Infant feeding intensive practical course, inc tongue tie, global oral function., reflux and more: 2-3-4-5 September

Practical course for all things infant feeding, tongue tie, and reflux, including development of oral and cranial anatomy and function. (Plus implications for global child development of speech and language). Osteopathy and infant oral feeding, including breast or bottle feeding support is becoming increasingly well known. This course reviews anatomy, development and the dynamics for infant feeding, suck wallow and breathing, how the autonomic arousal and behavioural state regulation for the infant influences feeding success, and discusses how osteopathy interfaces with other health professionals supporting the mother and infant dyad.

It also looks at oral tone, the dentition story, oral health and oral development, and how the face / stomatognathic system changes as the child grows. The influence on facial , tongue and throat muscle function and the sensory-motor influences from trigeminal , facial, vagal and glossopharyngeal territories are reviewed.

The dynamics of the frenum, frenotomy and aftercare are discussed…