Sinus, Allergy,
And Brain Therapy
© 2005 Dr. Barry R. Gillespie
The American society is plagued by sinus
problems.
If you watch some television advertisements,
it is a wonder how anyone can survive through the allergy
season without medication. We as healthcare professionals
can offer assistance to our suffering clients.
This article will describe how our craniosacral,
fascial, and muscle touch therapies (Brain Therapy) can help
people with sinus/allergy conditions.
I grew up with clogged sinuses. I had continual post-nasal
drip as a teenager.
During the allergy season in New England, I took medication
daily. I was “allergic” to ragweed, dust, and
other elements that are common allergens in our society today.
When I graduated from periodontal school in 1975, I developed
headaches and continual sinus infections.
Realizing that the medical model would never get at the root
cause of my problem and only mask it with medication, I discovered
that certain touch therapies (craniosacral, fascial, and muscle)
and dietary modification could turn the tide for me.
It has been nice to be able to naturally breathe freely
year-round without medication for the last thirty years.
Craniosacral Therapy For The Sinus Sufferer
The craniosacral concept is important for a sinus sufferer.
I have found the common trait is that the sinus bones are
very tight and out of alignment. A key therapeutic concept
is that all of the large bones need to move freely before
the smaller sinus bones can open up.
If a client presents with sinus difficulty, it is almost
second nature to start working here where the problem is.
But since the large bones are not moving freely, the sinuses
can never open up fully.
The frontal bone is a key bone because nine facial bones
hang from it. If this bone is not moving well, the sinuses
cannot function well. The sphenoid bone drives the sinuses
also into flexion and extension in a similar manner. These
small bones are my last area in treating a client, after the
brain is moving well and all of the other structures are opened
up.
When a client with a sinus condition opens, I tell him that
the sinuses will drain. The body is in a continual state of
detoxification through the breathe, skin, bladder, colon,
and sinuses. If they drain for days, clients tend to think
they are getting worse; but in reality, their bodies are throwing
off poisons that have accumulated over time.
Detoxification can be an unpleasant but vital function
for clients.
Sinus Conditions and Myfascial Therapy
In the 1970s I thought sinus problems were just localized.
But I noticed that when a client also received muscle and
fascial therapy in the neck, their sinus condition would improve
more quickly.
After five years of seeing this phenomenon, I concluded
that the majority of sinus people were predisposed with
neck muscle and fascial strain that was pulling on the sinus
bones. The fascia can pull at 2,000 pounds per square inch
from one part of the body (neck) to another (sinus).
An old whiplash injury can create soft tissue strain in the
neck that can now be restricting the sinuses. The myofascial
element is important for sinus physiology.
If you are eliminating a lot of mucus from your body, you
must stop putting it into your system. Many sinus sufferers
consume foods that can create mucus like dairy and wheat (gluten)
products.
The majority of people in the world are intolerant to dairy
products. The average American consumes about 666 pounds of
dairy products a year. That is almost two pounds of mucus,
ingested daily, into the body that must be eliminated. An
excellent website to discover the hazards of dairy products
is
www.notmilk.com.
Clients, who have sinus difficulty, need to make wise choices
in their diet.
Brain Therapy And Allergies
As I worked with children with asthma and sinus conditions
over a number of visits with Brain Therapy, their parents
would say that some, if not all, of their allergies would
go away. It never made sense to me that anyone could be allergic
to dust. Dust is everywhere; everyone should be able to handle
it physiologically.
I then began to look at the concept of allergy in another
light.
The children with asthma had bodies that were so tight,
they simply did not work that well. Because of poor physiology,
the child’s body was easily triggered into an attack
by the cat dander, dust, and other irritants.
When the craniosacral work opened the central nervous
system, the fascial work relaxed the web, the muscle work
brought blood and lymph to the tissues, and the body’s
mucus cleared up through diet, the child’s body started
to work better.
The dust was no longer a factor, and he could have a pet
in the house. I concluded that he did not have a true allergy
but impaired physiology causing an “allergy”.
This is not true in all cases – some people maybe deathly
allergic to peanuts, shellfish, and the like. But as you do
Brain Therapy with your child clients, notice as their
bodies are working better how they may become less reactive
to offending natural substances.
People with sinus/allergy conditions are commonplace in
the culture.
With Brain Therapy we as healthcare professionals can help
many clients.
It is very easy to take sinus medication forever, but what
are the long-term side effects?
Insurance may pay for sinus surgery, but how does it affect
the craniosacral mechanism?
For people who have sinus/allergy conditions and
really want to get at the root cause of their problem, we
can offer significant help with Brain Therapy.
See
more articles about the role of Brain Therapy in correcting
chronic conditions in children and adults .
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more information about the "Brain Therapy for Children
and Adults" seminar for health professionals
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