Keeping your child healthy
Every parent’s priority is to provide the best environment to support their child’s health as they develop and grow.
Osteopathic practice is safe and effective.
Research has shown that people trust their Osteopath and are extremely satisfied by their experience of Osteopathic care*. This provides parents confidence in the level of care their children can expect to receive.
Children’s requirements differ depending on the stage of their development. As they grow from infants, toddlers, children to teenagers, your Osteopath will consider your child’s individual needs, age and stage of development.
How can your Osteopath help?
Parents visit Osteopaths for a range of reasons to support their child’s health.
Children, like adults, can be affected by general joint and muscle issues, which is one of the reasons people often visit an osteopath.
Parents will also take their children to visit an Osteopath for a variety of other health reasons which may benefit from Osteopathic care.
As Osteopathic care is based on the individual needs of the patient, it will vary depending on your child’s age and the diagnosis.
Osteopaths generally use a wide range of gentle hands-on techniques that focus on releasing tension, improving mobility and optimising function.
Some Osteopaths have received specialist training in Cranial Osteopathy, Obstetric and Paediatric Osteopathy: http://www.petersfieldosteopathy.com
Osteopathy and Cranial Osteopathy for babies and children. Assessment of motor power and sensory development; coordination and growth stages.
Osteopathy provides healthcare for children which is gentle, safe and effective; for a wide range of conditions in which developmental milestones and delay can occur.
Working hand in hand with paediatricians; health visitors; educational psychologists; optometrists and audiologists to provide an integrated approach to your child’s well-being.
Osteopathy offers safe, effective and gentle hands on treatment for a wide range of childhood conditions such as glue ear, congestive deafness, catarrh and breathing difficulties such as asthma from new-born to adulthood.
Parents may consult an Osteopath for a wide range of musculo-skeletal conditions including neck and back and spinal discomfort, limb and hand or foot injuries.
Children may report headaches and visual difficulty or difficulty processing information, whether auditory or visual, and thereby may find following instructions or focussed spells of concentration more difficult.
If you have a question about Osteopathy for your child please do call or contact us.
Osteopaths are registered with the General Osteopathic Council: https://www.osteopathy.org.uk/home/ and the Institute of Osteopathy: https://www.iosteopathy.org/
To Book An Appointment: Booking an Appointment for Children’s Osteopathy