Chiropractic for Children

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Chiropractic’s purpose is to remove interference to the natural healing power flowing through the body. When that power is unleashed, the resulting healing can be profound.

Today, more parents are bringing their children to chiropractors for common day-to-day health concerns we’re all familiar with: colds, sore throats, ear infections, fevers, colic, asthma, tonsillitis, allergies, infections, pains, falls, stomachaches, and the countless little and big challenges children experience as they grow.

It’s important to understand that chiropractic is not a treatment for disease. Its purpose is to reduce spinal subluxations—a serious and often painless condition that most children (and adults) have in their bodies. Since the nervous system controls the body’s functions, any interference can have wide-ranging effects. Subluxations interfere with proper nervous system function, weaken internal organs and organ systems, lower resistance, reduce healing potential, and set the stage for sickness and disorders of all kinds.

When a chiropractor frees the nervous system from spinal subluxations, the body’s natural healing power is unleashed: the immune system functions more efficiently, resistance to disease increases, and your child’s body operates at its best. This allows your child to respond more effectively to internal and external stresses such as germs, temperature changes, humidity, toxins, pollen, and other environmental challenges.

Although children with illnesses are often brought to chiropractors, the chiropractor is not treating their diseases. Instead, they are removing spinal subluxations, allowing the body’s natural healing potential to function optimally. 

Chiropractic Care for Children

Many patients report that chiropractic care has been helpful for colic, ear infections, erratic sleeping habits, bedwetting, scoliosis, “growing pains,” and many other common childhood health complaints.

A common concern among parents is that chiropractic adjustments will be too forceful. They mistakenly believe their child will receive the same type of adjustment as an adult. In reality, adjusting techniques are modified for each person’s size and unique spinal condition. An infant’s spine rarely has the long-standing muscle tightness seen in adults, making a child’s chiropractic adjustments gentle.

Knowing exactly where to adjust, chiropractors use no more pressure on newborns and infants than you would use to test the ripeness of a tomato. Many parents have commented that they notice almost instant improvements in their child’s well-being.

A Foundation for Wellness

Chiropractic care for children offers your family a solid foundation for wellness. More families today are exploring chiropractic’s natural, drug-free approach. Throughout pregnancy, birth, and childhood, the chiropractic lifestyle provides choices and benefits for greater health and well-being.