My 17 year old was beaten up last week and the result was his jaw being broken in 2 places - left upper and right lower and bad bruising to the rest of his face and eyes. He's had the lower fracture pin and plated but the upper one is awkwardly positioned and not suitable for plating.
I'm wondering if, when the fractures are healed, whether osteopathy would be worth a go, to correct any subtle displacements of facial and jaw joints? If so does a normal osteopath do this kind of thing or is it a specialist area?
try a bowen therapist first - it is a gentle therapy and also extremely effective with jaw problems.
Hi Vitervera
sorry to hear your son has had a bashing. You are right your son should see a Cranial osteopath . These are the specialists with a very high level of expert training in this area.
Regards steve
Osteopathy every time
Osteopaths have huge amounts of training for ALL eventualities and for all tissues / symptoms. Don't see anyone with less qualifications, esp if it may involve the police , Court actions etc. A Bowen Practitioner, good though they may be, won't be up to the job of supporting you in that case.
A cranial ost or traditional one are fine. Ask if they are happy with this particular area of the body, some may be less so.
Good luck with the treatment.
Thanks.
I had occasion to see my osteopath a few weeks after this posting and had a chat with him - his ascociate is cranial trained so I took my son to see him from about 8 weeks after the incident.
Despite the surgeon's sceptisism (even downright disbelief and scathing!!), the osteopath helped a great deal with his jaw movement - which after the damage and 6 weeks of being immobilised with clips and elastics, he had practically no downward or forward movement on 1 side and the other side was being strained with the way it had to move to compensate! + this was all causing neck pain too!! - I could help here with massage but I wasn't getting to the cause.
I had also worried that he might have had subtle damage / disturbance to facial and cranial bones - which the osteopath checked out too.
I'd definately recommend a cranial osteopath - but I'd agree with a previous post, to ensure correct qualifications!