Chiro Kids

Our practice is filled with kids because kids have
spines too!

How do you know if your child’s spine is healthy? An unhealthy spine can affect your child’s health for his/her entire life. A doctor of chiropractic is specially trained to check your child’s spine for areas of distortion causing nerve damage-subluxations.

Birth Trauma — The First Subluxation

Sometimes a newborn’s spine is harmed at birth. How can that occur? According to Abraham Towbin, MD: The birth process... is potentially a traumatic, crippling event... mechanical stress imposed by obstetrical manipulation — even the application of standard orthodox procedures may prove intolerable to the fetus...most signs of neonatal injury observed in the delivery room are neurological...¹ Research is confirming chiropractors’ observations that infants may suffer from spinal subluxations. In one study, 1,250 babies were examined 5 days after birth; 211 of them suffered from vomiting, hyperactivity and sleeplessness. Subluxations were found in 95% of this group. The authors reported that the spinal adjustments given to the babies in the study “frequently resulted in immediate quieting, cessation of crying, muscular relaxation and sleepiness.” (One has to wonder what would happen if these children never had spinal care? A life of antibiotics and other medications?) The authors of the above-mentioned study concluded that a chiropractic spinal check-up “should be obligatory after every difficult birth” and any spinal stress “should be...adjusted... the success of the adjustment overshadows every other type (of care).”²

Chiropractic Care

There seems to be no limit to the conditions that can respond to chiropractic care : colic, difficulty breast-feeding, Erb’s Palsy (an arm is limp and undeveloped), torticollis, unbalanced face and skull development, foot inversion, “nervousness”, ear, nose and throat infections, allergies and sleep disorders, bedwetting and projectile vomiting to name a few. All infants/ children however, sick or well, need to have a healthy spine.

When Does a Baby Need a Check-Up?

There are 6 key times in a baby’s first year of life when spinal examinations are especially important:

After the birth process
When the baby starts to hold his/her heal up
When the baby sits up
When the baby starts to crawl
When the baby starts to stand
When the baby starts to walk

Children deserve to be treated naturally, not with dangerous chemical drugs and unproven surgeries. Give your baby/child the best possible chance to have a healthy life. You have your child’s eyes checked, heart checked, hearing checked-bring your children in for a spinal exam. A simple check-up now might make a BIG difference for your children for the rest of their lives.

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