Benefits of Chiropractic | Children's Chiropractic | Subluxation

Children's Chiropractic

Childhood is full of falls, bumps, twists and jumps and each one has the potential to push your child's spine out of alignment. Why not find out what m ons have discovered over the past hundred years? Chiropractic is a gentle, safe and conservative way to help your child grow into a healthy lifestyle.

"As the twig is bent, so grows the tree"

The development of a strong and healthy nervous system is integral to your child's future well being. The spine literally houses and protects the delicate nerve tissue and each nerve provides a communication pathway from the brain to every single cell in your child’s body.

The spinal cord also sends energy to the rest of the body. If your child's spine is injured, misalignments - or subluxations - result and interference to the nervous system occurs. These misalignments may cause the vital systems of the body to slowly malfunction, leaving your child more vulnerable and susceptible to illness or injury. Since the growing years are so vital to a child's future, it is imperative that their physical and mental health is maintained. Don't take it for granted that because your child doesn't complain of pain that everything is fine. Infants in particular are unable to “show” you where it hurts and therefore give indications such as fussy behavior, abnormal sleep patterns, irregular feeding or bowel habits, and inability to turn in one direction or move correctly. For these reasons it is imperative that a chiropractor be involved in seeing that your child is growing correctly and is reducing the risks of developing permanent problems later in life.

Children of all ages can benefit from chiropractic. From infants suffering from birth trauma to toddlers learning how to crawl and walk to children active in sports and activities to adolescents going through growth spurts. With gentle and specific spinal adjustments, your child can restore normal health and growth patterns and prevent problems down the road.

Common problems helped by chiropractic

• More than two-thirds of all children will have one or more episodes of ear infections by the age of three. A 1996 study of a group of children with ear infections and discomfort found that 93% of the study group reported improvement with chiropractic care. Moreover, the "typical" route of taking antibiotics (amoxycillin) has routinely been demonstrated to be ineffective and may lead to further risks of infection later on.
  
  
• A 1989 study of infants suffering from colic in Denmark reports a success rate of 94% among the study group following a course of chiropractic care.
  
  
• Thousands of children have found relief from bedwetting through chiropractic care. Misalignments in the child's lower spine causes interference with the transmission of nerve information from the brain to the bladder. Chiropractic helps remove this interference and restores normal function of the nerve control over the bladder.
  
  
• The Isenburg study reveals that one-third of all parents now bring their children to non-medical doctors, primarily chiropractors.

"The best inheritance a parent can give their children is a few minutes of their time each day"