Osteopathy is for everyBODY
Osteopathic treatment is a gentle yet effective treatment option for ALL ages and stages of life.
Digging deep to find the root.
Osteopathic treatment during pregnancy
Osteopathic treatment is a safe and gentle way to help assist you from before conception to delivery day. As you move through each trimester your body has to accommodate exponentially for your growing babe. This may leave you with symptoms such as lower back / hip pain, headaches, swelling in the lower limbs that may be relieved or lessened by ongoing Osteopathic care. Ongoing Osteopathic treatment during pregnancy will help your body prepare for labor.
The Fourth Trimester Follow-up
Congrats! What an exciting journey you are embarking on. There is truly nothing more special than the experience of becoming a mother. Wow, the amount of transformation you and your body have undergone in a mere nine months is nothing short of a miracle. As strong and capable our bodies are, at times this ability to self-regulate can be slowed or impeded by the intense physiological (and sometimes not so physiological) event of child birth. For your body to birth your babe A LOT needs to take place. There needs to be a complete shift in pressure regulation throughout your entire system. Commonly structures such as the pelvis may remain out of alignment. As all systems are connected its quite common to see postpartum women with viscera (organs) with additional strain or ligamentous tension that impedes both the structure and physiology from functioning optimally. If different structures are left unable to self-correct and return to pre baby physiological position it can create an entire cascade or systemic issues that one might not connect directly to the normal physiological process of child birth.
Paediatric Osteopathy
Being born is one of the most stressful events we may ever experience. The soft bones of a baby’s skull overlap or ‘mould’ as the contractile forces of the uterus squeeze the baby down the birth canal. Generally after birth the moulding resolves naturally, In some cases however, some of the strains remain.
Conditions where strain is more likely to be unresolved include an abnormal lie during the pregnancy, (eg breech ), very quick or difficult long labours, forceps or suction deliveries, breech and face presentations and premature deliveries.
Osteopathic Practitioners believe that retained moulding in the skull and restrictions in a baby’s body are an important factor in reflux, colic, difficulties feeding, passing gas, vomiting, irritability, poor sleeping, ear infections and plagiocephaly (misshapen skull).
Maintenance osteopathic treatment is beneficial in helping children as their bodies go through rapid growth spurts. Regular treatment can help realign the body after falls and sporting injuries. Resolving strains in a child can also help prevent problems developing at a later age or in adulthood.
Osteopathic treatment for EVERYONE
Whether you are experiencing new or ongoing symptoms, Osteopathy can meet each and every person with where they are at.
Osteopathic philosophy recognizes that a person’s symptoms (other than in cases of acute trauma) take a long time to develop.
On its own one residual strain may not be severe enough to cause a complaint. As further injuries are suffered and partially resolved however, the residual strains accumulate in the body. The body may then come to a point where it is unable to compensate for all of the strains together. It loses its point of balance.
It is important to remember that if you have been experiencing symptoms for some time it may take some time to experience relief of your symptoms.