donderdag 10 februari 2011

Caitlin at the Osteopath

Caitlin is doing fine. She is three months old now and a happy, active, fun baby. However there was one thing we were a bit worried about. It became clear that she always had an inclination to turn her head to the right. She would never turn her head to the left out of her own will, and when we tried to force her gently in the other direction, her head would always turn back to the right or middle position.

After the U4 (the German medical examination for babies who are 3 months old) the doctor said that Caitlin's head was starting to show signs of flattening and we should contact an osteopath or enrol in physiotherapy to help her turn her head more to the left. Friends of ours directed us to an osteopath who lives near us, and he examined Caitlin and softly touched her vertebra. Nothing like the "neck-cracking" we normally associate osteopathy with.

He found out her C2 vertrebra was blocked on the right side, and managed to unblock it. Now it is up to us to make sure she looks in all directions. The osteopath is however confident that Caitlin will have no permanent problems because of this.

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