John upledger biography
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- Born on February 10, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Upledger was an unassuming child who would grow up to change the world for healthcare practitioners.
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Craniosacral therapy
Pseudoscientific alternative medicine technique
Craniosacral therapy (CST) or cranial osteopathy is a form of alternative medicine that uses gentle touch to feel non-existent rhythmic movements of the skull's bones and supposedly adjust the immovable joints of the skull to achieve a therapeutic result. CST is a pseudoscience and its practice has been characterized as quackery.[1][2] It is based on fundamental misconceptions about the anatomy and physiology of the human skull and is promoted as a cure-all for a variety of health conditions.[3][4][5]
Medical research has found no significant evidence that either CST or cranial osteopathy confers any health benefit, and attempts to manipulate the bones of the skull can be harmful, particularly for children or infants.[4][6][7] The basic assumptions of CST are not true, and practitioners produce conflicting and mutually exclusive diagnoses of the same patients.[8]
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Dr. John E. Upledger Documentary
A GROUNDBREAKING PHYSICIAN WHOSE DISCOVERIES CHANGED COUNTLESS LIVES
From the producer and director of the multi-award-winning documentaries Two Spirits and Beautiful Faces comes a fascinating look at one of the most visionary physicians of the last hundred years—a ground-breaking healer who risked ridicule in order to explore a virtually unknown physiological system and its vital role in human health and healing.
From his chance observation of something extraordinary during a 1970 surgery to a legacy of more than a hundred thousand practitioners around the world of what he named craniosacral therapy, Touch is an inspiring film that chronicles a life lived for discovery, challenge, purpose, and profound concern for the health and wellbeing of others.
VISIONARY YET CONTROVERSIAL, UPLEDGER DEFIED HIS CRITICS
John Upledger never shied from risk-taking. As a Coast Guard medic in the 1950s, he once single-handedly performed an appendectomy on a ship trapped in the eye of a hurricane, with the help of an onshore surgeon who guided
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Our Founder - Dr. John E. Upledger
In Memoriam
Dr. John E. Upledger was co-founder of Upledger Institute International, Inc. and former medical director of Upledger Clinical Services. Born on February 10, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Upledger passed away on October 26, 2012 at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. For manual therapists and other healthcare practitioners worldwide, his legacy is his generosity of spirit in sharing his discoveries and knowledge and ensuring their right to practice, For his patients and the patients of his students, his legacy is an open mind and heart to the validity of non-traditional medical approaches. For his family and good friends everywhere, his legacy is to stay with your journey despite the obstacles. He has proudly passed the torch From His Hands to Ours.
Over 150,000 practitioners trained in more than 122 countries have taken Upledger courses.
Dr. Upledger Honored at A.T. Still University
At the A.T. Still University in Kirksville, Missouri, is the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine and the International Center for Osteopathic His
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