A '''kranioszakrális terápia''' ('''KSZT''') vagy '''craniosacralis terápia''', esetleg '''koponyaoszteopátia''' egy manuálterápiás [[alternatív gyógymód]], amely az [[emberi koponya]] [[varrat]]ai mentén végzett lágy érintéseket alkalmaz diagnosztikai és terápiás céllal. Bár alkalmazói szinte minden betegség és egészségügyi probléma kezelésében hatásosnak tartják, a módszer alapvetően a [[koponya]] anatómiájával és élettanával kapcsolatos félreértésekre épül<ref name="TvT">{{cite book|title=Trükk vagy terápia? - Kereszttűzben az alternatív gyógyászat|publisher=Park Kiadó|author=Singh, S., Ernst, E.|translator=Gyárfás Vera|year=2010|accessdate=2020-07-13|isbn=978-963-530-856-9}}</ref> és tudományos bizonyítékok nem támasztják alá, hogy a [[Placebo|placebón]] túl bármilyen hatása is lenne.<ref name=mc"SBM">{{cite web |website=Science-Based Medicine|author=Crislip, M. |title=Alas poor Craniosacral. A SCAM of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy |language=Angol|date=2011-12-16|url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/alas-poor-craniosacral/|accessdate=2020-07-13}}</ref><ref name=acs/><ref name=garden/>
CST was invented in the 1970s by John Upledger, an [[osteopathic physician]], as an offshoot of cranial osteopathy, which had been devised in the 1930s by [[William Garner Sutherland]].<ref name="acs" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upmc.com/services/integrative-medicine/services/pages/craniosacral-therapy.aspx |title=Craniosacral Therapy |author= |year=2012 |website= |publisher=UPMC Center for Integrative Medicine |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref>
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==Effectiveness and safety==
Practitioners of CST claim it is effective in treating a wide range of conditions, sometimes claiming it is a [[cancer]] cure, or a [[panacea (medicine)|cure-all]].<ref name=mc>{{cite web |website=[[Science-Based Medicine]] |author=Crislip M |title=Alas poor Craniosacral. A SCAM of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy |date=16 December 2011 |url=https:"SBM"//sciencebasedmedicine.org/alas-poor-craniosacral/ |quote=In reality what do CST practitioners do? They lightly massage your head. To treat everything from Downs to headache to PMS. It is an all purpose diagnostic and therapeutic intervention, like all SCAMs.}}</ref><ref name=garden>{{cite web |first=Edzard |last=Ernst |authorlink=Edzard Ernst |title=Up the garden path: craniosacral therapy |url=https://edzardernst.com/2012/12/up-the-garden-path-craniosacral-therapy/ |date=12 December 2012 }}</ref><ref name=cass>{{cite book |vauthors=Cassileth BR |title=The Complete Guide to Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care: Essential Information for Patients, Survivors and Health Professionals |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAlqDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA248 |year=2011 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4335-16-4 |pages=247–250 |chapter=Chapter 42: Craniosacral Therapy}}</ref> Practitioners particularly advocate the use of CST on children.<ref name=garden/> The [[American Cancer Society]] caution that CST should never be used on children under age two.<ref name="acs"/> [[Pediatrician]]s have expressed concern at the harm CST can cause to children and infants.<ref name=cass/>
CST is potentially harmful.<ref name=aut>{{cite book |chapter=Chapter 9: The Problem of Alternative Therapies in Autism |vauthors=Pavone L, Ruggieri M |editor=Coleman, M |title=Neurology of Autism |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2005 |page=189 |quote=According to our opinion and experience in the field of autism, there is no scientific justification for this approach. Furthermore, this method could be harmful.}}</ref> There have been cases of people with head injuries suffering further injury as a result of CST.<ref name=acs/> If used as an alternative for legitimate therapy for a serious condition, choosing CST can have serious adverse consequences.<ref name=acs/>
