Petersfield Area Historical Society’s Golden Jubilee - 1973

from Petersfield Forum - Issue 8 - May 2023

LETTINGS AGENTS

In June 2023 the Petersfield Area Historical Society will celebrate its 50th anniversary. This important milestone is to be commemorated with a series of special events. In March, the Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery launched a display featuring documents, objects and photographs chosen to represent the Society’s contribution to the recording, preservation and study of the town’s rich history. The PAHS was part of the driving force behind the establishment of the Museum and provided the core of its collections. During the summer half-term holiday (27th May – 3rd June), a free family treasure hunt has been organised, featuring 25 local buildings and businesses in the town centre. The competition aims to raise awareness of our heritage amongst our younger residents, while giving them the opportunity to win prizes donated by local organisations. Forms will be available to download from the PAHS website or to collect from the town’s library and museum.

In July, during the Festival of Archaeology fortnight (15th – 30th July), PAHS is combining forces with Liss Archaeology to hold the Petersfield Big Dig. This event will include archaeological investigations of three key areas: the Spain, the Avenue Playing Fields and Goodyer Meadow. The public will be welcome to attend and it is planned to run children’s activities based on an archaeological theme. The Big Dig will also include the digging of test pits in selected private gardens. Displays and talks relating to the excavations are to follow later in the year. An illustrated PAHS Jubilee book will be on sale this summer. As well as covering 50 years of PAHS activities, it also includes details of members who helped shape the Society and an overview of Petersfield in 1973 and 2023. www.petersfieldhistoricalsociety.org

Osteopathy for New Borns and the Older Child

Your birth story is unique. Subtle events within the processes of labour shape your birth experience. Whether joyful or fraught, recounting the birth story can be a profoundly healing experience while communicating the subtle shifts in the labouring process which for the Osteopath, describes the impact of birth on mother and baby. Your birth story is part of the healing process interwoven with gentle treatment to resolve physical and sometimes emotional trauma surrounding birth.

Treating the new-born at birth or soon after is an immense privilege. Gentle corrective Osteopathic techniques to resolve mechanical strains from labour can enable the soft ‘gel’ like bones of the new-born to return to their natural position and permit strains within neck and base of the skull to be released so that baby can turn its head fully and comfortably. The ‘thinking, knowing, seeing fingers’[1] of Osteopathic touch offer techniques to release the muscles of tongue and throat area so the baby with suckling difficulty may open their mouth fully, latch effectively, suckle efficiently and breathe comfortably.

The fascinating thing is that your baby’s head is designed for birth. The bones at the base of the skull are formed in cartilage resilient to protect structures of the brain during birth. The bones forming the shape of the head develop in membrane and are designed to overlap during the compressive strains of labour. Nature’s way of permitting birth and safeguarding the passage of the baby. It is understood by Osteopaths that the resiliency and pliancy of the bones of the infant’s head correspondingly help the labour process, positioning and guiding but also influence timing too.

The powerful suckle of the new-born stimulates the resolution of some strains quite naturally, but where strains causing restriction or overlapping of bones of the head persists, prolonged crying and persistent wakefulness can sometimes occur. It is helpful to assist the little bones back into their correct position for optimal function and restoring well-being.

Persistent strains in the head can occasionally, lead to distortion and shape change in the head, a condition termed ‘plagiocephaly’ where a ‘flat spot’ in the skull develops and baby may tend to lie with its head always to one side. Tummy time is important, up to one hour per day, in little chunks, whether on your lap, lying on your chest, in the bath, or on the play mat. Gentle corrective work of an Osteopath permits full resolution of this troubling condition. Check out the Sleepcurve activity mat designed by an Osteopath so your baby is not lying on a flat surface: www.sleepcurve.com.

Remember Osteopaths work for mums and babies together to restore function and permit health. An exhausted mum with bruised pelvis following difficult labour needs specialist care. It is essential that mum is well, so I offer a special ‘Mum and Baby’ rate, so mum gets a check-up too!

To find a Registered Osteopath:

The General Osteopathic Council www.osteopathy.org.uk

The Institute of Osteopathy www.iosteopathy.org

The Sutherland Cranial College of Osteopathy: www.scco.ac

Contact Carolyn McGregor BSc (Ost.)., BA Div (Hons)., MARH., Registered Osteopath Registered Homoeopath, Petersfield Osteopathy, 1a Spain Buildings, 28 The Spain. Petersfield. Hants. GU32 3LA. M: 07766 330489 www.petersfieldosteopathy.com

[1] Dr WG Sutherland, founder of Cranial Osteopathy from ‘The Cranial Bowl’, 1939 with Carolyn McGregor BSc (Ost.)., BA Div (Hons)., MARH., Registered Osteopath, Registered Homoeopath at Petersfield Osteopathy, Registered Osteopaths, Suite 1a Spain Buildings, 28 The Spain, Petersfield, Hants, GU32 3LA www.petersfieldosteopathy.com

Osteopathy and Cranial Osteopathy for Pregnancy and Birth; Cranial Osteopathy for new-born, infants and older children; Osteopathy for peri-conceptual care, miscarriage and loss at birth.

Osteopathy at Cowdray with Carolyn McGregor Cowdray Therapy Rooms, Parkway, Easebourne, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 0AW www.carolynmcgregorosteopath.com

For further information and advice, contact Carolyn on M: 07766330489

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