Pediatrics

Pediatric Chiropractic

Most understand that good nutrition is a key to a child’s good health. Another, often overlooked, major component is the health of the musculoskeletal system. There is a saying ‘as the twig is bent, so grows the tree.’ If you have a child you are very aware of the falls and traumas they undergo and they seemingly overcome without serious problems; or so it seems. Children are a lot more adaptable than adults. But with each adaptation one will gain a guarding pattern that layers and layers, creating torsion, until the pain and problems can no longer be coped with. If there is a trauma muscles will splint. If the splinting is maintained then fibrosis will result to fortify the fatigued muscles. This will perpetuate asymmetries as a child grows which will create mechanical vulnerabilities. This means that the child as an adult will become more prone to injuries and pain.

Chiropractic care for children and pregnancy is a specialty that takes many hours of additional study and practice. The treatments are extremely gentle yet with a focused light force the appropriate corrections can be made to optimize a child’s and mother’s health and wellbeing. Another aspect of treatment is CMRT® which is an organ treatment technique. This has been shown to be extremely valuable for issues like constipation, diarrhea, GERD, and more. For more information on CMRT® please read the tab at top titled “Organ Manipulation and CMRT®”.