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Alternative and Complementary Practitioners

Aviva believes in looking out for you and your families health. For those with day-to-day plans our innovative benefits put the choice in your hands. With a day-to-day plan you can receive money back on a range of everyday medical expenses such as G.P. and dentist visits.

As part of this cover, you’re covered for an extensive range of alternative and complementary medicines – our other day-to-day practitioners. Great news is the fact that we’ve enhanced day-to-day benefits even further. Cranial osteopathy and baby massage are now covered under your osteopathy and massage benefits. Medical herbalists have also been added to the list.

Cranial osteopathy and baby massage can be used to treat a whole host of symptoms in infants from sleeplessness and colic. And they’re real easy to use! Just keep all receipts, call our dedicated customer service team on 1850 71 66 66 to register the claim and then send us on your receipts and membership details. We’ll then send you a cheque for your refund.

On a day-to-day a plan you’ll receive €30 for each of 3 visits per year for these new benefits. While on day-to-day 50 you can get 50% of the cost back up to €25 for each of 8 visits per year.

Cranial Osteopathy

Problems that we suffer as adults often have their beginnings in our childhood. Birth is one of the most stressful events in our lives. Some babies cope well and are content and happy. For others it’s a different story. If labour is interrupted or intervention such as forceps or suction is needed, the baby may be left with strains though its body or head.

Cranial osteopathy is essentially gentle manipulation of the skull to relieve stresses experienced by babies during child birth. It can help with lots of problems such as asthma, colic, recurring infections, sleeping and behavioural problems.

To find a registered osteopathic practitioner visit The Irish Osteopathic Association


Baby Massage

Ease your new baby into the world with specialist baby massage from members of Baby Massage Ireland (BMI), the Irish chapter of the International Association of Infant Massage (IAIM).

Aviva is delighted to announce that we provide cover for mums to attend baby massage classes. Baby massage can help baby in so many ways:

  • If they’ve colic or wind problems
  • Were born premature
  • Have reflux problems
  • Fight off infections
  • Relax

Working parents find it gives excellent quality time to spend bonding with their little one. It’s a win-win situation!

To find a certified baby massage instructor and classes in your area just visit Baby Massage Ireland. 

Medical Herbalists

Most plants produce substances that are really helpful for keeping healthy. Herbal medicines are taken from a part of the whole plant (e.g. leaves, roots, berries) and contain hundreds of plant constituent. There are used to treat illnesses in the form of teas, capsules, creams and son on. Herbal medicine is considered highly popular; the World Health Organisation, WHO, estimates that 80% of the world’s population use herbal medicine for some aspect of primary care. Herbal medicine can be used to treat almost any condition, so if you’ve just had a baby, it may help store balance in your body and enable it to rally its own healing powers.

To find your nearest medical herbalist just visit the National Institute of Medical Herbalist at www.iimh.org.

More information on Herbal Medicine

To view the entire range of maternity benefits with Aviva visit our maternity benefits section