The Maple Tree Osteopathic Clinic
Location : Harpenden, AL5
Address : 389 Luton Rd,Harpenden, AL5 3NF
Contact : Call 0845 680 0615 to make an appointment with the practice. Let us know if you need an evening or weekend appointment. Calls may be monitored or recorded.
Description : A friendly patient centered clinic providing treatment for a wide variety of ailments ranging from sports injuries to general back pain, sciatica and cranial osteopathy. Recognised by all major health insurers. Emergency treatments avaliable. Acupuncture,hypnotherapy, sports massage, and trichology are also avaliable at the clinic.
Specialities : All areas covered. All musculo-skeletal conditions are treated at the clinic.
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Osteopaths at The Maple Tree Osteopathic Clinic see patients with many different conditions, two of the more common complaints are discussed below
Birth Trauma and accidents whilst a child
Psychiatrists and psychologists are well-known for stressing the importance in understanding what happens before a child is born, during the birth process and what happens in the early years. Cranial osteopaths have long recognised that the birthing process imposes enormous strain on babies, particularly if the birth is difficult or elongated. The baby's skull stretches to accomodate the narrow birth canal, but only gradually recovers its shape. After a difficult birth the process of "unmoulding" may be incomplete, leaving residual stress within the head and impacting on the nervous system. These stresses can give rise to conditions such as colic, trapped wind, regurgitation, feeding difficulties and sleep problems. In addition childhood is a time of slips, trips, falls and scrapes, each of which can potentially impose a similar burden of stress.
Sucking Difficulty
A baby having difficulty feeding may be suffering from a nerve compression. Cranial osteopaths would be quick to look at the area at the base of the skull to determine if the nerve was affected. From an osteopathic perspective, a child that has or had difficulty latching-on to its mother's nipple during the first few weeks after birth is a potential indicator that there may be some compression of an important nerve that controls the tongue. Whilst the sucking problem may clear up after a few days or weeks, the issue of compression of the hypoglossal nerve - or indeed other nerves - may not actually be resolved fully in the intial period after birth. A detailed patient history for a child should certainly cover this issue even if the condition for which treatment is being sought is rather different.
