Osteopathic check-up
La osteopathic examination of control is the best investment a parent can make to foster the development of their child.
Find out what it consists of and why it is so important in this article.
What it consists of
a paediatric osteopathic examination
Let's start by saying that paediatric osteopathy is not only a fantastic method of treatment for numerous neonatal problems but also an excellent case of preventive medicine.
A osteopathic examination of control represents the Gold Standard to promote the motor and postural development optimal state of health of the newborn child.
The paediatric osteopath evaluates and resolves timely muscular contractures, joint stiffness or gastrointestinal tension that can cause various problems:
- Sucking and breast-feeding problems,
- Tmyogenic orcicollar,
- Positional plagiocephaly and flat head,
- Gaseous colic,
- Gastroesophageal reflux,
- Clubfoot,
- etc.
Thanks to tosteopathic treatments, to the rpostural recommendations and suggested activities to parents, the paediatric osteopath accompanies the newborn child in its optimal growth from birth and promotes its correct development.
These are the main reasons why the osteopath is already present in hospitals in the very first days of life in many European countries (in Italy, osteopaths are only present as volunteers in very few hospitals).
Osteopathic examination and early child development
I first 3 years of the child are an incredible window of time during which the foundations are laid for the psycho-physical well-being of each person, but not only.
In the first three years of life, the child develops about 80% in its brain.
And it is all the 'nurturing care' offered by caregivers that will ensure the child's optimal development from birth.
These sentences were recently put on paper by theworld health organisation (WHO) and by theUnicef in a document of global importance called Nurturing care for early childhood development.
Why have an osteopathic examination of your child?
Osteopathy is part of the component dedicated to the good health of the child, promoting its physiological growth from the very first days of life. In fact, the osteopathic examination can help your child in several ways:
- With obstetrical-osteopathic support, it can facilitate theinitiation of breastfeeding;
- With the prevention (and treatment) of numerous neonatal problems (plagiocephaly, torticollis, reflux, colic, clubfoot),
- With support for early motor and postural development,
- …
I am well aware that, to date, osteopathy not is present as a routine service offered by the national health system hospital and, consequently, parents who want to bring their child must do so privately.
However, taking your child to a paediatric osteopath is never as much of an expense as a real investment because its well-being will ensure that you fully enjoy a fantastic period (the first months of life) and extremely sensitive for your child's growth!
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