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Just wanted to let you know that DOs outside of U.S. are known as Osteopath and are limited to doing osteopathic manip and cranial stuff.. In the U.S. a DO is an osteopathic physician.. who has gone through medical school and then residency (just like MDs) and is specialized in a field of medicine i.e Internal medicine, surg., Plastic surg, etc…. They are full physicians with full physician privileges.. The only difference between U.S. DOs and MDs is that DOs get two years of manipulation training during the first two years of their medical school. and most U.S. DOs do not endorse cranial osteopathy and consider it a form of quackery.
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Hi, new to this group, simply because I have no children! But have some friends who have a 3 week old who is colicky and crys all the time unless picked up. They would like to try CRANIAL OSTEOPATHY and I would like to hear about any experiences GOOD as well as BAD so I can pass them on…… Advice welcome from all over but especially in the UK. Many thanks in advance and happy parenting. — Morocco Mole 
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> But have some friends who have a 3 week old who is colicky and crys all > the time unless picked up. They would like to try CRANIAL OSTEOPATHY and I > would like to hear about any experiences GOOD as well as BAD so I can pass > them on……
What is Cranial Osteopathy? It’s obviously got something to do with the head, hence "cranial". But I’m unsure about osteopathy. — Best wishes, Lynn. "The reason our eyes are on the front of our heads is so that we can see where we’re going and not be bothered by what’s past." Sally Huss
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Haven’t tried it myself, but I have friends who took their little one to a cranial osteopath and they swear by it. I believe that, essentially, cranial osteopathy is manipulation of the bones of the head. Passing through the birth canal obviously shifts the bones in the baby’s head about – the theory is that in colicky babies, among others, the bones never realigned properly, so that a helping hand is needed. Incidentally, it was a midwife who recommended cranial osteopathy to my friends, so it seems to be getting some support from mainstream medicine. Anna
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> But have some friends who have a 3 week old who is colicky and crys all > the time unless picked up. They would like to try CRANIAL OSTEOPATHY and >I > would like to hear about any experiences GOOD as well as BAD so I can >pass > them on…… >What is Cranial Osteopathy? It’s obviously got something to do with the >head, hence "cranial". But I’m unsure about osteopathy. >– >Best wishes, Lynn. >"The reason our eyes are on the front of our heads > is so that we can see where we’re going > and not be bothered by what’s past." Sally Huss
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>I believe that, essentially, cranial osteopathy is manipulation of the bones >of the head. Passing through the birth canal obviously shifts the bones in >the baby’s head about – the theory is that in colicky babies, among others, >the bones never realigned properly, so that a helping hand is needed.
My second daughter had colic but she was born c-section. Admittedly, she did not have it as bad as my first who was born vaginally. Just my 2 cents. Sg
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>What is Cranial Osteopathy? It’s obviously got something to do with the >head, hence "cranial". But I’m unsure about osteopathy.
I’m very surprised – this must go on the list of "Things Lynn McIsaac doesn’t know" Thank goodness you’re not my brain surgeon
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>>What is Cranial Osteopathy? It’s obviously got something to do with the >head, hence "cranial". But I’m unsure about osteopathy. >I’m very surprised – this must go on the list of "Things Lynn McIsaac >doesn’t know" >Thank goodness you’re not my brain surgeon
geez, who is this Paul Byron guy? And why is he out to get Lynn? Find a new ng.
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>geez, who is this Paul Byron guy? And why is he out to get Lynn? >Find a new ng.
I am going - you’ll be pleased to hear, I’m not out to get anyone except those who claim I am some monstrous child abuser and who will continually twist my words to show them in some sort of sanctimonious way. My crime was to pass an opinion on smacking children. Obviously wherever you lot come from this can only be an excessively violent event. I have been slandered and insulted and my arguments have not been dealt with. If you choose to insult rather than argue, you can assume you are no less of an idiot than I am. Good bye
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>Haven’t tried it myself, but I have friends who took their little one to a >cranial osteopath and they swear by it. >I believe that, essentially, cranial osteopathy is manipulation of the bones >of the head. Passing through the birth canal obviously shifts the bones in >the baby’s head about – the theory is that in colicky babies, among others, >the bones never realigned properly, so that a helping hand is needed.
Yes, it’s about reversing trauma and making sure that the bones are aligned so that the body’s fluids circulate properly. A couple of books refer to "cranial-sacral therapy" and may be worth a look: Irving Rosenfeld’s _Dr. Rosenfeld’s Guide to Alternative Medicine_ and Andrew Weil’s _Spontaneous Healing_.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->geez, who is this Paul Byron guy? And why is he out to get Lynn? >Find a new ng. >I am going - you’ll be pleased to hear, I’m not out to get anyone >except those who claim I am some monstrous child abuser and who will >continually twist my words to show them in some sort of sanctimonious >way. >My crime was to pass an opinion on smacking children. Obviously >wherever you lot come from this can only be an excessively violent >event. I have been slandered and insulted and my arguments have not >been dealt with. If you choose to insult rather than argue, you can >assume you are no less of an idiot than I am. >Good bye
YEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAA!!!!! Dawn
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Be careful is my advise. If you are talking about your friends child getting osteopathy on the NHS then it will probably do no harm but to go private is a costly risk. From my experience when my son had this the osteopath actually explained that he was gently putting his fingers beneath the skull and manipulating it allowing pressure to release and the fluids to correctly circulate. He did this for several weeks at 15 pounds a visit. After a couple of months we asked him how it was going and he said there had been significant improvement. We asked how much more he felt he could do and he said oh a few more months yet and we will have this little one cured. He was referring to our eldest then 4 and now eleven who suffers from a genetic disorder resulting in severe developmental delay which is incurable. What I am saying is that there may well be some benefits in this for a small baby to realign the bones of the skull but be careful when departing with the readies. The baby may well just love being cuddled and no amount of osteoplathy will cure him of that. Steve Williams http://members.aol.com/sjw1963
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