DoctorDurden
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The sphenoid does not ossify in isolation, and the sphenobasilar synchondrosis (where sphenoid connects to occipital bone) is what LIMITS sphenoidal mobility in adulthood.You said earlier that the ossification of the sphenoid itself does not allow mobilization, and now you are talking about the articulation of the occipital bone. You are mixing up concepts or you do not understand me. And if the total ossification of the sphenoid independently occurs in adolescence, the ossification of the rest of the sutures occurs in adulthood. You are basically agreeing with me.
In osteopathy, changes in the skeletal structure have also been seen, and even if this were the case, it does not prove anything.
By the way, are you a medical student or something?
The body of sphenoid undergoes ossification in adolescence, the ossification of surrounding sutures occurs a bit later in your 20s. But, that doesn't mean the sphenoid continues to have substantial mobility in adulthood. Its anatomically incorrect.
Then, cranial sutures lose their capacity for movement you're describing. They simply don't provide the necessary flexibility for the type of manipulation that NCR suggests.
The ossification process involves fusion and interdigitation of sutures, which means by early adulthood - mobility is substantially limited, not only in the sphenoid, but in the ENTIRE CRANIAL VAULT.
Btw im not dismissing osteopathy completely, but theres a fundamental difference between manipulation of soft tissue and actual repositioning of bones. Osteopathy focuses on neuromuscular interactions, but it doesn't cause permanent skeletal realignment.
Physiological limits of cranial bone movement after adulthood are well documented. Studies on cranial sutures and cranial base ossification confirm that after a certain age (25 at best), cranial bones become substantially rigid.