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Use of the craniosacral therapy on cervical spine
DOLEŽAL, Karel
As a topic of my bachelor thesis, I chose the use of craniosacral cervical spine therapy. I chose the theme for this reason because I am interested in it and it is a topic which is relatively unknown among students of physiotherapy. Cervical spine problems can be caused from many reasons. Like a poor head position during sitting on a computer, in a car or in a bad sitting, resulting in overloading the muscles and cervical spine. Another difficulty is the upper cross syndrome, which is caused by muscle dysbalance in this area. It is an imbalance between the side and front muscles of the neck or the imbalance between the shoulder and the mammary muscles. A major problem of many people is that they have headin a wrong position during sleep and their head isn t in the extensio of the spine. The muscles in this position try to keep the head in a physiological position with the help of the muscular tension, and after falling asleep the muscle tension release and the head drops. Frequent overloading can cause trigger points. Further, between the problems of the cervical spine belong also the spasm of suboccipital muscles, which causes headaches and dizziness. To prevent or eliminate these problems, it is possible to use craniosacral therapy that leads to total body regeneration and relaxation. This is a gentle manual therapy. In the theoretical part I deal with the craniosacral method, a description of its history, a craniosacral concept and a craniosacral system, where I describe, among others, the craniosacral rhythm and the movement of the cranial bones. In the next part I describe parts of the craniosacral system, including cerebrospinal fluid, cerebrospinal diapers, connective tissue and soft tissues and fascia. In the next chapter I deal with palpation, which is the basis of this and other manipulation techniques. In the last chapter of the theoretical part of my thesis I deal with the cervical spine, where I briefly describe its structure and function and then i focus on the description of the frequent problems in the cervical spine that we can encounter in practice. In the practical part of my work I performed an in-and-out kineziological analysis, and during the therapy I used the methodology of questioning, observation and examination of palpation. Input and output data were compared at the end of the study. The research itself was conducted for 6 weeks after the initial kinesiological analysis was performed in total 5 therapies and the last sixth week was performed an output kinesiological analysis. The research group consisted of 5 patients aged 22-74 years. I did a therapy that consisted of a set of touches. Among the individual therapies, patients should have done a set of stretching exercises I have entered. I observe the patients during my therapies, and I performed a control palpation of the in patients before their third therapy. The obtained results show that the craniosacral method has an analgesic and relaxing effect on the cervical spine and can be used either as a separate therapy or in combination with other methods within physiotherapy. This work could serve as an educational resource for healthcare professionals and also for the general public, especially for people who are interested in alternative treatment methods.
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