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Mikhail Volokitin, M.D.,D.O.

Cranial Osteopathy

Cranial Osteopathy is a refined and subtle type of osteopathic treatment that encourages the release of stresses and tensions throughout the body, including the head. It is a gentle yet extremely effective approach and may be used in a wide range of conditions for people of all ages, from birth to old age.

 William Garner Sutherland, an osteopathic physician, discovered and developed Cranial Osteopathy in the early to mid-1900s.  He was the first to describe subtle palpable movements within the bones of the cranium, and went on to discover the continuity of this rhythmic fluid movement throughout all tissues of the body.

 As the lungs breath and the heart beats with a rhythmic alternating expansion and contraction motion, the central nervous system also has its own involuntary rhythmic motion. Dr. Sutherland called this inherent activity the Primary Respiratory Mechanism because it seemed to have a respiratory-like motion. Its existence was confirmed in a series of laboratory tests in the 1960s and ‘70s.

The hands of a skilled osteopathic physician connect directly with this primary respiratory mechanism to initiate a therapeutic response.

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The pressure is equal only to the weight of the hand, precise and gentle.

The live skull is not rigid, solid unit of bone, but rather an intricate network of interconnected islands of living bone floating on liquid and suspended by flexible, yet unstretchable membrane.

The bones fit together in a complicated, symmetrical pattern of bevels, hinges and pivots that resist gross separation, but permit slight movement.

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