In our office we see many pregnant patients, new born babies and children. The goal of our care when seeing these patients is to improve nervous system function while promoting healing and development from the inside out. You and your baby deserve to be functioning at your highest level throughout the birth and development process. Chiropractic care enables you to be at your best when it matters the most.

Pregnant patients have many reasons for beginning chiropractic care which will be addressed in a later blog article. The overall benefit is a healthier pregnancy, easier labor and delivery, benefits for the developing fetus, with less pain and discomfort. These are all important reasons for starting or maintaining care when you are pregnant, however it is arguably even more important for a newborn baby to be under care.

A newborn baby has certain things they should be doing well at birth. They need to be able to eat (breastfeed), sleep, poop, and make eye contact. All of these are indicators that your baby is functioning well. Colic, reflux, irregular sleep, and poor eye contact are not normal behaviors and should never be viewed as such.

Often we see children and babies in our office as a wellness measure to help them develop properly. They do not need to have a symptom to benefit chiropractic care. We specialize in health. That being said, there are many researched benefits of chiropractic care for children including but not limited to ear infections, asthma, allergies, sleep issues, colic, tongue tie, latching problems, and torticollis. Every child is unique and giving them the best possible development and allowing the best possible growth of their immune system, digestive system and hormonal system will put them on the right track for years to come.

We see symptoms in children when the body is trying to tell us something. If all we do is treat the symptom without correcting the cause then the underlying issue remains. The birth process can be traumatic for both mom and baby, many newborns are born with a subluxation at the top of their neck, the atlas. Your atlas regulates the function of the immune system, hormones, sleep cycle, turning the head and neck, facial muscles, inflammation and digestion. If this area of the nervous system is affected it may be the cause of many of their presenting health issues or silent factors we cannot see. By correcting the cause of the problem, adjusting the atlas, it allows the body to heal and remain healthy, while often having any symptoms resolve on their own without the need of further intervention.

Children heal quickly under chiropractic care because their nervous system is so pliable. Chiropractic promotes this ability and better enables the nervous system to adapt to our environment. As we age it becomes harder to correct problems caused from birth because the body is stuck in a pattern. By getting children under chiropractic care it helps create a good environment to heal and maintain your health for years to come.

Regardless if you are breast feeding or not, eating organic, taking medications, exercising or not, vaccinating, or sleeping well, a proper functioning nervous system will allow you to better handle any challenges that come your way. This is especially important in a child because everything they come in contact with is brand new.

If you or a loved one is pregnant or has a child please consider getting them checked by a chiropractor for interference in their nervous system in the form of subluxations. It could be something that changes their life forever.

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