Chiropractic is for Kids

"Chiropractic care for my child? Why? His back doesn't hurt."

How often parents who appreciate the importance of check-ups for their children's teeth, hearing, eyes, ears, nose and who grow to draw a blank when it comes to the spine. A spinal check-up could be one of the most important of his or her life! Why you ask? The constant jumping, falling, running, and bumping of a normal childhood often cause spine and nerve stress during the spinal development years (until age 25). Another area of concern with children is scoliosis, which is a sideways curving of the spine. These stresses can result in serious health consequences if left uncorrected.

“As the twig is bent, so grows the tree”

Even a newborns spine may be subject to abnormal stress as a result of a difficult birth, a breach presentation, Ceasarean birth, obstetrical error or abnormal in-utero position during the last trimester. It was proven in 1967 by an M.D. in Pennsylvania that 13 pounds of pressure on a spinal nerve could and would, in a matter of minutes, cause a decrease in nerve transmission of up to 30 percent to the particular area the nerve innervated. With this in mind, what happens at birth when 90 to 120 pounds of pressure is used to pull the baby from the vaginal canal? Chances are, this is the first subluxation a child will have.

Such spinal stress can lead to many health problems, as demonstrated in a paper from the European medical interval Manuelle Medizin, describing five-day-old infants with spinal nerve stress: "The clinical picture ranges from central motor impairment and development [sleeplessness, in-coordination, seizures] through… impairment of vegetative regulatory systems [vomiting, digestive problems, elimination problems], to lower resistance to infections, especially to ear-nose-and throat infections. "

A 1989 study compared the health of two hundred children under medical care with two hundred under Chiropractic care. The Chiropractic children had fewer ear infections, fewer allergies, fewer cases of tonsillitis, and of course less medical treatment such as the antibiotic therapy, medications and vaccination. The health of the children under Chiropractic care was notably superior to that of the children under medical care.

Tots, as well as older children, can benefit from receiving regular spinal examinations as they grow so that Subluxations resulting from "child's play" can be discovered and treated in time before they develop into more serious conditions. Today we find more parents bring their children to doctors of Chiropractic for spinal check-ups. With a healthy spinal column a child's body can better deal with the sore throat, ear infections, fevers, colic, asthma, tonsillitis, allergies, bed-wetting, viral and bacterial infections, pains, stomach-aches, measles, mumps, and a hundred-and-one other problems that make up young life.

We pride ourselves in being a "Family Wellness Centre" and catering to the needs of our next generation. Think of Chiropractic care as you would good nutritional care - always essential for your child's general good health.