Paediatric and Obstetric Osteopathy
What is obstetric and paediatric osteopathy?
At City Osteopaths, Jennifer is here to provide care and support at every stage of your parenting experience. This includes obstetric care for mum during and after pregnancy, and paediatric care for babies and toddlers.
During Pregnancy (Ante-Natal)
During pregnancy, your body makes lots of changes to accommodate your growing baby and prepare for giving birth. Common problems include back pain, sacro-iliac joint dysfunction, symphysis pubis dysfunction or pelvic girdle pain. During this time treatment can help your body adapt and reduce the associated symptoms. ​This may include soft-tissue and joint mobilisation and tailored exercises such as Pilates.
After Pregnancy (Post-Natal)
Many women experience ongoing aches and pains after giving birth and often benefit from talking about their birthing experience, so appointments will often include a 'birthing debrief'. Physical therapy will help to reduce any pain you are experiencing, while a personalised exercise plan will help you regain optimal strength and stability. ​
Babies & Children (Paediatrics)
It is common to have lots of questions about the health of your new baby and what is best for them. Jennifer is able to provide unbiased advice based on scientific research and evidence as well as her experience in 25 years of clinical practice and parenting her own three children. ​
What problems are commonly seen?
Restlessness - including excessive crying and baby being unable to be put down
Feeding difficulties - breast and bottle related issues such as latching and wind
Colic and reflux - painful cries, vomiting and irritability
Tongue Tie - causing feeding issues, colic and reflux. While we do not carry out tongue tie revision surgery, we do work with babies not wishing to have surgery and with babies before and after surgery to achieve optimum results.
Constipation - difficult bowel movements or extended periods between movements
Head preference - babies consistently lying with head turned one way
Plagiocephaly - flat spots developing on one side of the head - often due to head preference
Brachycephaly - flat spots across the back of the head​
​​What does treatment involve?
Advice specific to you and your baby's concerns, based on best practice guidelines and research, ranging from safe sleep, tummy time, feeding, weening, and meeting milestones, to name a few.
Developmental milestone assessment - such as sitting up, crawling and walking
Clinical assessment and primitive reflexes - such as bowel sounds and grasp reflex
Feeding assessments and guidance on optimal positioning and attachment for bottle and breast feeding.
Hands on treatment including, cranial and visceral osteopathy
Exercise recommendations and home activities for you and your baby
Skully Care measurements - see below​​
​​What is Skully Care?
Skully Care is a scientifically validated method for accurately measuring head asymmetry in babies, often referred to as ‘flat head syndrome’ or plagiocephaly. Changes in a baby’s head shape were once thought to be purely aesthetic. However, research now shows that head asymmetry may have an impact on developmental milestones.
Accurate measurements are essential to determine if treatment is needed and to track progress effectively—and that’s where Skully Care comes in as it provides precise assessments of a baby’s head shape and the ability to monitor progress throughout treatment.
At City Osteopaths, Skully Care assessments and progress monitoring are included at no extra cost during appointments—giving you the most accurate insights alongside expert care for your baby.​
​​Who will my appointment be with?
All paediatric and obstetric appointments are held with Jennifer Bailey, who brings over 25 years of clinical experience to her role. As a highly experienced paediatric osteopath Wolverhampton families can trust, Jennifer ensures every patient receives expert care tailored to their specific needs.
Jennifer has undergone postgraduate training in cranial osteopathy, infant feeding support and is also a Clinical Pilates instructor.
Read more about Jennifer here.