Sometimes, even after working in the field of craniosacral therapy for as long as I have, I am still blown away by the instant results and relief it can offer.

My sister, who works as a florist, rang me early one morning distraught. It was two days before valentine’s day, her busiest day of the year, and her right wrist had ceased up. She couldn’t brush her teeth, she couldn’t hold a hairbrush in her hand, she had to get her daughter to help her do up her bra and she had to go to work. Work involved using her wrist all day, cutting flowers, wiring them up and then arranging them. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough time to do a session on her that morning so I told her to strap her wrist and take some anti inflammatories. She managed to get through her day but after work her wrist was still so bad that she had to use two hands to turn the key in the ignition of her car.

That night she came over to my house and we got her up on my treatment table. Her neck and shoulders were tight so we worked through them first and then slowly I worked my way down her right arm. After looking at the shoulder itself and gently unwinding it we went to her wrist. I did a gentle V-spread there asking the energy to shift, the membranes and ligaments to relax. Once I felt that happen I then moved to unwinding her wrist. I got Melissa to rest her arm on the table, took the weight of her forearm in one hand and then her hand in my other other hand. Gently I followed the subtle movements as her hand began of its own accord to unwind itself from the constriction of her wrist. This went on for quite a long time until it felt like we were getting down to the very internal part of the ligaments, until I could feel them grinding, almost squeaking as they tried to find their place again of most comfort and least resistance.

At the end of the session Melissa said there was definitely an improvement, she could still feel the restriction and some of the pain but she could now rotate her wrist and gently clench her fingers in and out. With a bit of luck we both thought it might be enough to get her through the next two days of valentine’s day madness.

The next morning Melissa rang me excited saying that she’d just brushed her teeth and put her bra on by herself. Her wrist was completely pain free and unrestricted. It stayed that way even after all of the pressure of valentine’s day.

The results from craniosacral therapy aren’t always this dramatic, but sometimes, like this time, it can seem truly miraculous!