Birth is labor intensive for not only mom, but for baby too. They are also going through 15, 24, 32+ hours of movements in the birth canal and pressure from the contractions on their tiny little bodies. This is why birth, even under normal circumstances, may affect the alignment and function of the baby's nervous system. This is why it is so important to get your baby evaluated by a pediatric chiropractor right after birth. Pediatric chiropractors perform a spinal exam to check for misalignments to ensure proper movement in the spine, as well as a nervous system scan, to see how well their brain and body are communicating during this crucial stage in development. The nervous system is the brain, spinal cord and 31 pairs of spinal nerves that branch off at every level of the spine and is the communication pathway from the brain to the body. The scan has absolutely NO radiation and is completely safe.

Then they grow and begin to crawl, walk, run and play. Then the falls, missed cartwheels, rolling down the hill, falling off the bikes happen numerous times a day. All the years of this constant stress is put on their bodies and nervous system. Their body can handle only so much and when it can't anymore, this stress gets ingrained in the spine and nervous system and are expressed through different symptoms.

In todays world, kids are getting labeled with a diagnosis and put on medications to "treat" that diagnosis, but that is only treating the symptom, not looking at WHY that symptom is there in the first place and fixing that! Symptoms are just a sign that the brain and body are not communicating at 100%. Symptoms we often see in babies are colic, ear infections, torticollis, poor sleep, reflux and can happen from development in the womb to the birth process or from what baby is getting through breastmilk or formula . Symptoms in older kids, we see allergies, asthma, headaches, getting sick all the time, focus issues, anxiety, digestive issues and more. Many of these childhood symptoms are merely the result of nervous system interference usually caused by misalignment in the spine. Chiropractic does not treat diagnosis's or labels or symptoms. Chiropractic finds the misalignments in the spine, specifically and gently adjust which opens the communication from the brain to the body back up, and the body can heal and function how it was meant to! We adjust babies using only a gentle pressure and as the kiddos get older, more pressure is needed for the adjustments.

Our bodies were created to be able to take in the environment, adapt to it and heal, function and grow. Chiropractic lends a gentle helping hand to help the body maintain proper function naturally at any age.

Added Benefits of Chiropractic Care in Pediatrics

• Help improve colic symptoms
• Help reduce acid reflux
• Help reduce ear infections
• Help improve athletic performance
• Help with vertigo

Give Balanced Life Chiropractic a call today and let us help your child or children while they continue to grow and develop into adults.