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For the latest information and research on how your children can benefit
from chiropractic, click here.
Good health begins at birth. Keeps your kids well from birth!
Let me start by asking you a few questions. Do you take your child to get a
dental check-up, how about an eye, ear or throat exam? Most parents take
their children to the doctor so that they make sure their child is the
healthiest they could possibly be.
Did you know that current research shows the initiation of heart disease
(atherosclerosis) occurs in infants and children? However, we don’t often
encounter the child with chest pain or other symptoms indicating they may
have heart disease. Like the lack of chest pain, children do not always
complain of back pain. However, spinal problems have been shown consistently
to begin after birth. This is why a spinal check-up is critical at the
earliest of ages as well as throughout adolescence and into adulthood.
According to Dr. Gutman, a German medical specialist, a chiropractic spinal
check-up “...should be obligatory after every difficult birth.” He noted
that out of a random group of 1,250 babies examined 5 days after birth, 211
suffered from vomiting, hyperactivity and sleeplessness—spinal abnormalities
were found in 95% of this group.
Gutman and colleagues found that an unhealthy spine causes “many clinical
features from central motor impairment to lower resistance to
infections-especially ear, nose and throat infections.”
What are subluxations?
The spine requires maintenance from birth for maximum nerve integrity and
optimum health potential. When neglected spinal misalignment or subluxation
occurs and causes nerve interference which results in tissue and organ
dysfunction.
Essentially, if you neglect anything that requires maintenance it will
develop a problem. Problems develop in silence until enough damage occurs to
trigger a symptom or crisis. One of the reasons why “health” care costs so
much these days is because there is little emphasis on maintaining and
optimizing what you already have. Like heart disease, cavities, or cancer,
subluxations tend to be silent problems. Why do you get your blood pressure
or cholesterol checked? Have you ever got a spinal check-up? It is about
time. Don’t let your spine decay until the point that only surgery will
correct. Get yourself and your children checked.
When should a baby get checked?
According to chiropractic pediatric specialist, Dr. Larry Webster, there are
six times in a baby’s first year of life when spinal examinations are
especially important:
1. After the birth process
2. When the baby starts to hold his/her head up
3. When the baby sits up
4. When the baby starts to crawl
5. When the baby starts to stand
6. When the baby starts to walk
As babies get older, they often encounter some questionable practices:
wearing tight diapers that may restrict proper hip development; “jolly
jumpers” which place an infant in an upright position long before the spine
can deal with gravity; poorly designed school desks; poor mattresses and
slumped postures. Has your child ever fallen from a bike or their bed, fell
down stairs, played sports, skateboard or the like? As your child matures,
these kind of incidents and activities can create subluxations.
Chiropractic care is for everyone. Start spinal maintenance with your
children and maintain your spine throughout your life so you can insure more
optimum function and health potential. Your future will be spent doing the
things you love to do rather than battling degeneration. Chiropractic care
has been clinically proven to enhance your health by removing spinal
interference to your nervous system. Get started and see the results for
yourself!
Adapted from: OJ Ressel. Chiropractic Care for healthy children. Alive #166,
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