How to Find Help forVertigo

by SharonHartnett | Jun 17, 2023 | Craniosacral Therapy

From a manual approach, Vertigo can be helped if it is stemming from a structural issue. I have had clients come in with this issue, and when It began after a physical accident, we have had much success.

Recently, with one client, we figured out that most likely it originated with a childhood accident, and then the heavy lifting consistently at the job also contributed to dizziness. I don’t diagnose, but this is the story the client shared as the pieces came together during our time together.

What I felt during my listening palpation was that there was a lot of motion from side to side, mostly in the neck, but also in the head, and down in the body. One Side of the body was much more muscled than the other. The lateral motion was occurring from the brain all the ways down.

Easy session. All we had to do was find the primary areas to work and to help the body self-correct and self-regulate. The key issue here was in the hyoid bone. Once that released, the whole body began to open up. But its also important that a therapist knows how to work the rest of the anterior neck and the thoracic area as well. I used Craniosacral Therapy and Visceral Manipulation techniques to help toward resolution.

It’s not always the case that CST will help with Vertigo. But sometimes it is. A good question to always ask, is. “when did the symptoms begin”. If there is a correlation, it may be structural indeed! I also recommend people see a Vestibular Therapist too who has lots of experience, if the challenges come from somewhere else.
Putting a thumbs up for helping people with this uncomfortable condition. Vertigo is not fun.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D
703 509-1792
www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Sooth your Anxiety: Feel Good in Your Skin

by SharonHartnett | Jul 20, 2022 | Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Are you having a difficult time relaxing?

Have you tried everything but your body still feels tense? Craniosacral Therapy may be the ticket for you. When your brain is wired, certain triggers can set you off. Stress, when it builds up, or we become oversensitive or overwhelmed easily takes a toll.

Craniosacral Therapy uses gentle touch, and can be quite powerful in helping to reduce anxiety. With the right Craniosacral Therapist, you will remember what it is like to feel healthy boundaries, respect, and actually sense calm again.

As your brain and body start to remember, you can rebuild your sense of confidence and peace. isn’t that worth getting in touch with again.

For more information, call Sharon Hartnett CST-D who is a Diplomate Certified Craniosacral Therapist through the Upledger Institute.

Locations in both Johnstown (right outside of New Albany), and Worthington Ohio

Namaste!

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

The Importance of Feeling Understood.

by SharonHartnett | Jan 27, 2022 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, meditation, mind body & spirit

Understood

What’s it like to be understood? Our names are a lable that identify us. I am not usually one who likes to be labeled. But there is something so vital about being witnessed, understood and heard that feels so important to our human nature. With Craniosacral Therapy, touch is also about melding and blending while listening to a person’s Central Nervous System. When the person is met, something alive and deeper awakens. It’s that place where we long to be recognized and finally are in a very sensory way understood.

Human beings are meant to be touched and understood. Craniosacral Therapy is such a great system to reflect this back. It’s so gentle and compassionate. One reason I switched my main focus into Craniosacral Therapy was because it brought so much more peace to my system.

I see this all the time with my clients as well. It may take one session to feel understood by others and ourselves. Or it may be many depending on the life circumstances. But it is oh so helpful in helping the body to deeply relax.

To find out more about Craniosacral Therapy, and SomatoEmotional Work, check out the Upledger Institute.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Serving Columbus Ohio area

What Does a Craniosacral Therapist Do?

by SharonHartnett | Sep 5, 2021 | Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Craniosacral Therapist Columbus Ohio

My wish is that people could understand how wonderfully helpful a Craniosacral Therapist can be in almost every situation: from large to small. The best thing about it is that stress is usually reduced significantly in so many ways.

When a person is living in chronic pain, feeling lost, anxious or afraid. What does that person need? What does he or she really need to feel better? In a world that is based on individuality and independence, its easy to forget that we are all part of the whole and completely interconnected. Both inside our bodies and to everything else in the Universe. The good news for us, is that we are always able to tap into the healing forces that exist at any time, even when we forget or lose touch with our true nature. What this healing looks like as it unfolds we never know, but in the deepest level, we will be changed and feel more deeply connected.

As a Craniosacral Therapist, my number one intention is to listen to the person on my table with my hands, with my heart, and to stay in curiosity with how their Inner Wisdom can help them find their way back to home inside. By melding and blending with the Craniosacral System (CSS), the Central Nervous System gets on board, and lights up the way for self correction and healing. Craniosacral Therapist use a very light touch and trust the body’s ability to heal and know what is best for each person. Sometimes clients can feel this during a session, other times all they can say is that they feel lighter and better at the end of the session or afterwards.

The Craniosacral System consists of the membranes and the fluids around the brain and the spinal cord. The Craniosacral Fluid is constantly being created and reabsorbed back into the blood which creates a flexion and extension movement that can be felt through the body. When a Craniosacral Therapist listen and supports this system, it helps to nourish and balance the CNS and the rest of the body, and helps to remove stress and toxins. Often when this happens, old memories, emotions and sensations arise. Like a wave, the person rides through and the tissues, soften, relax and hydrate The fascia finds new vitality and promotes better health through the continuous tissues within.

If you would like to find out more about how a Craniosacral therapist can help you,check out the Upledger Institute. Dr. John Upledger created the Institute many years ago, and his osteopathic approach to healing has spread across the world with much success. If you live in the Columbus Ohio area, I offer free 15 minute phone consultations and would be happy to address any of your questions at 703 509-1792

Warmly, Sharon Hartnett CST-D

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

How Does Craniosacral Therapy Help Anxiety?

by SharonHartnett | Jul 4, 2021 | Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Calming Anxiety

I could get into the physiology of the body to explain why Craniosacral Therapy helps alleviate anxiety. Instead, I want to talk about gentle touch and listening. How beneficial it is for all human beings to be in a supportive physically safe experience. Anxiety doesn’t have to run your life.

What I have noticed with many of my clients who suffer from constant anxiety, is that often 1: They were not held much in safe arms. 2. They were in environments where there was lot of verbal and physical abuse. 3. They weren’t allowed to express how they felt. 4. Some type of abrupt trauma occurred.

Most of us have heard of the autonomic response of fight or flight. With the engagement of the sympathetic system, there is a chain reaction of body responses that happen to protect. That’s the short explanation of anxiety.

When there isn’t an opportunity to process these stressful events, a person may continue to hold the energy of the event/s that brought on the fear inside. The brain also gets hardwired and often gets very hypersensitive. What makes this even more difficult, is when the original issue is not cleared, the way a person interacts in the future can re-create more examples and overlays of the original fear and anxiety.

I think it’s important to ask- what was missing in those times of stress and fear? What turned healthy fear into ongoing anxiety?

Craniosacral Therapy directly addresses that question. First a therapist brings a neutral presence into a session. A place that feels safe and nurturing. Secondly, the therapist listens and melds with the person as they begin to move through a process that was left incomplete. This is done with gentle touch and care, along with techniques that work to balance the Craniosacral System (CSS). When the CSS is functioning well, it helps to balance the overly sympathetic Nervous System.

When someone is living with anxiety, it’s important to get grounded, to embody, and to feel safe again. This is done through a trusting relationship, that will bring you what was missing in the original situation where it felt like there was a real or perceived threat.

If you would like to find out more about how Craniosacral Therapy can help you-if you are experiencing high anxiety, PTSD, or panic attacks, call Sharon Hartnett for a free 15 minute phone consultation.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792
www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com