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craniosacral

craniosacral

1 9.9
Relating to both the skull and the base of the spine
  • adjective
  • /ˌkreɪniəʊˈseɪkrəl/
  • Specialized
: craneosacral
  • Craniosacral therapy focuses on the subtle connection between the craniosacral skull and sacrum to promote healing.
  • craniosacral therapy

Examples

  • I am certified through Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in Medical Massage for the cancer patient and received my training in craniosacral therapy through the Upledger Institute (Level I and II).

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  • Please consider, for both of you as part of emotional healing, looking into craniosacral therapy.

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  • Your last sentence is actually what PalMD has been talking about, if you could pull your obsessive head out of your craniosacral condition long enough to read for comprehension.

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  • My passion is "energy work" as I sense the world around me through vibrations that I receive visually, auditorily, and kinesthetically (meridian massage, healing touch, reflexology, and craniosacral therapy are my modalities of choice).

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  • During the session, the therapist used craniosacral techniques to ease tension in my head and lower back.

  • The practitioner explained that craniosacral work is essential for balancing the body's central nervous system.

Surface Forms

craniosacral positive

Morphology

craniosacral = cranial + sacral (semi-transparent) = cranio + sacral

Formally a combination of cranio- ('skull') and sacral ('sacrum'), so the meaning is literal, but both elements are medical combining forms and not familiar to general B1 learners.

Etymology

The word craniosacral is made of cranio-, which means 'skull' and you can see it in cranium, and sacral, from sacrum, which means 'base of the spine'. So craniosacral describes something that relates to both the skull and the bottom part of the spine.