20/01/2026
Spinal Flow access points are often described as an “in-road” to the central nervous system (CNS), we don't physically make contact the spinal cord or dura mater, they are protected by bone, instead access points work through how the nervous system receives and processes sensory information.
1) The body responds to light, specific sensory input Skin, fascia, and tissues near bone contain mechanoreceptors that convert touch and pressure into neural signals that are processed by the CNS.
2) The upper neck has a real structural link into the dural system There is an anatomical connection called the myodural bridge, linking suboccipital tissues to the cervical spinal dura mater. This supports the idea that changing tension in this region can influence the dural system indirectly, without direct contact.
3) CSF movement is driven by internal rhythms, not external force Cerebrospinal fluid motion is largely influenced by cardiac and respiratory-driven forces. When the nervous system settles and breathing patterns change, the internal environment CSF moves through can shift as well.
In simple terms: Access points don’t work because we “push on the CNS.” They work because they provide a precise, repeatable signal the nervous system can respond to.
References
• Iheanacho F, et al. Physiology, Mechanoreceptors. StatPearls (NCBI). • Enix DE, et al. The cervical myodural bridge: a review of literature. (2014). • Yatsushiro S, et al. Cardiac- and respiratory-driven CSF motion… (2022). • Gutiérrez-Montes C, et al. Effect of normal breathing on CSF movement… AJNR (2022)
Photo references
Bouyssou, et al Front Neuoscri. 2021 • Scali, et al. Spine 2013 • Dreha-Kulaczewski et al. Beggs • Fluids Barriers CNS • Sci Transl Med. 2017.
