08/14/2025
Why We Don’t “Heal” ADHD and What We Do Instead:
As a neurologically-focused pediatric chiropractor, my role is not to treat or heal ADHD. That might sound surprising, but here’s why: ADHD isn’t caused by a “broken” brain that needs fixing it’s most often the result of a nervous system stuck in overdrive.
When a child’s nervous system lives in a constant state of sympathetic dominance (fight-or-flight mode), the brain’s wiring is focused on survival, not learning, focus, calm, or connection. In this state:
• The thinking and focus centers of the brain (prefrontal cortex) get less activation.
• The body and brain are flooded with stress signals, making it harder to regulate attention, emotions, and impulses.
• Growth, healing, and proper brain development take a back seat to survival mode.
What we do in our office is not about “curing” ADHD. Instead, we use precise, gentle adjustments to help the nervous system shift out of that stuck fight-or-flight state and back toward parasympathetic balance the state where growth, healing, and repair happen naturally.
When the nervous system is balanced and regulated:
• Brain and body communication is clear and efficient.
• The child’s ability to focus, adapt, and self-regulate improves naturally.
• The root driver, chronic stress dominance, is reduced or removed.
In other words, we empower the child’s nervous system to do what it’s designed to do. The healing doesn’t come from me, it comes from within them, once their nervous system is given the chance to function without interference.
We don’t “treat ADHD.” We help restore the natural state of health that allows the brain to develop, integrate, and thrive, and in that process, the symptoms of ADHD often fade because the underlying stress pattern is gone.
QUESTION:
Have you ever been taught the true cause behind ADHD/ADD or been given options outside of pharmaceuticals for your child?
