Paediatric (Childrens) Osteopathy

All mothers and new-born babies should have an osteopathic check-up soon after the birth Osteopaths learn very gentle techniques that quickly work on the very malleable and responsive tissues of babies and children. This responsiveness to treatment usually means that a small amount of gentle treatment produces a rapid response and improvement.

The birth is very stressful and physically taxing on the baby, the bones of the skull for instance can often benefit from gentle easing back to their normal shape, which can relieve a variety of problems both (constant screaming, irritability, feeding difficulties, not sleeping, growth retardation, development problems and so on) at that age that may often may be attributed to other problems such as colic or fretfulness, and prevent problems later in life from behavioural problems to migraines.

Young Children

Children of all ages can suffer from a bewildering range of problems and ailments for some of which - asthma, eczema and 'growing pains' hyperactivity, learning difficulties, bedwetting, development and social problems, for example- there often seems to be little help available.