What We Do (Osteopathy for Children)

Osteopathic Philosophy:

The body has an inherent healing potential. Our job is to release that healing power so that every child can reach their optimal potential. We do this by means of osteopathic manipulative treatment, cranial osteopathy, a whole foods diet, natural medications when indicated and a referral network for developmental issues and visual perceptual difficulties.

Osteopathic Approach to Learning Difficulties

When is the best time to begin osteopathic treatment?
Soon after birth.

Health Evaluation

We begin helping children by making a thorough evaluation, which includes the following criteria:

• Health history
• Diet review
• Physical and structural exam
• Evaluation of walking, creeping, crawling, heel-to-toe walking, drawing ability
  and visual tracking
• Immunization history
• Toxic exposure
• Evaluation of events leading to health or developmental issues
• Signs of birth trauma
  • Did your baby throw the head back or arch backwards?
  • Did the baby prefer to “stand” in your lap rather than sit?
  • Did the baby have spells of inconsolable crying?
  • Did the baby progress through the stages of rolling over, the belly crawl, creeping on hands and knees and walking?
• Birth history
  • Did mother experience one or more times of false labor?
  • Did the membranes rupture before real labor began?
  • Was labor induced?
  • Was the baby delivered face up instead of face down?
  • Was the labor very long or very rapid?
    
    - 18-24 hours is average for the first baby
    -  8-12 hours for subsequent birth(s)

Preventive and Correctional Therapies

Methods used in our practice include:

• osteopathic manipulative treatment
• cranial osteopathic treatment
• a whole foods diet
• natural and traditional medications

"Normalizing the structure of the newborn head ranks among one of the most valuable and significant procedures in preventive medicine today. Its potential for good in the first few hours of life far exceeds what may be accomplished later."
          From  As the Twig is Bent, by Dr. William Garner Sutherland
          Published by The Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation

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