Seasons Family Chiropractic

09/29/2023

I get asked about pillows A LOT and I really love this one! You know those big exercise balls you probably have around your house right now…that’s the best way I can describe how this one is made! It has a latex core that will suspend your head in perfect proper posture against gravity whether you are a side, back, or tummy sleeper! It’s great for kids and great for adults too!!

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07/24/2023

Night terrors or troubled sleep in general?? There may be a connection to your child’s neurological centers in their spine! DM us with any questions! 😴 😴

07/16/2023

THIS!! This is why I will continue to push to have a pediatric chiropractor present in the delivery room so we can help your baby restore proper biomechanics and live fully from day 1!!!!

07/09/2023

The other side of the 4th 🇺🇸 means one thing….the start of Back to School shopping!!! 😮

I know I know…I am still holding on to every bit of summer possible, but the stores and tv ads are already rolling out their school shopping lists! And while you still have PLENTY of time for the pencils and notebooks, this is a crucial time to prepare your child’s body, nervous system, and immune system for the big changes coming in 8 short weeks! Pediatric chiropractic adjustments and care in our office at this point in the summer allows us to correct any challenges the body is dealing with and make it stronger and more resilient so it’s ready for the fall!!

DM me with any questions or, if you are ready, click the link above to schedule your child’s back to school prep chiropractic appointments! ☀️ ☀️ ☀️

07/08/2023

What are the benefits of having a prenatal chiropractor on your birth team?? ⬇️ ⬇️

03/08/2023

We all know what it’s like not getting enough sleep. 🥱 You feel moody, easily agitated, and unfocused—plus, little sleep takes a significant toll on your physical health over time. Our bodies do some of their best work while we’re sleeping, and that’s as fully grown adults.

Now imagine the effects of children getting interrupted or limited sleep. Kids are constantly going through some level of growth; learning how to regulate their emotions, exercising 🏃🏻‍♂️ and nourishing their bodies, adjusting to new routines with friends and school, etc. Not only is sleep essential for their physical, mental, and emotional development, but without it, children don’t have a sense of normalcy.

Consistent, poor sleep in children can contribute to digestive issues, immune system problems, focus and behavior challenges, anxiety, depression, and other health concerns. Not only are there frustrating consequences for poor sleep, but there are some noticeable benefits from getting enough sleep. 💤

Do you have a child that struggles with getting enough sleep? Maybe your kid has a lot of energy and doesn’t know how to relax at bedtime. Maybe routine is really difficult for them, so they fight with you about going to bed on time. Night terrors, indigestion, big emotions: just because kids are tired doesn’t mean they can always sleep.

Luckily, there are some things you can try to help your child sleep better before seeing a doctor or specialist. 🙌🏼

First, check out some natural sleep remedies for kids that countless families have found helpful for their children. 👉 https://pxdocs.com/article/natural-sleep-remedies-for-kids/

02/04/2023

It’s the exact opposite of old people who have bad backs and all they have to do is get it “cracked”. Instead, the brain has to send direct signals down your child’s spinal cord and out to every other part of their body. If that direct signal doesn’t fully reach that body part, things start to go wrong!

"To everyone who thinks chiropractic is about headaches and low back pain- it’s so much more than that.

Chiropractic restores and maintains the neural communication pathways between the brain and the body so the body has the ability to self-heal. When there is a breakdown in that communication, dis-ease occurs in the cell/tissue/organ supplied by that neural energy. Breakdown of physical matter leads to dis-ease, of which pain is a symptom.

It is similar thinking to that of a garden hose— when there is a “kink” in the hose, water can’t get from point A to point B and the flowers never get watered. When your brain and body fail to have proper communication, the tissue supplied by that affected nerve begins to die and manifestation of dis-ease sets in.

Chiropractic has nothing to do with cracking backs and everything to do with the maintenance of a homeostatic environment that promotes health and fights sickness. Pain relief is also a proven benefit of being under care, but not the sole intent of an adjustment.

We don’t take credit for the healing, but rather allow your body to achieve an internal environment where it can heal itself. Do you have to ask or direct your skin to heal a cut? There is an innate intelligence inside all of us that strives to be alive and well- the body is an amazing thing capable of self-healing when the circumstance allows it.

Don’t get swept up in the medical paradigm of chasing symptoms- you don’t want to treat symptoms anyway, you want to fix the problem. Chiropractors are skilled at finding the root cause of dis-ease so that you get back to true health and avoid drugs, surgeries, and other unnecessary interventions.

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”

Sounds about right 👌"
-Kayci Cleveland Obarr

01/28/2023

Just this week we helped a little girl go from colicky, fussy, and always uncomfortable to a smiley happy and content cutie in just 3 adjustments!! 💖 💖

Each baby is different though and our care is completely specialized and individualized to give your child the best help they need!! This post below explains a lot of what we are finding in these babies, but we also see major structural vertebral misalignments (particularly the first bone - C1 vertebrae - which houses the brain stem and regulates mood, sleep, and stress) AND/OR extreme amounts of digestive issues (gas, p**p, reflux) which needs to have proper connection through the spine to the brain 🧠! Your babies spinal health is CRITICAL to the rest of their body working properly! So, it should be the first place we look to when things aren’t working!

As always, we are here to help you and know you have questions, so reach out!!!

What are the causes of colic?

Still today there is no consensus in the medical community as to what is causing colic in infants, and because of that, they often offer little help to struggling, exhausted parents. Frustratingly the most common advice parents are given still today is to let them cry it out, and also, “Don’t worry, they’ll grow out of it.”

But as Pediatric Chiropractors, our entire obsession is finding the cause of a child’s health condition, so that we can then know with certainty the best plan moving forward to help them heal and overcome it. That means we dive deep into every colic case, and when you do so, it’s always pretty easy to find the cause(s) of each child’s struggles.

Nothing frustrates us more than hearing that a parent has been told to “not worry” and that they’ll “grow out of it” because that is simply not the case. As parents, it’s just flat-out in our DNA to worry and be concerned about our children, especially when they are crying and struggling.

Additionally, in our clinical practice we’ve seen time and again that kids do not “grow out of” colic, but instead “grow into” the next wave of health challenges such as constipation, ear and other respiratory infections, sleep disorders, and sensory integration disorders. We even see colic frequently as an early warning sign of autism.

The cause of colic really is quite simple – distress.

Having dug deep into hundreds and even thousands of cases of colic in the last 15 years of clinical practice, two factors stick out and show up more than any other:
High amounts of stress and anxiety for the mother during the prenatal period
Birth interventions such as forceps, vacuum extraction, induction, epidural, and c-section

While most natural methods that attempt to help colic and other pediatric conditions focus on the gut and things like diet, food intolerances and allergies, we most often find that the stress and tension lies even deeper in the system than that. If your baby shows signs of colic, we'd love to dig deeper into the root cause and most importantly, help!

Please give our office a call at 815-455-8213 or learn more here 👉 https://pxdocs.com/article/what-is-colic/

01/23/2023

Every parent wants to know how to raise healthy and happy kids….it all starts with the brain and nervous system, ensuring good development and regulation from the start!!

01/20/2023

I’ve said it so many times before and I will keep on saying it until it becomes a reality….my dream is to “round” on the birthing floor of a hospital or a birth center and take care of all those newborns as soon as possible after they are born! Birth is so tough on those little bodies. Birth trauma is soooo prevelant but no one is talking about it, let alone helping the healing that is so needed for these kids!! 🤍

What do you do when you feel like you've asked all the questions, tried all the medications, seen all the specialists, and your child is still not well..? 👉 Have you tried chiropractic?

Pediatric chiropractic care is a big part of our functional approach to healing.
Chiropractic care is not just for adults and is not just for back pain, migraines, or sports injuries.

🧠 Every system in our bodies is connected, and if the nerves are stressed, that can lead to stress on bones, joints, and muscles where we typically think of chiropractic care coming into play, but also other organs and body systems too. Chiropractic restores and maintains the neural communication pathways between the brain and the body so the body has the ability to self-heal.

🌱 Just like for us in our functional medicine practice, chiropractors also work to find the root cause of the stress and dysfunction to treat all systems as a whole rather than putting a bandaid on symptoms with medications which is often the strategy used in conventional medicine.

🤨 How does my kid have all these challenges at such a young age?
Well, it may have started at birth. "The amount of physical and chemical stress added to the birth process in the modern era is in our opinion as PX Docs, the single biggest detriment to the health of our children." - Dr. Matt Hill of PWC Chiropractic.
Read more on the topic of birth trauma in an article by Dr. Tony Ebel here: https://pxdocs.com/article/what-is-birth-trauma/

Other external factors like gluten, dairy, and toxins are also something to consider and are also detrimental to the health of our kids, but birth trauma is a serious one that is often overlooked.

👋 If your child is struggling and you're struggling to find answers or a solution, consider chiropractic care. We work closely with and highly recommend PWC Chiropractic, right here in Crystal Lake but if you're not local you can find a directory of pediatric chiros here: https://pxdocs.com/px-docs/

Read more on this topic over at PX Docs: https://pxdocs.com/article/how-can-chiropractic-care-help/

01/18/2023

How old were your kids when they had their first adjustment?!

We took the kids to the chiropractor today.

This is one doctor we DO go to! The boys got adjusted and checked out. This is my 7 year old, and the chiro said he was actually nice and loose. And that he's going to be TALL. (lol, that wasn't a surprise; he's always been in the 99th percentile for height.)

Chiro has helped us with bedwetting/ accidents, general soreness, minor injuries, and lots more. I recommend it!