Kenton Osteopathic & Acupuncture Practice Harrow
Location : Harrow, HA3
Address : 245,Kenton Road, HA3 0HQ
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 : Dev Shukla has been in practice for 22 years. He treats a wide variety of musculo-skeletal conditions with structural osteopathy and is also a registered acupuncturist. His practice is conveniently located on a main road and within five minutes walking distance from Kenton station
Specialities : NA
Directions to Kenton Osteopathic & Acupuncture Practice Harrow
Osteopaths at Kenton Osteopathic & Acupuncture Practice Harrow are happy to treat patients with any condition listed above.
Spitting up
Spitting-up is a fairly common condition for babies during their first 6-12 months. Milk or food is reguritated fairly gently by the child in an involuntary fashion; by contrast vomiting is a more violent expulsion of food or liquid. The medical term is "gastroesophageal reflux". The most common cause of this reflux is the relatively small size of the baby's stomach relative to the amount of milk drunk or food ingested and is exacerbated if the baby takes in too much air whilst feeding. Osteopaths recommend to try to slow feeding and to hold the baby upright whilst drinking and for as long as possible - at least a quarter of an hour - after feeds. Osteopaths frequently treat this condition which can be helped by gentle massage of the stomach and release of tension in the soft tissues around the blood vessels feeding the liver, lungs , diaphragm and the small intestine. In addition the release of tension around the umbilical scar has been found beneficial in treating spitting up.
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.
