Lorraine Blackshields is an OCI Registered Osteopath. The OCI is the regulator of Osteopaths in Ireland and it is compulsory for all Irish Osteopaths to have completed a BSC in Osteopathic Medicine and Continuing education. For 15 years Lorraine was a Physical Therapist working exclusively with Musculo-skeletal pain, trained with the Irish Institute of Physical Therapy.

In 2020 she qualified with a BSC Hours in Osteopathic Medicine with the Irish College Of Osteopathic Medicine under Kings College London. Lorraine has gone on to complete extra training in Paediatric Cranial Osteopathy including courses with Miranda Clayton (Osteopath, London) in ‘Treating the Unsettled Baby and ‘Treating the Suck Swallow Breath Disorders’. She has also completed CPD courses with Caroline Stone in the UK in Early Infant Care – Paediatric Assessment, with focus on, Settling, Sucking, Sleep, Birth Trauma, Development and MSK movement and Posture Dynamics.

Lorraines Osteopathic and Baby Clinic is approved by all Health Insurers but please check with your provider to see if Osteopathy as a service is covered on your personal plan.