Total Life Chiropractic - Dr. Charles Weigel

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there who do the best they can for their families every day. Remember that you are loved and appreciated even though you may not feel it sometimes!

05/09/2026

05/07/2026

Let’s talk about the finger cot! 👆🏻
Have you ever seen us use this our babies and wonder what we are doing? The answer is palate and cranial work! ✨
We do this on ALL of our newborn screenings and maybe turn into a very important part of their care depending on how they present! So what are we affecting while doing this? The Palate 👅 is the roof of our mouths and while our kiddos are young, this can be influence one of baby’s most important jobs, eating! This structure is still soft on our babies and when it is distorted, it makes it hard for them to latch and suckle!
Working on the palate and cranium in littles can help with:
👉🏻 feeding and latch issues
👉🏻 digestion and reflux
👉🏻 long term mouth structure and development (high/ narrow palates can lead to things like dental crowding, improper tongue placement, and speech issues)
👉🏻 assisting after an oral tie revision was performed
👉🏻 reducing overall tension on the nervous system
Palate and cranial work is safe, gentle, and effective and babies typically melt right into us while we’re doing it! ❤️

05/05/2026

✨ What are primitive reflexes? ✨
We are born with hundreds of reflexes that help babies to learn and explore their world. They are called primitive because they are some of the basic movements that keep babies alive. A baby’s brain is born in a very primitive state.
Do you love when your infant holds your finger? That’s a primitive reflex. Have you noticed how your baby turns their head towards you to breastfeed? That’s a primitive reflex. You have seen a baby startle when there is a loud noise. That’s a primitive reflex.
These reflexes integrate (or go away) as we increase our motor patterns and skills.
If there isn’t enough proper movement, the reflex will persist.
When we have retained reflexes, our brains our stuck in our limbic systems (the emotional center of our brain). This flips off our prefrontal cortex which decreases executive function.
In children, retained primitive reflexes can look like poor impulse control, fidgeting, toe walking, poor posture, interrupted eye tracking, poor academic performance.
In adults, retained primitive reflexes can look like being clumsy, jiggling leg, and motion sickness!
If this sounds like your child, a pediatric chiropractor can test for these reflexes!
Give us a call 🤗

05/04/2026

Our nervous system is AMAZING!
It controls every function, every movement, even every feeling we have! So why wouldn't you want to take care of it? Our INSiGHT scans give us a deeper look at your nervous system and see how it is functioning. From there we can create a care plan customized to you without having to guess!
Your care plan and consistent chiropractic care encourages your body to be the healthiest it can be! Have you been scanned??

04/30/2026

Most parents are told it’s behavioral.
Or that they’ll “grow out of it.”
But what if it’s neurological?
Meltdowns.
Sleep struggles.
Sensory overwhelm.
Anxiety.
Focus issues.
These aren’t random.
They’re signs of a nervous system that may be stuck in stress mode.
Neurodevelopment happens from the bottom up.
And if the foundation isn’t regulated, the higher brain can’t fully do its job.
We can help break down:
• How the nervous system develops
• What dysregulation actually looks like
• What’s normal (and what’s not)
• And how chiropractic supports regulation naturally
If you’ve felt like something is being missed…
This might be the missing piece!