Babies with Square Heads

On Saturday 29 April 2006, the Body and Soul section of the Times featured an article by Leah Hardy entitled 'Little Square Heads'.  In it she described a condition that is affecting a lot of babies; odd shaped heads or 'positional plagiocephaly'.

 

In my Osteopathic practise I see quite a few of these children… See full article

Cranial Osteopathy for Babies and Children 

If you mention colic, sleeplessness or feeding problems to most new parents, no explanation is required! Memories or associations of hours of wailing babies and disturbed nights will be conjured up. In spite of the support network of NCT, midwives and health visitors in the postnatal period, answers as to what should be done to ease the suffering of colic and broken sleep are hard to find, varied and often inconclusive… See full article

Osteopathic Care during pregnancy

During a normal pregnancy, the maternal body has to adjust to carrying up to 28lbs of water, baby and placenta. Every day the mother has to adapt to rapid changes in her physiology and posture, more than just the growth of the uterus and tummy that is the outward representation of the amazing feat her body is performing. Her metabolic rate will increase by 25%, her heart rate by 40% and her breathing rate will also increase to adapt to the changes… See full article

So what is Cranial Osteopathy?

Let us start with some history. It all began with an observant Osteopath called Sutherland who was studying at the end of the nineteenth century. As he looked at the bones of the cranium, he wondered about the accepted teaching that said that the bones of the head were fused and incapable of movement. Why then did the temporal bones on the side of the head overlap in a way that looked like fish gills and looked capable of breathing type movement?… See full article