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Children
In order to adapt to the pressure and forces exerted upon it during labour, an infant’s skull allows for a slight amount of movement. Complications such as premature birth, traumatic labour or a forceps delivery may affect the ability of the skull to fully recover from the distortion causing the baby to experience discomfort and possibly leading to a number of functional problems. By diagnosing, managing and treating problems associated with growth the osteopath is able to play a large part in laying the foundations for children to become fit and healthy adults. Common disorders which respond well to osteopathic treatment include: feeding difficulties |
The gentle non-invasive techniques which osteopathy and in particular