According to the National Sleep Foundation 1 in 5 Americans is sleep deprived and the CDC recognizes sleep disturbance as a public health epidemic.  If you have insomnia you know how difficult it is to just function throughout the day.   Sleep affects every tissue in our bodies. When your body does not have a good night sleep it will effect your stress level,  hormones, appetite, immune system, and more. Fortunately insomnia treatment is available in New York City with Dr. Kaminsky’s Craniosacral Therapy..

Sleep is typically a time when the body heals itself as sleep is restorative where blood pressure declines, breathing slows, blood flows to the muscles and tissues are repaired.  A  study on insomnia treatment  published in the Journal of Integrative Medicine found Craniosacral therapy could help regulate the autonomic nervous system, part of the body responsible for our ability to rest and respond to stress. In that study Wanda Girsberger, a craniosacral therapist in Zurich, Switzerland states “By regulating the patients autonomic nervous system through craniosacral therapy, the patient’s body could enhance its functions in digestion, relaxation and aid in the supply of cerebral-spinal fluid providing more oxygen to the brain supporting clear thinking”. The regulation of our autonomic nervous system is mandatory for our health…the interplay of activity and relaxation allows us to grow, heal, regulate our moods, and more.

Craniosacral therapy also effects the Pineal gland (located in the vertebrate brain between the left and right hemispheres). The pineal gland’s primary function is to secrete Melatonin the hormone responsible for regulating our biological clock and sleep wake cycles.  Lastly Craniosacral Therapy helps to promote sleep by deactivating what is known as our bodies “Reticular Alarm System”. The Reticular Alarm System is a set of connected nuclei found in the brain that is responsible for regulating our sleep-wake transitions.    Dr. Kaminsky releases these pressures and improves the efficiency of fluid outflow at the occipital-cranial base (base of the skull).  When successfully applied, insomnia significantly subsides. The end result of Craniosacral Therapy is improvement in REM sleep and good restful overall sleep.

About Dr. Kaminsky & Craniosacral Therapy

Dr. Kaminsky earned his Chiropractic degree in the year 2000 and is licensed to practice in NY. He has since completed close to three thousand hours of continuing education seminars in various healthcare fields.

Since 2015, he is implementing primarily the hands-on techniques of Craniosacral Therapy (CST), a gentle, non-invasive, laying of the hands that brings about reversal and restoration.

The Craniosacral Mechanism is the driver of moving fluid in the body and head called cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF), which is produced by the Choroid Plexus of the brain and encapsulated within the head and spine.

The craniosacral system is the hydraulic mechanism of a human being and is a component of the Central Nervous System (CNS) and (ANS) Autonomic Nervous system.

There is a function inside of your brain that autonomically generates rhythmic impulses that function to pump CSF throughout your body via the craniosacral pathways, regulating your central and peripheral nerves, nervous system and organ systems, musculoskeletal system, etc.

This moving fluid is palpable to a trained craniosacral therapist, like the heart rate, pulse rhythm, breath, that can all be seen, heard or felt, so too can the Cranial Sacral Rhythm (CSR) be palpated and diagnosed for its health.

By placing his or her hands on your body, including your head and sacrum, the therapist can detect, feel and evaluate the SQAR (symmetry, quality, amplitude, rate) of this fluid rhythm.

The health of your body and mind are dependent on the vitality of this fluid. Compromises of your CSR’s rhythmic impulse correlates to CSF flow restrictions in the system which, when the fluid isn’t flowing optimally, your bodily rejuvenation and recovery is affected.

With anatomically correct hand placement on different parts the body during a session, through gentle manipulation and mobilization the therapist guides and facilitates a positive change in that region of the body which brings forth a correction. A myofascial release in a sense.

A craniosacral therapist stimulates and helps your rhythm refocus, allowing for improvement of musculoskeletal tightness and spasms, neurological issues, organ function, many common conditions, pain, and the mind-body re-connect.

Through a practitioners properly focused and individually attuned touch, your body is facilitated to release channels of fluid stagnation and flow restriction, which ultimately breakthrough, overcome and improve your rhythmic fluid and your potential for health improvement.

The existence of the Craniosacral mechanism was first discovered by Osteopath Dr. William Sutherland in the early 1900’s, who called it Cranial Osteopathy. And many years later, renamed to Craniosacral Therapy by Osteopath, Dr. John Upledger.

Dr. Alex Kaminsky is an advanced and certified Craniosacral Therapist, having studied advanced levels including SER, Brain and Pediatric courses. He has built a significant skill-set with many years of experience treating adults, children and babies. To learn more, visit the other pages on this website. Call to schedule your appointment with Dr. Kaminsky.