Dr Alex - Paediatric Chiro

Dr Alex - Paediatric Chiro Advanced Paediatric Chiropractor, DACCP. Nervous system focused chiropractic care for paediatrics and pregnancy.

Holistic, drug free healing and wellness support to elevate growth and development.

Pre flight adjustments ✈️ - photo credit Zara and Tommy
23/03/2026

Pre flight adjustments ✈️ - photo credit Zara and Tommy

Are you pregnant and anxious? Anxiety is a common experience during pregnancy, especially if you have experienced it bef...
21/03/2026

Are you pregnant and anxious?
Anxiety is a common experience during pregnancy, especially if you have experienced it before.
Whether it be because your are a first time mum understanding for the first time what it means to feel like you have no control or a more experienced mum who has had negative experiences during your last pregnancy.
Identifying and addressing perinatal stress is one of the most important parts of my care.
Sometimes this includes a longer chat during our appointment to help you get your thoughts off your chest.
Sometimes it’s a referral to a private midwife for specialised birth support.
And sometimes it’s referral to a psychologist.
Chiropractic care is also about comforting and cocooning you and your baby during this especially precious time.
Know that I am your chiropractor but I’m also your bigger cheerleader too ❤️

MOVEMENT! Unencumbered, symmetrical (even on both sides), full range of motion movement!When your child is subluxated th...
20/03/2026

MOVEMENT! Unencumbered, symmetrical (even on both sides), full range of motion movement!
When your child is subluxated there is a reduction of movement at the neurospinal system which will reduce and confuse the messages about the body being received by the brain.
The brain is largely a sensory interpreting organ so if it is given incorrect information it will have incorrect outputs - think uncoordinated movement, slips and falls.
Plus subluxations also turn on your child’s sympathetic nervous system meaning stress will get stuck on.
The sympathetic nervous system activates your child’s amygdala (fear/anger) centre in the brain which and negative behaviour patterns becomes intensified.
Finally “what fires together, wires together” - this is a key concept in neuroscience which means when the sympathetic nervous system is frequently activated it eventually becomes your child’s dominant nervous system.
Chiropractic adjustments done at the right time and the right frequency can turn off the sympathetic nervous system to return normal movement which then allows the brain to get back to doing what it should be - developing normally!

Thank you to Emily for this beautiful review. Helping babies feel better and get back on track developmentally gives me ...
20/03/2026

Thank you to Emily for this beautiful review. Helping babies feel better and get back on track developmentally gives me so much joy!
I simply removed the subluxations and his nervous system did the rest ✨

“Its like a fire alarm going off in their brain all the time.”I can’t ask a baby where it hurts or a 4 year old why they...
19/03/2026

“Its like a fire alarm going off in their brain all the time.”
I can’t ask a baby where it hurts or a 4 year old why they are feeling overwhelmed.
The key to assessing a paediatric patient is knowing that their behaviours are the clues.
When little bodies are subluxated, the information that is sent from their body to their brain increases in frequency, amplitude. It also is confused because the subluxation decreases the accuracy of the sensory perception.
This means their little brains are becoming overwhelmed with MANY garbled, noisy messages. It’s like a fire alarm going off in their brain all the time.
Plus because their prefrontal cortex (adult brain) which controls reasoning and behaviour regulation is underdeveloped, small changes to what the brain is receiving from the body can have BIG changes in the output - growth, development, behaviour, mood, immunity, digestion and coordination.
When little bodies are overwhelmed with this kind of noise their behaviour and body becomes dysregulated.
Dysregulation patterns I typically see include: colic, constipation, excessive tantrums, separation anxiety, sleeping issues, bed wetting, difficulty concentrating, and more.
AND the longer a subluxation has been in the nervous system, the deeper it roots. Then the nervous system has to create compensations to function which usually include more subluxations.
Removing subluxations takes the pressure off the nervous system. It deletes the noisy, garbled messages. It allows the nervous system to return to a state of relaxation.
Once the nervous system is back in balance it can get back to normal programming - growth, brain development, behaviour, mood, immunity, digestion and coordination.

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The three T’s: Toxins, physical Trauma and Thoughts (emotional stress) are the major players in nervous system dysfuncti...
16/03/2026

The three T’s: Toxins, physical Trauma and Thoughts (emotional stress) are the major players in nervous system dysfunction.
Not only do they challenge the nervous system and thus your child’s health, but they also dictate the severity of the problem.
For example, if a parent brings their 5 year old who is struggling with emotional dysregulation and their birth was assisted by a vacuum, I’m going to be suspicious that their physical (birth) Trauma started way back then.
However, the three T’s also guide our way out of the storm.
During your child’s Initial Consultation I do a deep dive into their health history AND yours to identify all of the stressors that could be affecting them today. Not only does identifying their stressors help me understand where they are at today, it also directly contributes to the type of adjusting I perform and the frequency and length of care needed.
Cool right?

They’re all part of the Perfect Storm. The perfect storm is a series of events that happen from pre conception through p...
16/03/2026

They’re all part of the Perfect Storm.
The perfect storm is a series of events that happen from pre conception through pregnancy, birth and early childhood which can drastically alter your child’s nervous system.
Conception stress, pregnancy complications, traumatic birth and even early anti-biotic exposure can upregulate the sympathetic nervous system, which means stress mode is stuck on.
When your child’s nervous system is constantly in stress it will impact their motor development, increase their sensitivities, suppress their immune and digestive systems and affect their brain development.
Chiropractic adjustments at the right frequency over time help to restore your child’s nervous system balance by stimulating the brain, the vagus nerve and the parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system.
Once the body is in balance the nervous system can get back to work!

NeuroDevelopment

Sunday family adjustments for the win 🌈🩷Thank you to my beautiful daughter Zara for taking the snaps 📸
15/03/2026

Sunday family adjustments for the win 🌈🩷
Thank you to my beautiful daughter Zara for taking the snaps 📸

I am so grateful for these kind of reviews, because parents don’t leave reviews when they’re happy with care. They leave...
14/03/2026

I am so grateful for these kind of reviews, because parents don’t leave reviews when they’re happy with care. They leave reviews like this when they’re so awesomely excited about chiropractic care!

13/03/2026

Constipation in babies and children can be distressing not only for them but the whole family.
Plus the medicines that are often prescribed for constipation aren’t recommended for use in babies and children under 4 years and many parents report side effects like mood swings and aggression. Yikes!
BUT what if there was an alternative?
What if you could try a holistic, drug free intervention that is safe and effective?
Chiropractic care for children addresses the root cause of constipation, which is their fight/flight sympathetic stress system is stuck on.
When little bodies are stuck in sympathetic stress mode their vagus nerve which controls digestion, absorption and excretion (p**ping) is shut off. This leads to digestive issues like bloating, cramping, increased allergy response and of course constipation.
Chiropractic adjustments stimulate the brain, specifically at the pre-frontal cortex which turns down the sympathetic fight/flight stress stuck on system.
When the stress system is turned off, it allows for the vagus nerve to resume working, so your little one’s body calms down, anxiety is reduced and they can p**p again.
When the nervous system has been stuck in stress mode for a prolonged period of time, perhaps even from conception a higher frequency of adjustments need to occur to encourage a stressed out system to return to a relaxed state.
Just like how one meditation is not going to make you a zen master, one adjustment is not going to be enough either.
If your child is suffering from constipation book them an appointment via the link in bio

13/03/2026

Our February competition was all about spreading the LOVE.
Check out these beautiful love notes from our practice members ❤️

It’s not bones people, it’s the nervous system!Nervous system focused chiropractic is a hands on, drug free way of heali...
11/03/2026

It’s not bones people, it’s the nervous system!
Nervous system focused chiropractic is a hands on, drug free way of healing and supporting wellness by improving communication between the brain and the body.
My care involves finding and removing subluxations, which are noisy, confused messages that causes stress and overwhelm to the brain - think of them as stress stuck on.
Removing subluxations (stress) shifts the body into a parasympathetic state (relax) and thereby promotes healing, digestion, sleep, coordination, emotional regulation (and more)!
My hands don’t heal your body, I simply remove stressful, noisy communication and then your body does the healing!
Pretty cool right?

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