British Osteopathic Association

Carolyn McGregor

Location

Lizard Osteopaths
c/o Tregarne Mill
St Keverne
Helston
Cornwall
TR12 6PH
United Kingdom

Tel: 07766330489

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Graduated from the British School of Osteopathy, London, 1993. Gained a degree in Theology from the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, 2004. Trained as a Homoeopath, graduating from the South Downs School of Homoeopathy in 2006. Works in full-time Osteopathic and Homoeopathic practice. Has taught Osteopathy and undergraduate and post-graduate levels.

Registered Osteopath in full time General Osteopathic Family Practice for 15 years, specialising in cranial Osteopathy for pregnancy, labour and post partum states; the newborn and older child.

For conditions of pregnancy such as pregnancy nausea and insomnia; indigestion, headache, back ache, digestive problems, postural problems, positional difficulties for baby.

For conditions of labour such as difficulty establishing labour, insufficient or fading contractions, positional difficulty for the woman in labour, optimal foetal positioning, retained placenta, afterpains.

For conditions of the post partum state such as injuries to the pelvic floor, bladder/urinary incontinence, spinal pain, mastitis, breast feeding difficulty, post natal depression states, headache.

Osteopathy for the newborn: sleep difficulty; sleep positioning; latching, suckling and feeding difficulty; colic, digestive problems such as difficulty at stool; failure to urinate in newborn; shoulder dystocia; head shape difficulty including normal moulding patterns as well as plagiocephaly and brachycephaly; maternal and infant bonding problems.

Osteopathy for the older child: sleep difficulty; motor and co-ordination problems such as cerebral palsy and dyspraxia including dyspraxia of the tongue; glue ear; eating and digestive problems; learning difficulties such as speech delay; delay in crawling/walking; general co-ordination problems; respiratory problems such as asthma, repeated cold/cough associated with congestive respiratory states associated with Down's syndrome and other chromosomal conditions. Ear infections, respiratory infection; conditions of the spine including scoliosis and kyphosis; leg length anomaly; Emotional patterns such as fearfulness, anxiety, night terrors, shyness, separation anxiety, Asperger/Autism spectrum of emotional patterns. Difficulty co-ordinating hand/eye in reading,writing and catching a ball. Osteopathy works well for children requiring SENCO support and offers useful feedback for parents and teachers.

Osteopathy for sports injury and the Osteopathic treatment of athletes: Injury of the lower extremity in athletes, dancers, runners and cyclists such as meniscal cartilage injury; anterior cruciate ligament injury, shin splints; foot injuries. Injury of the shoulder, elbow and wrist in rock climbers such as tendinitis, shoulder dislocation.

Osteopathy for post neuro-surgery conditions: head injury; concussion and amnesia states; chronic pain states following spinal surgery; laminectomy and discectomy states.