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Carol Brow wrote: > would do. She placed her hands along the sides > of mother's head from behind and concentrated > intensively. She was counting the number of times > mother's head expanded and contracted in one > minute. When she was through she explained > that a normal cranial pulse is about 12 beats > a minute. Mother's was three and very weak. > She went on the say that it was no wonder > she was confused. A person in a coma might > have a rhythm of 6! Carol, The cranium does not pulsate (except in very young children, this before the cranial sutures (which connect the bones of the skull) fuse, which usually occurs totally by the age of 10 (and they can no longer be forced apart). The cranium is a "closed container"; that is why brain tumors, hemorrhages, etc., kill people, this from the buildup of pressure inside with "no place to go". The *brain* does pulsate! It pulsates with the venous pulsations, roughly the same as the heartbeat. I won't plan to comment on "craniosacral therapy", but I can tell you that the skull in an adult does not pulsate. Best, Bob *********************************** ROBERT A. FINK, M. D., F.A.C.S. Neurological Surgery 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA Phone: (510) 849-2555 FAX: (510) 849-2557 WWW: <http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/> "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ***********************************