"Spheno-occipital synchondrosis (SOS) is the joint regarded as the most important foundation
for understanding cranial osteopathy and craniosacral therapy." (Bodoni & Escher, 2023).
"The autonomic nervous system has also been tentatively linked to the CRI14; this linkage is the basis of our
new hypothesis" (McPartland & Mein, 1997).
The cranial rhythmic impulse: a subtle rhythmic phenomenon that occurs at a rate of 6 to 12 cycles per cycle.
minute and variable amplitude. Palpation and manipulation of the CRI can provide corrective impulses
which have an indirect restorative influence on the autonomic nervous system.
20 years ago, it was the Traube-Hering-Mayer waves. The question remained as to the origin of the cranial
Rhythmic impulse.
The third side of the coin...
Parasympathetic nervous system or sympathetic nervous system - that was the question for a long time.
Physiological rhythms in the activity of the
autonomic nervous system have been associated with one of these systems. Used in cranial osteopathy
rhythms fell by the wayside.
Autogenic training, a complementary approach to controlling the autonomic nervous system, has been shown to be
effective
in the production of rhythmic activity at 0.15 Hz (9 cpm) in the heart, blood pressure, respiration and
Skin blood flow between parasympathetic and sympathetic activity - the third side of the coin.
ANS and the 0.15 Hz rhythm ("intermediate rhythm", IM, squeezed between parasympathetic and
sympathetic activity) – key to understanding OCF effects and CRI?
Hands-on – die schwierige Aufgabe
ANS adjustment before, during, and after cranial arch surgery (CVH), compression of the 4th ventricle (CV4)
and two SHAM conditions.
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