Pregnancy
During Pregnancy your body undergoes huge physical and hormonal changes in a relatively short space of time. Your body has to adapt to these changes along with the increased weight gain and extra physical strain on your body and tissues with the extra weight of both your baby and your uterine waters.
Osteopathy is a gentle and safe approach to help ease pregnancy pain and discomfort. We can also help prepare your body for labour and help you recover after Labour.
New Mums
Post pregnancy pains are also common as you recover from labour and carry and feed your new baby. It is important to ensure you are in good health in order for you to care for you child as best you can. At The Body Clinic we can treat and advise on back and neck pain caused by lifting and certain feeding postures which are common in new mums.
Children
Osteopathy for children and babies is a gentle, effective and completely safe treatment for children suffering from a variety of disorders. At The Body Clinic Mk we aim to use Osteopathy to help encourage natural development and if necessary natural recovery from symptoms.
Babies
Labour and Birth is one of the most physically stressful things you and your baby will go through . During the birth process the baby is subjected to strong forces and compressions from the uterus pushing the baby out of the uterus, down through the bony pelvis and out through the birth canal.
Normally these compressive forces correct themselves within a couple of days through movement, feeding and crying. However sometimes, usually after prolonged or difficult labours, these forces do not self correct and babies can present with a variety of conditions
as a result of this compression.
Babies come to clinic presenting with symptoms of irritability, prolonged crying, trapped wind and poor sleeping patterns just to name a few. Treatment follows an in depth case history of a babies first visit. This will cover aspects of both the mother and child's health, the labour and birth and the babies condition from birth up to coming to clinic. Because of this it is important the mother is present on the first consultation.
Treatment
Once Nicola has examined your child and believes they could benefit from treatment as well as discussed the treatment plan with the parents to ensure they are happy to proceed, treatment usually involves gentle massage of soft tissue, gentle mobilisation of joints and cranial techniques. Treatment is very different to that of adults and the baby will not feel any pain during treatment. Nicola can also advise of any dietary changes and small lifestyle changes that could help speed up recovery.
Children
As children develop and grow some aches and pains can be expressed due to rapid changes to their musculo-skeletal system and as they develop through toddler years, school years and into teenagers they become more active and susceptible to sprains and strains.
Osteopathy can treat children and teenagers for a variety of conditions including:
Postural problems
Growing pains
Joint pains
Headaches
Muscle pains
Sporting injuries
Back and Neck Pain and Stiffness