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Osteopathy for flat head syndrome
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Soft, careful hands to ease the tension behind a favoured head position and support your baby's natural movement.
Home · Flat head · Dubai
Soft, careful hands to ease the tension behind a favoured head position and support your baby's natural movement.
In brief
Dr Dominique Boudet, Osteopath D.O. in Dubai, offers gentle sessions that may support babies with flat head syndrome (plagiocephaly). By easing neck tension and encouraging free head movement, he supports comfort and symmetry. Osteopathy works alongside, never instead of, the advice of your pediatrician.
Flat headPlagiocephaly is a flattening on one side or the back of a baby's soft skull, often because the head rests in the same position. It may come with a preferred head turn, a slight tilt or reduced neck movement on one side.
Gentle osteopathy looks at neck mobility and how comfortably your baby turns the head both ways.
Dr Boudet uses very soft cranial and cranio-sacral touch to ease neck tension and encourage free, symmetrical movement. Nothing is forceful. Your baby stays close to you, lightly dressed, in a calm setting.
These sessions suit babies with a favoured head position, mild flattening or limited neck rotation, ideally seen early while the skull is very mouldable. For marked or worsening flattening, your pediatrician may also advise monitoring or a specialist, and osteopathy keeps its own gentle place in the pathway.
Yes, the touch is extremely gentle and adapted to a baby's soft skull. Dr Boudet uses only light contact, never forceful pressure, and stays in dialogue with your pediatrician when the situation calls for it.
Earlier is often easier, while the skull is very mouldable and your baby is growing fast. That said, gentle osteopathy can still support comfort and movement in older babies too.
Osteopathy does not promise to reshape the head. It gently eases neck tension and encourages free movement, which, with positioning and tummy time, supports your baby's natural development.
It varies with each baby. Dr Boudet often suggests a few gentle sessions spaced over time, reviewing progress with you as your baby grows and moves more freely.
Booking is easy via WhatsApp or phone on +971 55 370 1442. Consultations are in French or English at Yutopia Clinic, Umm Suqeim 2, and the fee is shared with you at booking.