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After a traumatic birth or a mismanaged labour, making a claim for birth injury compensation may be the only way forward to either gain redress from the healthcare providers or receive financial help towards the cost of medical care for your child.
An infant who has suffered during a difficult labour can have many problems ranging from the most severe, such as brain damage or spinal injury, to the less devastating, yet still highly problematic conditions like irritability, refusal to suck and sleep difficulties. Craniosacral therapy is a hands-on healing technique suitable for babies, and anecdotal evidence suggests that it can relieve many post-labour conditions.
The powerful contractions and act of childbirth - passing through the mother's pelvis and then down the birth canal - gives rise to extremely high levels of compression capable of displacing the relatively malleable bones in a baby's body. In the head, the soft bones of the baby's skull move to facilitate birth, but may not always return to perfect realignment.
Births involving forceps or ventouse (suction) delivery, and caesarean births are often most prone to problems, and one mother's testimonial on the a href="http://www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk/newsletters/oct2008.pdf">Birth Trauma Association website suggests that a baby who has suffered a difficult birth can benefit greatly from the therapy offered by a Cranial Osteopath (CO).
American osteopath, Dr William Sutherland, began development of Craniosacral Therapy in the early 1900s. Through detailed clinical observation it was found that intrinsic movements in the bones of the head, both in adults and children, reflect the body's mental, emotional and general physical health. A CO uses their hands to feel these movements and facilitate changes in areas of restriction that may be causing adverse physical and emotional feelings in the subject.
YouClaim and birth injury compensation
Whilst the personal injury experts at YouClaim are 100 per cent expert in compensation claims, we are not medical practitioners and always advise a visit to your GP before embarking on any course of therapy or treatment.
However, if you feel that negligent healthcare during your labour has caused birth trauma to you or your child you may wish to pursue a birth injury compensation claim through YouClaim as we fully understand the pain and distress of birth injury cases. Our medical negligence solicitors are amongst the most experienced in the country and are governed by the strict regulation of the Law Society.
Whilst the complexities of birth injury medical negligence claims prevent us from stating that you will not be charged any fees or disbursements during the case, we assure you that we will advise you of any charges before you commit to them and in a won case we will always reimburse you.
If you wish to discuss the process of claiming birth injury compensation, please call our confidential helpline now on 0800 10 757 95 or you can request a more convenient time when we can call you back. Alternatively, fill in the online claim form and we will look into your case before we call you to discuss it further. Above all, at YouClaim we are here to help.
