Birmingham Cranial Osteopath may help your child

Birmingham cranial osteopath John Williams has helped many families by using cranial osteopathy. Babies and children respond well to cranial osteopathy and cranial osteopaths have recorded much success in treating a wide variety of symptoms in young babies and children.

Based in Hall Green Birmingham at the Atlas Back Pain Clinic on the Robin Hood Island, cranial osteopath John Williams treats symptoms of retained moulding, flat heads, infantile colic, infantile reflux, sleep disorders, irritable babies, restlessness, and much more. The website can be viewed for cranial testimonials by visiting www.solihullbackpainclinic.co.uk

Cranial helmets have been suggested by worried parents as a possible treatment of babies with an irregular head shape which can show as a flattening on one side of the babies cranium. This is an expensive option for parents and appears to require your child having to wear the helmet for 23 hours per day in some cases. The idea is to stop the child from lying in its favored position and redistribute the load on the cranium from the circular design of the helmet.

The view from Birmingham cranial osteopath John Williams is that irregular head shapes in young children are common and can be caused through internal forces when the unborn infant is in the womb. This can result in retained moulding patterns of the cranium. Further stress from uterine contractions and childbirth can result in much physical pressure exerted on the babies head. Add to this forceps and other intervention methods and it is truly amazing that any child is born with what appears to be a normal head shape.

During the following weeks the child will grow and the cranium begins to form its shape.

It has to be soft and pliable at childbirth to allow for its passage along the birth canal. Once into our world, its head should begin to restore its desired shape. In some children there is a distinct flattening which parents find concerning. Often the baby has no symptoms but from a cosmetic viewpoint is something that begins their search for an answer. Unfortunately there are very few options for worried parents when they search the web for answers. Cranial helmets appear everywhere and with very little or no other options available, this trend of fitting cranial helmets may increase.

Retained moulding patterns can cause irregular head shapes and can be treated by cranial osteopaths, if lying for long periods in a favored position can cause a flattening of the babies head then why aren´t more babies presenting with flat heads, as most sleep on their backs.

It is strange to see in the UK that we put babies to sleep on their backs but talking to a Chinese pediatric consultant recently, she prefers to see babies on their front. The reasoning is that if the child vomits, it can choke, whereas on the front she believes the inherent survival ability of human life will not allow a child to suffocate and it will wake and move if the mouth is covered. Obviously the child should not sleep with a pillow as a newborn.

With much debate from specialists and midwives about how to best rear and protect our babies we must do what we think is best. Go with your instincts and if you consider trying cranial osteopathy, then have an open mind. It will not harm your child and amazing results have been experienced by many parents who decided to seek help after traditional methods failed to make an impression.

Much is still to learn about cranial osteopathy but if possible ensure you use a registered osteopath with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC)