Chiropractic for Children? They don't have back problems, do they?
Parents who often appreciate the importance of checkups for their child's teeth, hearing, eyes, ears, nose and throat draw a blank when it comes to the spine.
A spinal checkup could be one of the most important of your child's life! Why? In addition to the stress of childbirth, the constant jumping, falling, running and bumping of a normal childhood often cause vertebral subluxations, with serious health consequences if left uncorrected.
The clinical picture ranges from central motor impairment and development [sleeplessness, uncoordination, seizures] through impairments of vegetative regulatory systems [vomiting, digestive problems, elimination problems], to lowered resistance to infections, especially to ear-nose-and-throat infections.
For over a hundred years doctors of chiropractic have observed often dramatic responses from some infants after a chiropractic spinal adjustment with conditions as varied as Erb's Palsy (in which an arm is limp and undeveloped), unbalanced facial and skull symmetry, foot inversion, colic, torticollis (twisted neck), "nervousness," and ear, nose and throat infections.
Today we find more parents bringing their children to doctors of chiropractic for spinal checkups. With a healthy spinal column, a child's body can better deal with the sore throats, ear infections, stomach-aches, fevers, measles, mumps and the 101 other problems that often make up young life. Without chiropractic care some children will live in continued sickness, condemned to a life of taking medicines and perhaps even surgery.
Physical and Psychological Benefits Observed
Correction of vertebral subluxations in children's spines can have a powerful effect on many aspects of their lives.
For decades many parents have noticed positive changes in the physical health, behavior and emotional states of their children following a chiropractic adjustment. Among the observed effects of subluxation correction have been improvements in emotional, behavioral and neurological problems such as asthma, anxiety, low mental stamina, inability to concentrate, hyperactivity, dyslexia, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, discipline problems and even low grades.
For many of the millions of school children in the United States alone who suffer from a learning impairment, chiropractic holds promise as a non-drug alternative. All children with learning disabilities and similar problems should have a chiropractic spinal checkup.
Childhood Ear Infections
Chiropractic care is one of the best things you can give a child suffering from an ear infection. Doctors of chiropractic have often noticed chiropractic's profound effect on ears and hearing. Commonly children are medically diagnosed with chronic ear infections and are put on antibiotics for years. Antibiotics are designed to target bacterial infections. However, the majority of ear infections are viral in nature for which antibiotics are of no help. For these cases antibiotics should not be used because not only do antibiotics destroy the bad bacteria, they also destroy the good bacteria in the childÕs system and put stress on the childs immune system.
It is essential that anyone with an ear infection consider a chiropractic spinal checkup. Keeping your child's spine free from vertebral subluxations will help your child's natural defenses against disease.
