osteopathic treatment for pregnancy, Children & infants

Osteopathic Treatment for Children

Osteopathy offers gentle, supportive hands-on treatment for children of all ages.  Childhood is a time of dynamic changes, constant growth, and embodied vitality.  Working with the body’s inherent healing ability, Osteopathic medicine is an integrative medical treatment that can support children to express their health to the fullest potential.  This treatment can support children in recovery after accidents, through growth spurts, and as part of their journey through chronic medical conditions.  Examples of conditions treated include:

  • Sleep disorder (sleep apnea, mouth breathing, night terrors, etc)

  • Headaches, TBI, sports concussions

  • GERD, reflux, functional gastrointestinal disorders and stomach pain

  • Cerebral palsy, epilepsy

  • Trauma, accidents, falls, broken bones

  • ADHD, tics, autism spectrum disorder

  • Functional neurologic disorders

Osteopathic Treatment for Infants, Birthing Parents & the Postpartum period

Welcome to this world! The transition from a life in water to a life with gravity and air is quite a big one. Osteopathic physicians have long been thinking deeply about this transition and are here to offer support to adjusting to life on land. Osteopathic treatment is a gentle hands-on treatment that can help the body respond to and recover from the expected forces of labor and delivery which can sometimes lead to:

  • Difficulty with breastfeeding & painful latch

  • Torticollis

  • GERD/reflux

  • Colic

Similarly, Osteopathic treatment can support recovery after vaginal delivery or C-section, help with the lactation issues, and generally support the transition into the next phase of parenting. Similarly, when family structures shift, supporting the body/mind to catch up with the new configuration of the household can help other family members with new additions, whether through birth or adoption.

Osteopathic Treatment for Pregnancy

Osteopathic treatment is a gentle, effective, hands-on treatment that is safe throughout pregnancy. It can help relieve common complaints during pregnancy and prepare the body for birth.

Examples of conditions treated include:

  • Low back pain and other musculoskeletal pain

  • Sciatica

  • Varicosities

  • GERD/Acid reflux

  • Pelvic discomfort

  • Headaches