Paediatric Osteopathy UK

We practise from Colnbrook and Maidenhead in Berkshire although home visits can be arranged and are  osteopaths and cranial osteopaths, working with all ages from babies to the elderly.  Osteopathy manually treats many conditions including back pain, joint pains, headaches, repetitive strain injuries, sleep issues, colic, depression and anxiety, not to mention treating systemic problems such as IBS and asthma.  Osteopaths use their hands to manipulate the body back to neutral for optimal health. Joints, muscles, ligaments and all the other anatomical structures are treated to restore health and maintain it, fighting away disease and pain. 

Cranial osteopathy works with the flow of fluids around the cranium. If there are restrictions in the flow then the nutrients and oxygen cannot reach the parts of the brain that are so crucially in need of it and stagnancy can occur. This often effects children and babies, disrupting sleep cycles and causing colic and can effect adults in many ways such as sinusitis or anxiety. Gentle treatments ease the restrictions away so that the fluids flow optimally.

Treatment of children is a challenging and sometimes very difficult thing to do. Unfortunately the first time we may be called upon to help correct asymmetry from trauma be it early years bumps and tumbles or even birth trauma such as the restrictions in ventilation after respiratory distress from the delivery process; is often 30-40 years after onset. Correct the flight of the arrow early and it will not fall far from the target, ignore the poor aim and you may never find that arrow again.

At Great Dunmow osteopathic clinic we deal with Sports injury acute biomechanical problems like sprains ie neck and back and chronic problems such as Osteoarthritis.

This is a similar technique to fascial unwinding, but here, the focus is not exclusively on the fascia. We work into the neural musclar system at the horizon between fascia and muscle. Here essentially we are treating a pattern that is at a more acute phase rather than the more chronic Fascial unwinding stage.

£35.00 for 30 minutes.

Consultation and treatment cost is £36.

All Osteopaths should start by taking a case history. This is to find out what is wrong. It generally lasts 10-15mins and will involve questions not only about where the pain is but also how it started and what it feels like and the things that make it better and worse. Observation and Tests I will ask you to undress down to your underwear. Depending on where your pain is I may only ask for you to take the top or bottom part of your clothes of. If you prefer not remove any clothing then please tell me and you may leave them on, but they need to be thin. The reason osteopaths ask people to undress down to their underwear is so we can observe the area of pain more closely. We also look for things like swelling and bruising and access peoples posture. Less clothes also makes treating you easier. I will do some tests to try and determine what is wrong and then explain to you what I have found and what I want to do. Treatment The treatment will generally involve some pulling and pushing (gentle or hard depending on the person) of the affected area to get the joints moving properly. There is normally some soft tissue work involved to loosen up the muscles and then if I feel it necessary and only with your consent I may do a manipulation (Click) or two. I also do some very gentle work (crano-sacral) where you will hardly feel anything happening. I generally explain what Im doing at the time. Occasionally I may put an acupuncture needle into a muscle or joint but only with your permission. The treatment does consist of a lot more but this is a general overview. At the end of the treatment I will give you some advise on exercises you can do to help yourself and advise on whether to use hot or cold packs.