Pregnancy Osteopathy Hackney, East London.
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Pregnancy and childbirth are unlike anything your body has been through before. An experienced pregnancy osteopath can help you to adapt.
From 2004 to 2013, I studied and taught advanced pregnancy and postpartum care at the Osteopathic Centre for Children. I take pride in supporting women on their journey into motherhood.
- 20+ years in practice
- MSc Paediatric Osteopathy
- OCC Clinical Tutor
- GOsC Registered Osteopath
What does a pregnancy osteopath offer?
An experienced pregnancy osteopath can help you to adapt as your baby grows and support you to prepare for giving birth. Here's what I offer:
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Expert insight
I will look beyond your symptoms to see the bigger picture and dig deeper to get to the root of the problem. -
Personalised care
I will listen to your story to understand what's really important to you and work with you to make a plan that's right for you. -
The human touch
I will help you let go of the tension you no longer need and support you to regain your natural state of balance.
It’s weird not to feel the manipulation as it happens. But it’s wonderful to realise the problems go away little by little.
What can a pregnancy osteopath help with?
Osteopathy is a patient-centred rather than disease-centred approach. This means that an osteopath will focus on the tension and imbalances that are affecting your body's capacity for self-maintenance and repair, rather than the condition per se.
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What I can help with
- Back pain & sciatica
- Neck pain & headaches
- Digestive & circulatory problems
- Inability to relax
- Other aches & pains
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Why choose a specialist?
The postural, physiological and psychological changes women go through during pregnancy and childbirth are unlike anything else they will experience in their lifetime. Providing safe, effective care during this unique period requires specialist knowledge and skills. Whatever stage you're at in your journey into motherhood, choosing an experienced pregnancy osteopath with advanced training in the care of pregnant women will give you the confidence you are in safe hands.
I would thoroughly recommend Ben to any pregnant woman who wants to ease pain or create more space and balance in their body.
What happens in a pregnancy osteopathy session?
Listening to your story
I will make time to listen to your story so I can fully appreciate what you've been through and what led you to seek my help.
Observing your posture and movement
I'll pay careful attention to how you hold yourself. I'll assess your posture and gently assess how freely your body moves. This can give me important clues about what you're holding and how it might be contributing to how you feel.
Identifying the cause
I will use my hands to gently listen to your body, so I can assess where you're holding tension, what impact it's having, and what kind of support it needs to let go. If indicated, I may also carry out standard clinical tests, like checking your reflexes or listening to your chest.
Helping you make sense of what's happening
There are many reasons why we struggle. I'll use my clinical knowledge and experience to help you understand what's going on in your body and figure out what kind of support you need.
Finding ease
The aim of treatment is to help you access a deeper state of rest. I'll gently hold and support your body so the parts that are tense can begin to let go.
Beyond the clinic
Alongside the treatment, I provide individually tailored advice on anything you can do to support what we've started. If there's something that requires further investigation or another kind of treatment, I may recommend that you see another health professional or discuss it with your GP.
Ben is an exceptionally skilful and caring osteopath and I highly recommend him.
What is a pregnancy osteopath?
Osteopathy is a complete system of manual medicine with its own distinctive way of looking at things. It is a safe, effective treatment for back pain, neck pain and many other common conditions of pregnancy. Unlike massage therapists and other alternative practitioners, osteopaths are highly qualified, NHS-recognised Allied Health Professionals with their own government-appointed regulator, the General Osteopathic Council. They are trained to diagnose and treat independently and know when to refer you to your GP or other specialists.
How does pregnancy osteopathy work?
Much of the tension we experience in everyday life comes from the adaptations our bodies have made to things that have happened to us in the past. Old accidents, injuries and illnesses often leave us with unresolved tension and strains. During pregnancy, the added stress of adapting to the growth of the baby can tip things out of balance. Back pain, sciatica and many other common conditions of pregnancy can be a sign your body is struggling to adapt.
Our bodies have an amazing ability to compensate and many pregnancy symptoms will resolve on their own in time. However, as the tension mounts up, it can start to compromise the body's capacity for self-maintenance and repair. A pregnancy osteopath can help you to address this early so you can avoid problems later on. They are experts at identifying unresolved tension and supporting you to let go of it. This frees your body to adapt as your baby grows and helps it get back to normal after giving birth.
What does a pregnancy osteopath do?
Osteopaths apply a modern scientific understanding of anatomy, physiology and psychology to the use of therapeutic touch. During the treatment, they will use their hands to identify areas of tension or imbalance in your body and try to make sense of where it came from, what impact it's having and what kind of support it needs to resolve. They will hold different parts of your body to support them to rebalance. The treatment is very gentle and most people find it deeply relaxing.
I believe that osteopathy can make a meaningful difference to every woman's experience of pregnancy.
Other ways I can help
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For your child
Give your child the support they need to thrive as they grow — I offer gentle, specialist care for children of all ages.
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