What is the difference between a cranial osteopath and a cranio-sacral therapist?
Cranial Osteopathy was developed in the 1950s by an American osteopath called William Garner Sutherland. He developed and refined his techniques and taught them to other osteopaths from this time onwards. Some osteopaths in America began to teach simplified versions of these techniques to lay people and the term cranio-sacral therapy was born. The main difference is in the training and depth of understanding of human anatomy. Osteopaths who use cranial techniques have received the same basic training as other osteopaths (i.e. a full-time 4 year BSc), but have chosen to continue extensive post-graduate training in this particular field. In other words, you have to be an osteopath before you can treat people with cranial osteopathy.
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