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About Cranial Osteopathy

Cranial Osteopathy was discovered and developed by Dr William Garner Sutherland (1873-1954) who first published "Osteopathy in the Cranial Field" in 1951. He was a contemplative and his observations were based on the ability to "be still and know".


Osteopathy is a ...science dealing with the natural forces of the body. We work as osteopaths with the traditional principle in mind that the tendency in the patient’s body is always toward the normal. There is much to discover in the science of osteopathy by working with the forces within that manifest the healing processes. These forces within the patient are greater than any blind force that can safely be brought to bear from without. William Garner Sutherland, D.O., D.Sc. (hon)Founder of Cranial Osteopathy


The fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord (cerebrospinal fluid) was referred to by early osteopaths as the "highest known element" in the body and Sutherland instinctively knew it had its own rhythmic potency, which was an expression of the body's inner intelligence.

During his studies of the adult head bones he had a "guiding thought" that they were designed for movement, observing that they were "bevelled like the gills of a fish, indicating articular mobility for a respiratory mechanism". This vital fluid mechanism has an inbuilt potency for health.