Helix House Natural Health Centre, Oxford, UK

Patients' Stories

The following is an excerpt from a letter written to Mr Clive Lindley-Jones regarding one of his recent Osteopathic patients:

Dianne Parker's story

This is my grandson Dani. He is my third grandson and has 2 older brothers. Jack is 8 and Ellis is 5.

Dani Lucas - Now a Smily, Happy Little Boy!
sucessfully treated by Clive Lindley-Jones using Osteopathy

Since his birth in September 2004, we nicknamed him 'moaner' because he always seemed to be grizzly and rarely content. He disliked laying on his back and was only happy (although not very) if he was being carried around upright. He would moan and sometimes screem for long periods of time as if in discomfort and would often arch his back or pull his legs up while crying. He would not sleep for more than 2 hours at a time during the day and night which needless to say was very hard work for his parents (and grandparents who help with his care!) Although being breast fed, we thought he might be suffering from baby colic and tried all the remedies but nothing seemed to work. After 4 months my daughter decided to switch gradually to bottle feeds to see if that would help, but no difference. She tried different formula milk for colicky babies and bought expensive feeding bottles designed for colicky babies. There was some improvement but not much.

I had had many treatments with Clive Lindley-Jones myself for various ailments and had great faith in his healing. My daughter however was a litlle more sceptical but agreed for Dani to see Clive to see if he could help. After one treatment of cranial osteopathy Dani laid on his playmat for nearly 45 minutes, smiling and looking around as if if he was comfortable for the first time. After 3 further treatments, he is like a different child. He is still 'moans' sometimes and it would be abnormal if he didn't, but generally he is content and happy. His discomfort seems to have gone and he actually enjoys laying down, he even looks forward to going to his cot at bedtime! He has not quite slept through the night yet but he has slept from 8.00pm til 3.00am which is wonderful. At the moment he still wakes for a drink in the night but will usually go straight back to sleep until morning.

His mum is eventually getting a bit more sleep and we are all enjoying a smiley, happy little boy.

- Dianne Parker, April 2005