Osteopathy and infant

Every birth should be followed carefully by an osteopathic examination. Childbirth can be the first trauma for the baby. Too long or too short, it can disrupt the normal functioning of cranial structures. Difficult, it sometimes requires the use of spatulas, suction cups or forceps, which will influence the mobility of the joints of the skull and cause immediate or subsequent functional disorders. Often, newborns are born with the head slightly deformed with the appearence of skull shaped shell, an eye more closed than the other, an ear further forward than the other, the nose a little crushed … Parents are told that this will reset itself … Apparently yes, but the cranial balance is broken and there is a dysfunction which need an osteopathic treatment.

When to see?

• when the delivery was performed under epidural
• when the work was too long (more than eight hours) or too short (less than two hours)
• twin pregnancy
• when the presentation was made by the seat, the face or forehead
• when we pulled too hard on the head
• when the cord is wrapped around the neck
• when there has been prematurity (the skull is more brittle)
• when we pressed the belly of the mother to facilitate the expulsion
• when the forceps is used
• in case of a caesarean section
• in case of fetal distress, and mild baby reanimation

Learning to observe her baby and see if:

• he arches back when you take it, or when given feeding
• the baby is contorted with arms or stiff hands
• he jumps at the slightest noise and shows small tremors
• it is sluggish and struggling to hold his head
• he cries all the time
• He sleeps very little
• he regurgitates
• it does not digest and stirred after feeding
• he has trouble or makes an infinite time to suck
• he wears his hair behind his head asymmetrically
• he fell off the changing table (even if the skull radios showed no lesion)
• it has an incorrect position of the hips, feet
• he always puts a rear arm
• he still turns his head to the same side and always sleeps on the same side
• he squints permanently
• he sufferes from otitis and recurrent bronchitis, he’s wheezing

For a rediscovered harmony, a very sweet examination of different physiological mobility (skull, sacrum, abdomen …) easily detect minor dysfunction causing all this evil. By appropriate manual correction, always smooth, your baby will find his joy of living. The expert hands and caring osteopath enable it to good start in life.