search results have me a bit stymied, I don’t seem to really understand what takes place during the treatment. My sister is treating her PTSD (time spent in El Salvador as a pastor, with a gun frequently pointed at her, has surfaced 15 years later) with homeopathic treatments, including craniosacral therapy. She doesn’t want to talk about it, and I am just trying to understand how it works. I hope it works, anyway. She is really suffering now with anxiety and rage. She is unable to keep working (she did leave the church and became a therapist), due to triggering of her own symptoms through listening to others. Any info, pro or con, will be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craniosacral-therapy-anyone/183041/2 "2003-06-20T01:15:41Z")
Hi, Beck, Like homeopathy, craniosacral therapy is a total crock. You can read more about it on [www.quackwatch.com](http://www.quackwatch.com) ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craniosacral-therapy-anyone/183041/3 "2003-06-20T01:34:24Z")
> [@](#): > > _JillGat_ > Like homeopathy, craniosacral therapy is a total crock. > You can read more about it on [www.quackwatch.com](http://www.quackwatch.com) While I happen to be in complete agreement with this particular statement, I wish Dopers would cast a critical eye towards this site, which is frequently referenced here. This guy (Stephen Barrett, MD) is as agenda-driven as the pushers of bogus therapies he criticizes. I have watched him back off on one therapy in particular, that helped me regain a normal life (Glucosamine for osteoarthritis), from classifying it a completely bogus thing to a damning-with-faint-praise report currently on his site. It will be interesting to see what happens with Dr. Atkins’ bio he is updating. Of course, he was a certified quack on the site a while ago. This site is NOT an unbiased review of questionable therapies, although many of them are indeed completely bogus. It is driven by a hatred he clearly has for anything not taught in medical school. The title of his site clearly reinforces that. The opposite of proven is not quackery. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craniosacral-therapy-anyone/183041/4 "2003-06-20T23:41:52Z")
Lamar, I also do not agree with everything Barrett says and agree that he has an agenda almost as much as the quacks do. You certainly do need to maintain a critical eye with that site, and thank you for the adding that disclaimer. I seem to remember some good sources of info. re. craniosacral therapy there, though. I had a therapist recommend it for my son and did a lot of investigation - all of which convinced me it’s bogus. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craniosacral-therapy-anyone/183041/5 "2003-06-21T04:11:28Z")
Y’know, I’m hoping I wasn’t the only one who opened this thread expecting a joke about treatment for people with their heads up their asses. (I’d never heard of craniosacral therapy, I thought it was a total spoof. Learn something new every day.) ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craniosacral-therapy-anyone/183041/6 "2003-06-21T05:00:29Z")
Hey, Jill and others - thanks for the input. You be trying to reason with hurricane season yet, down there? ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craniosacral-therapy-anyone/183041/7 "2003-06-21T19:41:10Z")
We a too far south fi hurricane. [[Some people say God is a Trini Paradise and all convincing me]] From “_Trini to de Bone_,” David Rudder Theme song for this year’s Carnival. To hear it, click [Here](http://www.search.co.tt/trinidad/rudder/trini2debone.html) ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craniosacral-therapy-anyone/183041/8 "2003-06-21T19:52:08Z")
At that earlier link you can download ALL the Carnival hits. But here’s a more specific link to [[http://www.toronto-lime.net/music/2003/trini\_2\_de\_bone.asf](http://www.toronto-lime.net/music/2003/trini_2_de_bone.asf)](: [url)]Trini 2 de bone Okay, back to fake brain therapies. Jill ---
**Author:** ![thatDDperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@thatDDperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatDDperson)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craniosacral-therapy-anyone/183041/9 "2003-06-22T04:35:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jenaroph \* > \*\*Y’know, I’m hoping I wasn’t the only one who opened this thread expecting a joke about treatment for people with their heads up their asses. > > \*\* That’s called Rectocranial Inversion. ---
**Author:** ![koawala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@koawala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koawala)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craniosacral-therapy-anyone/183041/10 "2003-06-22T13:39:13Z")
In my quest to try new things I tries craniosacral therapy not knowing what it was. What it is is a waste of time and money. Next time I might do some research before I try something new.