cranial concept

cranial concept,

n in osteopathic medicine, a diagnostic and therapeutic approach associated with the application of osteopathic medicine principles to the skull or cranium; based on the structural studies and clinical observations conducted by William Garner Sutherland, D.O. Dr. Sutherland claimed that a palpable motion within the human body takes place in concurrence with the movement of the bones called the Primary Respiratory Mechanism, or PRM, within the head. The cranial concept is considered an extension of osteopathic philosophy.