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Terry Rulten
BSc.Hons.Ost.
REGISTERED
OSTEOPATH |
Call: 01277 848900 for appointments and advice
The Brentwood Clinic
31 Shenfield Road, Bentwood, Essex. CM15 8AG
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Treatment for children and babies
Pregnancy
Osteopathic treatment offers a wonderfully gentle way of helping the
body adapt to the changes which are taking place during pregnancy,
helping to relieve aches and pains as your body tries to accommodate the
growing baby.
What can Osteopathy help?
Osteopathic treatment can help with low back pain, hip and pelvic
pain, neck and shoulder pain, heartburn, indigestion, SPD (symphysis
pubis dysfunction), post-natal coccyx (base of the spine) pain, mid back
pain due to breast feeding – to name just a few.
I can also advise on posture and self-help techniques for you to do
during labour.
Mums often benefit by returning 4 to 6 weeks after birth for a
post-natal check-up to restore pelvic, bladder and joint function.
Babies
Childbirth is a natural process - but it is not without a certain
amount of trauma for both the mother and the child. Not all babies
cope well with the powerful processes of birth as they pass down the
birth canal, or with the effects of assisted delivery or caesarean
section. As a result, mechanical stresses affecting nerve supply from
the neck and head can affect the tongue causing feeding problems, or to
the gastric nerves causing colic for example. Tension in the skull can
keep the baby in an alert state so the baby has difficulty sleeping.
Caring for a baby is difficult at the best of times - I know from
experience! I also know the situation is made much worse when the baby
is unsettled, which can lead to tension within the whole family. Help is
at hand. A baby is never too young to be treated.
The most common problems the babies I treat have, are:
Often the baby
is relaxed after the treatment and sleeps well. Others become more
energetic for a while but sleep well that night, whilst others may take
a few days to settle after treatment.
Children and
Teenagers
Toddlers become children and children become teenagers - and for all of
them, their bodies undergo considerable and often rapid change.
A younger child may be susceptible to ear, chest and sinus infections,
whilst an older child may have asthma, and the young footballer may be
diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatters disease. For the teenager the school
bags become heavier whilst their posture develops the ‘slouch’ -
especially with the increasing use of laptops.
During these years, many young people take part in various sports
and recreational activities frequently resulting in injuries which if
not treated when young can become a problem later in life.
Many older teenagers also start to take on part-time work which
introduces them to yet more physical demands on their still growing and
changing bodies.
These difficult and increasing demands carry the risk of injury and
structural stress that if not treated now can lead to more chronic
conditions in adulthood.
I regularly
treat children, helping them to grow healthily and fulfil their
potential.
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