Praise For: Understanding Cranial Bone Movement

Three Takeaways:
1. Specific cranial motions and how each bone interacts with each other. 2. The beginning of what indications to look for that correspond to various cranial distortions. 3. Sphenoid is extremely important.

This course has given me the tools necessary to critically think about cranial movements when assessing/treating infants. Furthermore, it has given me the confidence to start seeing harder infant cases.

Having only fairly recently started seeing infants, I have yet to see results, but I am still beginning to be able to observe cranial distortions and infer the proper method for treatment. Additionally, I can confidently explain to parents what my observations are and what I intend to do to correct it.

Yes, Dr. Ken Cooper does a great job at explaining cranial motion beyond what is just on the slides. At first, I was fairly disappointed with the cost associated with the length of each video, but he specifically adds overall value.

It is critical as a foundation for all the cranial work, diagnosis and corrections to fully understand the motion patterns of each joint. Ken Cooper has an excellent communication style to share this information in a way that is easy to understand.

It has helped to continue developing my understanding of how to best care for the patients in my practice.

Yes, I would recommend classes taught by Dr. Cooper.

Thank you for all you do for our profession.

I do like the email reminders of where I am at in the course and what I need to get finished. That accountability piece is huge. I do have a much better understanding of how the cranial bones move with inhalation and exhalation now.

I have gained more awareness around cranial work.

Yes, I would recommend this course, if just to gain more awareness around the subject.

I found it fascinating to learn about sutures, all the cranial bones, and flexion/extension of the bones.

I am going to pay more attention to the baby’s craniums when working with feeding issues to be able to properly refer for chiropractic care.

I am still working on visually noticing differences in baby’s craniums, something that I need to work on for some time.

I recommend this program to others as it brings awareness and knowledge of a baby’s cranial anatomy and how important it is in development.

My three takeaways: 1. Correcting sutural imbalances while the child is young is imperative for avoiding issues down the road later in life. 2. That opening or remediating the suture appropriately helps fix dural tone, CSF flow/motion, and regulates response to inhalation and exhalation. 3. That gentle care/palpation can be just as effective as moderately more firm care/palpation, if not better, when adjusting sutures of an infant.

It will help me understand the skull of potential patients I may see and especially my own children and family members who have children. It gives me a working understanding of how all the cranial bones early on in life work together, and what is needed for things to function optimally.

I don’t work with infants or children under teenage years at my clinic, as most of them are middle aged to Medicare, but I was able to palpate my niece who is of that age of 0-3 and she had some of the sutural presentations that were mentioned in this presentation. She was delivered via forceps, and it did have a minor impact on some of the cranial bones and sutural formations.

If they are working with children, yes, as it is imperative to know the anatomy of physiology of the skull for young children. It is a great class for learning the basics and having that baseline knowledge to understand the children they will be working with. It is also helpful for just learning about the human skull again and getting a refresher on the region if you have been out of Chiropractic school for a while.

I thought it was a great course, the only thing I would recommend is if there was a section or one video where they had interactive pictures/animations that showed the motion, movement, and anatomy of the bones as they are going through things like expiration and inhalation. Having a visual of that like in a cartoon form would be helpful after hearing Dr. Cooper’s presentations.

I wish I had taken this course first, I think it would have helped me understand and grasp the concepts faster in the other courses I have taken. I watched the videos more than once, I would go to work, see a few newborns and even adults, then come home and rewatch them. Definitely helped tie in the concepts of the video when seeing people at work the same day.

The course gave me a better understanding of cranial motion with more precision. I have taken some CST courses with other providers and there was a lack of “specificity” that seemed to me missing. I also think I struggled with a few Call to Actions as perhaps what I was taught at these other seminars wasn’t the level of detail my brain needs to fully understand this information fully.

Even just getting a clearer picture of SBS motion has cleared up a lot of difficulties I was having with newborns. The visual cues are easier to “see” now that I know what the underlying patterns are. I could visualize those asymmetries before but didn’t have enough knowledge to know what was going on.

Would definitely recommend this course to others BEFORE they take other courses.

Thank you to Dr. Ken Cooper for his easy-to-understand videos and demonstrations! His feedback was also helpful with my Call to Action homework.

My three takeaways:
A much deeper understanding of cranial motion and its biomechanical relevance to overall neurological and functional health. A new perspective on assessing and supporting patients, particularly in complex or paediatric cases, where subtle dysfunctions can have significant impacts.

Professionally, this program has significantly refined my clinical approach. It has given me greater confidence in assessing cranial patterns and integrating them into broader neurodevelopmental and functional care plans. This has been particularly valuable in my work with children, where small changes can make a meaningful difference. Personally, it has deepened my appreciation for the body’s innate intelligence and adaptability. It has reinforced a more patient, observant, and holistic approach, not only in practice but also in how I view health and well-being more broadly.

I worked with a patient who had ongoing jaw restriction and sinus pain that hadn’t fully resolved with other approaches. On assessment, it became clear that there were underlying cranial restrictions affecting both the TMJ and sinus drainage. Using the techniques from this course, I incorporated gentle cranial work over a few sessions. The patient began to notice their jaw moving more freely, with less discomfort, and at the same time experienced a significant reduction in sinus pressure. What stood out was how interconnected these systems are—and how addressing the cranial mechanics created meaningful changes in both symptoms and overall comfort.

Yes, I would highly recommend this course. It provides a strong biomechanical and neurological framework for understanding cranial motion, supported by clear clinical reasoning and practical application.

The program is exceptionally well-structured. I am glad I was able to take part. Thank you.

My three takeaways:
1. Cranial motion is the key to unlocking the flow of the CSF, which brings proper nourishment to our brain and spine.
2. Understanding the physiology of the cranial bones brings a deeper meaning to the understanding that the body is an interconnected system.
3. As you breathe and move, the bones of the skull should breathe and move as well. Knowing these motions can help you help infants, children, and adults along their path of wellness.

After the course, Dr. Ken Cooper helped me find a practitioner in my area to work on my 4-month-old. In one visit, his flat spot was visibly rounder. Professionally, I can now educate people of the tension held in the cranial sutures that may need to be released to relieve the stress their spines are experiencing.

The most impactful is the experience I’ve seen by taking my 4-month-old to certified practitioner. However, in my own practice, I’ve seen numbness and tingling in the whole hand disappear with occipital flexion/extension, and I’ve witnessed emotional reactions to sphenobasilar and frontal suture releases.

Yes, I would recommend this course. It is a great starting point to understanding how the skull is the encasing of the brain- the portion of the CNS that chiropractors are commonly referring to, but never truly accessing.

Dr. Ken Cooper is a fantastic teacher, passionate about the topic, and compassionate with his students.

I have learned more specifically how each of the cranial bones move and how they affect the CSF flow .

And I have more deepened understanding of how the cranial bones move. I was more certain in how they move and could better understand the adjustments on the child and could better explain to the parents.

Yes, I would recommend this course to get a more deepened knowledge.