Helping Hands for Crying Babies

Wind, stomach pain, constant crying and babies who just don't sleep can take the fun out of being a new parent.

Poppy was a very unsettled 2 month old who seemed to be in pain, drawing her knees up, arching her back and crying inconsolably. Her exhausted mother was recommended to Karen Carroll, an Amersham osteopath, by her NCT group.

"Karen asked a lot of questions about Poppy's birth - Poppy was ventouse and had a bruised, funny-shaped head for a few days," says Poppy's mum, Sophie. "We didn't think anything of it until Karen told us that her birth might be still affecting her neck and causing her discomfort. After the first treatment she slept for ages and was a lot better."

"She's so much more settled after a treatment. Karen says birth can be stressful, especially on the soft, mobile bones of the skull, neck, back and pelvis."

Many babies suffer from an inability to relax and settle, or digestive problems due to their body being tightly-packed in the womb or from the birth itself. Releasing tensions in the baby's neck and back often eases spinal discomfort that manifest in fretfulness. "I often see older children whose current problems may be affected by these unresolved birth strains, as well as the falls, knocks, viral and other illnesses they have had"

Karen also recommends mum's to come for a post-natal check-up as birth often affects pelvic alignment. "New mum's cope better if their back doesn't hurt," she says.

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