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Infant and children chiropractic care 		 

Is your child prone to falling, sickness, and allergies? Chiropractic can help put the vigor back into their life.


Does your child seem to have an over--abundance of energy and and under--abundance of attention?


Chiropractic care can assist your child in balancing their bodies so they calm down, look up and pay attention.


Even under the best conditions, birthing can be difficult for the infant who has spent nine months cradled in the dark, warm womb. It is very important to have your infant checked by a chiropractor shortly after his or her birth to be certain that there is not any nerve interference or spinal problems. Periodic checks should continue throughout your child's lifetime. Scientists are still learning how to accurately assess the damage to infants. They do know that a forced pull on the neck during delivery can cause a subluxation that might cause damage, too slight to be noticed immediately. But eventually it might cause some form of dysfunction including but not limited to pain, scoliosis, earaches, or colic. One of the greatest gifts you can give your newborn is a complete spinal examination by a doctor of chiropractic. Chiropractors feel strongly that the entire family can benefit by having spinal checkups. The children who have been under regular chiropractic care are sick less often and less severely. They rarely miss days from school.


Recent studies have also shown that they have fewer emotional and learning disabilities and other neurological problems connected with childhood. In 1989, a study compared the patients of two hundred pediatricians with two hundred children who had been under the care of chiropractors. Not only was the overall health of the chiropractic children superior to those who had known only medical treatment but they also had fewer ear infections, fewer allergies, lower incidence of tonsillitis and less need to be given antibiotic therapy.


   did you know that on average, from the time a little boy is born to the time he has finished 1st grade. He has fallen down on average five-to-six thousand times

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INFANTILE COLIC;


Infantile colic can be as troublesome for the parent as the child experiencing the condition. Characterized by a multitude of symptoms, the child suffering from infantile colic does not usually respond to simple comfort in methods an exhibits periodic fussiness that can last over hour or days.

In many cases the infant appears to be in pain and will pull up his/her legs. At times the child’s abdomen will be hard and distended. Occasionally the passage of flatus will give relief, yet these attacks may last for hours. To make the matters more complicated, this condition rarely responds to traditional health care. This leaves many parent troubled as an infant’s episodes of crying and fussiness persist.


Here is a new approach


Two chiropractic studies relating to infantile colic are of particular interest. The first study was done by a group of Danish Chiropractors who revealed positive results when spinal adjustment were given to a group of colicky infants (1). A second study involving a group of 316 infants diagnosed with colic reported 94% successful resolution within the first two weeks of chiropractic care (2).


Although chiropractic cared does not treat the symptoms of colic specifically, doctors of chiropractic have found after adjusting hundreds of babies that most will respond within the first few weeks. (3)


Why does chiropractic care work when other methods fail? It is simple really. Nerve supply is vital to the proper function of every system of the body, including the stomach, intestines and other abdominal organs. Any “vertebral subluxation” causing interference to the nerves in this area could adversely affect gastric function and result in discomfort, gas and other colic symptoms.


What is “vertebral Subluxation’?


A subluxation is a neurological disturbance caused by a nerve that is not functioning properly. The body depends upon the free flow of nerve communication—from the brain, through the spinal column, and to all parts of the human body—in order to govern itself and all of its functions.


The interruption, blockage, or aberration of this flow of information can lead to serious health complications. Conversely, the removal of such interference has been shown to have important health benefits.


ALL BODY FUNCTIONS ARE CONTROLLED BY MESSAGES FROM THE BRAIN SENT THROUGH THE NERVES. When nerves become stretched, twisted, or “pinched,” this vital communication system of the body is disrupted. As a result one of more functions of the body may begin to fail, or simply not function as well as it should. As the body weakens health declines and if uncorrected the body will ultimately give into sickness and disease.


This is how vertebral subluxation can lead to all kinds of neurological, emotional and physical disorders such as infantile colic. The Doctor of Chiropractic specializes in the detection and correction of subluxation. This is done by laying their hands on the back and gently lining up the vertebrae into its natural position. This process may take weeks or months, depending on the extent of misalignment.


As the Subluxations are reduced, nerve supply communicates more effectively throughout the body and healing may begin to take place. As the body heals the symptoms of dysfunction and disease will diminish.



References:


  1. Klougart N., Nilsson N., Jacobsen J.: Infantile Colic treated by chiropractors: A prospective study of 316 cases. J manipulative Physiol Ther 1989; 12:281-288.
  2. Netter F.: The Ciba collection of medical illustrations. Volume 1 Nervous System, part 1 Anatomy and Physiology. 1986.
  3. Nilsson N.: Infantile colic and chiropractic, Euro J. Chirop 1985; 33:624-665


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