Stop living with your chronic illness and begin your journey to healing.
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About Robin Shoesmith
As a nurse in the Spokane area for over 25 years I have assisted many people in the management of a wide variety of chronic health conditions.
I have witnessed their daily struggles as they learn to live with things such as decreased mobility with pain, depression, anxiety or the many issues that arise from decreased fluid flow in their bodies as they age. Standard treatment today for most conditions is to medicate with chemicals that can be dangerous due to the many known side effects. These medications don’t usually treat the underlying cause of their symptoms but put a bandaid on them so the patient can function through their days the best they can. Over time the patients symptoms worsen and the medication doses go up or more medications get added to the ones they are already on. There were many times over the years that I no longer knew if they were dealing with a health problem or if they were suffering from side effects from the very treatment that was meant to help them.
At one time in my life I was one of these patients. I suffered from chronic muscular pain with decreasing mobility since I was very young. No doctor ever had an answer for the cause of what I was experiencing nor did they have any better way to treat me other than give me medications. One answer was clear. I was just getting worse and worse as the years went by. Several years ago a wonderful doctor referred me to a craniosacral therapist. This meeting changed my future. Over time I was getting better. The pain was decreasing and my mobility was increasing. This would have been enough for me but I also began to notice I was feeling better overall. My anxiety was decreasing and I began to have more energy. As a member of the medical community I knew I had found a therapy that not only promoted health from the inside out but did it with no harmful chemicals. I also was amazed by the fact that this was healing and not a bandage for my symptoms.
I am proud for the opportunity I have now to serve my community with an alternative choice for treatment. Stop living with your chronic illness and begin your journey to healing. I want to help you, so please call today: (509) 263-2844.
What is Craniosacral Therapy?
Understanding this gentle technique used to treat common medical conditions.
Craniosacral therapy has been practiced since the late 1800’s and was discovered by Dr. Andrew Still, who opened this country's first school of osteopathic medicine.
Craniosacral therapy was studied and further developed by Dr. Still's student, William Sutherland. Since then, John Upledger, a student of William Sutherland, has developed this therapy into what it is today.
Craniosacral therapy is a gentle technique that releases the restrictions in the fascia tissue of the body. Once restricted, this tissue is responsible for decreased mobility, increased pain and decreased fluid flow. It will also have an effect on the nervous system causing increased stress response, anxiety and depression.
Unrestricting this tissue enhances the bodies ability to self-correct over time and is used to treat a wide variety of medical conditions.
What are some of the common uses for Craniosacral therapy?
- Increased muscle and joint mobility
- Decreased musculoskeletal pain
- TMJ
- Migraines
- Anxiety, depression and PTSD
- ADHD
- Orthopedic problems
- Increased oxygen, endocrine and lymphatic flow
- Cerebral palsy
- Old injuries or surgical site
- Eye motor problems
- Tinnitus
- Fibromyalgia
- scoliosis