Patients' Stories

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

Finlay Jones' story

Finlay was only 2 weeks old when he appeared to be having dreadful griping pains that were becoming deeply distressing to him. We noticed that he was drawing his legs up to his belly and wriggling from side to side with pain. He was screaming as opposed to just crying and although at first we thought he had mild colic, he got worse and worse and began to suffer during the day – sometimes screaming for 4-5 hours. He was unable to settle and would not sleep for long periods of time as most newborns seem to be able to do. He was also unable to bring up any wind immediately after his feed and it could take us more than an hour to do so and he sufferered with terrible hiccups.

His only comfort was to be laid over our shoulders like a rag doll where he would doze off but as soon as we laid him down, the pains would return together with the screaming.

We then decided to seek the help of a cranial osteopath and came to Helix House. Within 48 hours of Finlay’s first treatment, we noticed an improvement. He seemed more content and although we had bouts of the screaming, they were certainly fewer than before and he began to sleep for longer which meant that I began to feel more human.

We have now had 4 sessions and he is a completely different baby. At 5 weeks old , he now sleeps well during the day and at night sleeps from 8pm till 2am and then straight through until the morning, which is wonderful. He still has wind on a milder scale and his able to bring it up straight after his feed which has made a far more contented baby and parents.

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