Welcome to ICrA
ICrA is a not-for-profit special interest group for health professionals who include cranial therapy in their practice.
ICrA exists to provide CPD and to support, maintain and develop the practice of cranial therapy.
ICrA members include osteopaths, chiropractors, physiotherapists and other health care professionals. We welcome all practitioners and students with an interest in cranial, cranio-sacral therapy or cranial osteopathy.
ICrA is international with contacts in Belgium, Greece and France. We have links to several colleges in the UK, including College of Osteopaths and European School of Osteopathy.
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The next ICrA seminar is at 10am on Saturday 14th November 2026 and is on the topic of 'Acupuncture and Cranial Therapy - are they complementary?' If you have not already, please let Carole know (cesmith255@btinternet.com) if you wish to attend and received a copy of the handout and Zoom link or would like to receive a recording.
Remember seminars are free to members and attendance certificates will be issued to those who attend.
The content of the seminar is:
The UK classification of acupuncture and cranial therapy. The acupuncture profession and regulation in the UK. Therapies of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Principles, concepts, meridians, points and treatments of TCM. Is fascia a mechanism for both acupuncture and cranial therapy? A current hypothesis of a mode of action of acupuncture. Similarities of acupuncture and cranial therapy.
Series 8 of the ICrA Health Talks will be provided over 2027.
Talks are every two months.
Attendance of the complete series of six talks costs £100 to ICrA members or £25 for each talk.
Please contact Brian Isbell (brianeisbell@gmail.com) if you are interested in attending, either the whole series or individual talks.
Topics will include:
Blood pressure - is it possible to control?
Gut health - how can we maximise it?
Mental and physical exercise - why are they such panaceas?
Thymus - how important is it for the immune system?
Magnetism - can it be sensed and used by the body?
Crop circles - what are the recent research findings?
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