Who is Cranial Osteopathy for?
Everyone! “Cranial osteopathy can be of particular benefit to mothers and babies post childbirth”. Birth is one of the most stressful events of our lives and the compressive forces exerted on the body during this process can contribute to a lot of musculoskeletal problems sooner or later in life. In the latter part of pregnancy, the baby changes position in preparation for birth (engages). “If the baby engages in an awkward position it can cause abnormal strains to the cranial bones (intra-uterine compression)”, which are particularly mobile in babies in order to aid the passage through the birth canal. Similarly, when the birth is particularly traumatic or very long or very short, the head gets exposed to abnormal forces and can result in additional stress to the cranial bones limiting their ability to expand on the baby’s first breath. “Even c-sections can be traumatic for the baby”. The sudden exposure into the world comes as a ‘shock’ as the baby hasn’t had time to prepare. The res
