Cranial sacral massage for Neuropathy?

Hi Peggy, I've never had Craniosacral Therapy (CST) or Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR) but believe others have had significant relief from the sessions. @artscaping uses MFR to help her and may have some thoughts. There is also another discussion on MFR you may want to read through here - Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR) for treating compression and pain: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/myofascial-release-therapy-mfr-for-treating-compression-and-pain/

Here is some more information on CST:
Craniosacral Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain - A Randomized Sham-controlled Trial:
-- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4894825/
Craniosacral Therapy Technique: What Is It, Benefits, Risks...:
-- https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/17677-craniosacral-therapy

Hi Peggy @pfbacon, John @johnbishop
I have had craniosacral therapy but not for neuropathy. It's very relaxing. I recently had the idea of having my husband who suffers from painful idiopathic peripheral neuropathy try it. I did schedule a (MFR) massage for my husband with an occupational therapist who is trained in the Barnes method for MFR based on Chris' @artscaping recommendations. I will keep you posted on how that goes for him. His doctor wrote him a prescription so insurance will work in this instance.

Hello
One of the members mentioned cranial sacral therapist and nerve floss.
I am interested in more information regarding the above treatments and which symptoms are treated.
Any success or positive results?

Any information is appreciated.
Thank you.

I have had 2 sessions, referred by the regular PT. The 1st session was great, felt like I was being cradled. The 2nd session was not good. It is painful to my low back to lay flat, this session I was laying flat and I couldn't relax, all I could think about was how much longer do I have to lay here. There was 2 weeks between those sessions and by the 2nd session, I felt worse than when I came in for the first. If I don't get some kind of relief, I don't see any reason to keep going. I have morton's neuroma that started 10 years ago. No one thought to listen to me or even exam my feet. I went to a podiatrist who didn't order any imaging or even touch my feet, he referred me to foot/ankle nerve specialists in New Jersey while sitting in an exam room in Minnesota. I did get an EMG ordered by a foot ankle surgeon. That showed no nerve damage. So no need to go back to that surgeon. Back to pcp, I was referred to neurology, where I diagnosed my sjograns which lab tests confirmed, then sent to rheumatolgy who said I don't have...reasoning, "because there is no treatment ". Back to neuro, this guy really knows nothing outside the protocol box. He ordered another EMG, guess what, yep, normal. So let's get a small nerve biopsy, that was also normal. A friend suggested deep varicose veins, so I had veins stripping on both legs. That was not the problem, by now I am on year 6, and the buzzing and burning and pulsating has now traveled up to my knees and my toes move involuntarily. Back to PCP, he adds the term "myokymia" to my diagnosis list. Well, what is that? I look that up myself since he didn't mention that during my appointment. Okay, this could be the answer, Botox injections are the treatment for that. I send a message back to the PCP asking who would do this? Physical Medicine, so he refers in that direction. This doctor diagnosed me with Dystonia from sitting on wooden bleechers and getting bitten by mosquitoes on 1 occasion. Whatever, three weeks after getting 4 injections in each leg, I still have this crazy nerve pain. Typically you would get relief by 2 weeks and need another set of injections after 12 weeks, until you have completed 3 rounds. Needless to say I was not getting the 2nd round, and I don't have Dystonia. All these medical bills are piling up. I had to get a different job with better health coverage. I went to a chiropractor for acupuncture, several treatments, then spinal decompression. That was not the answer either. I can't stand this, I was to chop off my legs. Reach out to the PCP again and he suggests a referral to Mayo Neurolgy, after they review my records, they decline to see me. Of course they do, everything has been looked at already, nothing different for them to do. I read more about my symptoms, I remembered the words Morton's Neuroma and what do ya know, that starts exactly the all my issues started. I requested a new appointment with podiatry armed with my self diagnosed Morton's Neuromas. When I finally see this new pod, he has xrays done first, then before looking at the xrays, he examines my feet with his hands, this is a first. He confirms the neuromas, but also other deformities, including Gastrocnemius equinis, however says the neuromas are "not active ". What on earth, I beg to differ, they are active enough to get in here. Treatment OTC orthotics shoes with a wider toe box, do some stretching exercises to loosen the tight muscle, and come back in 6 weeks. I did everything instructioned to do, 6weeks later I return with the same symptoms and 1 very swollen neuroma in the left foot, and a new diagnosis of tarsal tunnel. Best course of action is a tarsal tunnel release and Gastrocnemius recession surgery. MRI of the ankle 1st to make sure there is no muscle belly. No clue on that. I am trusting this pod because he is the 1st of all docs to actually look at my feet. I had the surgery in Dec, it's now May, walking is very painful, driving is torture, I now limp,my back hurts, my right knee hurts, my left groin hurts, and now my bigs toes hurt. I say no to every invite for anything fun, I zoom services, my quality of life is nil, I am only 57, and still have to work full-time. Yeah, this craniosacral Therapy Treatment better help. The awesome podiatrist should have told from the beginning that he absolutely will not remove the neuromas. Now I have Baxter's Neuropathy in my left foot, and the nerve pain is now into my thighs. Side note, I did see another foot and ankle surgeon who said he would clip them, but he turned out to be an all to promising and eager moron.