Links and Resources

The following sites may be of interest and provide further information on differing approaches to the work. Inclusion on this page does not imply endorsement by the CSTA UK but is simply provided as an information resource.

Advice on Viruses, Firewalls, Spam

A brief page giving advice on these topics for the non-computer literate.

Craniosacral Institutes, Schools and Related Associations

• ISBC (International School For Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy) - Michael Shea's site
• CSTAA, the CSTA of Australia
• German Institute for Craniosacral Integration - interesting links page
• The Sutherland Society
• CSTA/NA - The Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America
• www.kientalerhof.ch Kientalerhof - Centre for Wellbeing and Creativity
• The European School of Craniosacral Therapy
• New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts
• The Wellness Institute
• South African Institute of Cranial Studies
• Italian School for Craniosacral Therapy
• The Forum for Cranial Practitioners
• The Upledger Institute
• Biodynamic CranialSacral Therapy - the site of Jan Pemberton in Canada.
• ATCS (Spanish CSTA) - Spanish only
• ICSB (Craniosacral Balancing) - Bhadrena's school in Switzerland
• The Australian Craniofascial Therapy School

Other Craniosacral sites

• Stonework - The Art and Science of CranioSacral Facilitation
• Mike Boxhall - Stillness.co.uk
• Graham Kennedy's site - emphasising Taoist practice

Conferences

• The Breath of Life Conference 2007

Cranial Osteopathy

• Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation - established in 1953 by Dr Sutherland himself
• A Biodynamic View of Osteopathy in the Cranial Field - the site of James Jealous D.O.
• Inter Linea, The Journal of Osteopathic Philosophy. On the A.T.Still libary page an electronic version of Still's autobiography.
• Art of Osteopathy - an appreciation of a cranial approach
• Osteopathy in the Cranial Field
• The Sutherland Society - The UK Organisation for Cranial Osteopaths
• Sutherland Cranial College (US)
• Milne Institute (US) - site of Scottish cranial osteopath Hugh Milne

Birth

• Castellino Pre-natal & Birth Therapy Training - the site of Ray Castellino
• William Emerson's Birth Training
• First Expression - the site of David Haas - working with early life material based on Ray Castellino's work

Clinics

• The Fountain Clinic
• The Bristol Centre for Craniosacral Therapy
• The Centre for Cranio-Sacral Therapy

Acupuncture

• Internal Healers - superb TCM site
• Acuxo - online version of the leading acupuncture reference software.
• Major USA Acupuncture site
• Qi Journal Acupuncture point location
• ICMART the International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques

Cells

• The Virtual Cell

Complementary Medicine Associations and Organisations

• Foundation for Integrated Health (formerly the Foundation for Integrated Medicine) - the personal initiative of the Prince of Wales
• ICM (Institute of Complementary Medicine)
• CMA (Complementary Medicine Association)
• BCMA (The British Complementary Medicine Association)

The Cranium & the Brain

• The Whole Brain Atlas
• Temporal Bone anatomy
• Images of animal skull

Dentistry

• If you're interested in mercury-free dentistry, you could try the Brompton Dental Clinic's site which has some good articles on their approach.

Embryology

• Embryo in Motion: Jap van der Wal's site - brilliant
• The Visible Embryo

'Family' Health Sites

• NHSdirect
• Onhealth.com Probably the number one site for health information
• patient.co.uk
• Everything you always wanted to know about children's health matters is at www.kidshealth.org
• www.cafamily.org.uk Information for parents of children born with rare diseases or serious disabilities
• www.womens-health.com
• US Government Healthfinder for consumer health information
• Go ask Alice
• Medexplorer.com
• Discoveryhealth.com
• Health-news.co.uk
• www.medscape.com
• Cyberdocs.com - online consultations (for a fee!)
• www.surgerydoor.co.uk

Flower Essences

• The Bach Flower Essences® Educational Program

Human Anatomy; general

• The Virtual Hospital
• The Visible Human site of 1000's of axial, sagittal & coronal sections of the human body is also available in mirror sites in Europe which are a bit quicker to download.
• Try also this guided tour of the visible human.
• The inner body; an abundance of information on the human body
• Global Anatomy home page. Mostly neuro-anatomy. See cranial nerve review section.
• The Virtual Autopsy. Use your mouse to diagnose cause of death.
• Gunter von Hagens' koerperwelten / bodyworlds - the anatomical exhibition of real human bodies. von Hagens has been widely criticised by the medical profession, but the reaction of the public has been overwhelming.

Joints

• Joint classification and links
• Images of Knee movement
• Sports Medicine on the Web
• National Sports Medicine Institute of the United Kingdom

Medical links

• MedWeb: Biomedical Internet Resources
• Medsite: Your source for online medical information
• The Institute for Scientific Information
• The World Health Organisation
• The Cochrane Library Database on effectiveness of health information
• BioMedNet
• Cliniweb Good clinical information source
• Doctor's Guide to the Internet
• Global Health Network - internet lectures
• Health on the Net provides free Medline access.
• PubMed, database, National Institute of Health, USA
• The Alexander Barrie System of Pelvic Correction^™

Muscles

• Muscles of the lower back & back pain
• The Alexander Barrie System of Pelvic Correction^™

Publications

• The British Medical Journal
• The Lancet
• Journal Club on the Web Articles mostly from the New England Journal of Medicine
• Positive Health Magazine Huge database of articles and research material on Complementary Therapies
• PubMed Powerful search tool
• Reuters Health Searchable archive and drug database
• Journal on medical acupuncture
• Journal of Chinese Medicine
• FACT - Focus on alternative and complementary therapies

Pathology & Common Diseases

• University of NSW's pathology museum - fascinating collection of specimens to view online including all kinds of tumours.
• Asthma
• Central Nervous System abnormalities
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Crohn's Disease
• Association of Birth Defects in children
• Hip replacements
• Research Autism, a UK charity dedicated to research into interventions in autism

Pain Management and Treatment

• National Back Pain Association
• Medical Pain Education Australian site largely about the use of acupuncture for pain relief (the work of Dr Simon Strauss)
• The Alexander Barrie System of Pelvic Correction^™
• Papers by Dr Chan Gunn

Research

• Research Council for Complementary Medicine
• Exeter University, Department of Complementary Medicine

Teaching centres for hire

• Duncton Mill - Moke Boxhall's teaching facility in West Sussex

Trauma

• Peter Levine's homepage with articles on 'Memory, Trauma & Healing', 'Understanding Childhood Trauma' as well as the first 2 chapters of his book 'Waking the Tiger' and links to other sites.
• http://www.trauma-pages.com

The Skin

• Anatomy & histology of skin
• One of the most interesting sites on the net! Dermatology & the cinema at skinema.com

Other Complementary Therapies/Products/Information

• For other interesting sites on other complementary modalities, try Interconnections
• Therapy4Living Interesting site giving information about a lot of complementary therapies
• Kinesiopatia An Italian site covering cranial work and kinesiology
• The Immune Development Trust - free complementary healthcare and training for professionals dealing with Cancer, HIV, Lupus etc.
• Discover Health and Wealth - Protect your health with simple, safe and effective holistic alternatives. Herbal products for inner cleansing, non-toxic skin care, weight loss management, organic nutrition supplements and stress management.
• Thinknatural.com
• Dr Bower's Complementary and Alternative Medicine Pages
• Franziska Hills's site on 'body integration' and working with animals.
• The Alexander Barrie System of Pelvic Correction^™
• Ironbridge TV- Complementary Medicine Videos

Nutrition & Supplements

• msm-uk.net - the therapeutic magic of MSM

Pharmaceutical Organisations and Companies

• Search Rxlist (http://www.rxlist.com/), the most comprehensive drug name cross-index on the Internet. Finds close matches to incorrect spellings
• emc.vhn.net - a new service just opened to the public giving information on all prescription drugs
• The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry http://www.abpi.org.uk
• The National Pharmaceutical Association http://www.npa.co.uk
• Merck guide to preventable communicable diseases http://www.merck.com/disease/home.html
• The Merck Manual http://www.merck.com/pubs
• UK schools of pharmacy http://info.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/phrmy/WWW-WSP/T-Z/UNIK.html
• http://www.pharmweb.net and World-wide Web Virtual Library: Pharmacy (Oklahoma University) at www.pharmacy.org both have extensive directories and links.

News groups, Clubs & Chatrooms

Yahoo have an interesting, though underused discussion forom on Craniosacral Therapy at http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/craniosacralnetwork. Also Visit www.dejanews.com for newsgroup postings.

If you still can't find what you want, ask Google.

Any other suggestions for interesting sites please to Webeditor

Thanks to Keith Farvis for some of the information on this page.

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