Chiropractic Kids
We see many incredible babies and children at Evolving Chiropractic for common problems during their growing years like decreased body movement and poor posture, breastfeeding latch issues, trouble sleeping, bowel issues, reflux, and torticollis.
The most critical time in your child's life is the first year. Babies reach many essential milestones, starting with delivery, moving on to breastfeeding, rolling over, crawling, walking and talking. With all of these changes, ensuring and maintaining a healthy, aligned spine for your baby can help ease these typical troubles with infancy. An adjustment can help with brain and body development to hit these milestones.
A case study published in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association recorded less crying, vomiting, better sleep, improved breastfeeding, and decreased excessive intestinal gas after the 3-month-old attended five visits with a chiropractor (1). Chiropractic can correct some of these common issues so that both mom and bubs can thrive during this time.
Further studies have shown that chiropractic care is effective and safe for children with a "high rate of improvement with respect to the children's presenting complaints".(2). It promotes healthy living throughout all growth ages by helping maintain good posture and joint movement for children. Parents have reported improvement in their children's sleeping habits, behaviour, and attitude (1). Having a well-aligned spine and neck can help enhance and clear children's neural pathways and improve immune function. This is excellent news!
Sports, muscle imbalances, and aging can put their bodies through their paces as children grow. Across the country, many children and adolescents suffer from poor posture and related pain, which can later lead to emotional, physical, social, and financial stress.
Research has shown a link between spinal pain in the younger population and that pain continuing into adulthood. Up to "50% of children and adolescents experience low back pain" (3). Studies state that "low back pain in adolescence seems to track into adult life and is a predictor for later low back pain" (3). This is why it is super important that we stay on top of our children's health as early as possible.
If you have any questions regarding children and chiropractic or whether we might be able to help you and your family at Evolving Chiropractic, please give us a call on 9736 3322 or email us at admin@evolvingchiropractic.com.au
Alcantara J, Anderson R. Chiropractic care of a pediatric patient with symptoms associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease, fuss-cry-irritability with sleep disorder syndrome and irritable infant syndrome of musculoskeletal origin. The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 2008 Dec;52(4):248.
Alcantara J, Ohm J, Kunz D. The safety and effectiveness of pediatric chiropractic: a survey of chiropractors and parents in a practice-based research network. Explore. 2009 Sep 1;5(5):290-5.
Hestbaek L, Stochkendahl MJ. The evidence base for chiropractic treatment of musculoskeletal conditions in children and adolescents: The emperor's new suit?. Chiropractic & osteopathy. 2010 Dec;18(1):1-4.