09/05/2024
Chiropractic & Children
Chiropractic care for children provides a solid foundation for wellness. Throughout pregnancy, birth, and childhood, choosing a chiropractic lifestyle offers choices and benefits for greater health and well-being. The following will help you understand the importance of a chiropractic wellness lifestyle starting right from birth.
The International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) has initiated a ground breaking study on the safety and effectiveness of chiropractic care for children. The preliminary results are outstanding and show that chiropractic care is indeed safe for children. Even more significant is that parents of those children involved in the study reported three unexpected improvements with their child’s health through the addition of chiropractic care:
1. Improved sleeping
2. Improved behaviour and attitude
3. Improved immune system function
With this in mind, let’s have a look at a few questions that parents frequently ask regarding children and chiropractic care:
Why?
People of all ages are susceptible to trauma in their spines from various activities and events and this fact certainly includes children. These micro traumas can easily cause subluxations placing stress on the spinal nerves and therefore decreasing the bodies’ ability to function normally. Although symptoms, such as pain and malfunction may not show up for years, injury to the nervous system can have a lifetime of damaging effects.
When?
Children should be checked right after birth because of the potential damaging effects of the birth process. Even the most natural births are traumatic to the infant and may create “hidden damage.” Studies show that many children who experience symptoms such as colic, ear infections and asthma have spinal subluxations impairing their nervous system function. Early detection and correction can prevent layers of damage from occurring in the child’s nervous system whereas accumulated damage can have significant consequences later in life.
Does it Hurt?
Chiropractors specializing in the care of children use very specific, gentle techniques. On the very young, the adjustment is as light as a finger touch. Many Doctors of Chiropractic also take postgraduate classes on specific techniques for pregnant mothers, infants and children to enhance their skills in this field.
Inside Out Family Chiropractic has declared September as “Kid’s Health Month”. In our efforts to help the youth of our community experience the best possible level of health, we will be providing full health check-ups to anyone 15 and under absolutely free of charge. Please help us make a difference. If you know of any young person who would benefit from a chiropractic check-up, please do not hesitate to let us know and we will do our very best to help.