Austin Tx Chiropractic Clinic
Healthier Children
 Spinal checkups are important for everyone, even children. Many
children have subluxations in their spine and don't know it.
Healthier Children With Chiropractic
“Chiropractic care for my child? Why? Her back doesn’t bother her.” Many
parents appreciate the importance of regular checkups for their children’s teeth, hearing and vision but draw a
blank when it comes to a spinal checkup. A spinal checkup could be one of the most important checkups your children
will ever have! The spine protects billions of nerve fibers that send messages and energy to every part of their
bodies.
Blockages In The Spine
If there is blockage of any of the nerves along the spinal cord, any nerve
damage at all, then a state of “dis-ease” can develop. Dis-ease is a state of disharmony n the body which can lead
to lowered resistance to disease, organ malfunction, sickness and disease1. Blockage of nerves in the spinal column
is usually caused by tiny misalignments of the spinal vertebrae called vertebral subluxations.
The First Subluxation
How can your child’s spine lose its natural alignment and develop subluxations?
Vertebral subluxations have many possible causes, some of which may occur as early as labor. Injuries can occur to
a baby’s spine at birth due to a breech presentation or a difficult delivery that puts too much stress on the
child’s body. Health problems in childhood or even adulthood have been traced back to spinal damage at birth.
Immediately after birth, damage can occur if the baby is dangled by the feet. As the famous French obstetrician
Frederick Leboyer has written in Birth Without Violence:
Toddlerhood Through Childhood
Toddlerhood through childhood is a very “physical time.” Those first hesitant
steps soon evolve into jumping and running, and falls and accidents are all part of a normal childhood. While most
falls are minor, at times they can cause spinal and nerve-damaging vertebral subluxations with serious long-term
consequences3. For that reason all children need periodic chiropractic spinal checkups.
A Family Affair
Doctors of chiropractic love to see the whole family, from babies to
grandparents, coming in for spinal checkups. Many “chiropractic families” report having more energy, improved
health and less dependency on drugs and medication. It is not unusual to hear parents state that since getting
under chiropractic care their children get sick less frequently, less severely, have less ear infections and take
less (or no) antibiotics and other drugs than their classmates4.
Physical and Psychological Benefits
For decades parents, clinicians and researchers have noticed positive changes
in the physical, behavioral and emotional health of children under chiropractic care. Among the observed benefits
are improvements in children with hyperactivity, autism, anxiety, low mental stamina, lack of concentration, asthma
and discipline problems. Improvements in grades and IQ have also been recorded5-10. The mechanisms explaining these
results are varied. There is evidence that subluxation correction improves blood flow to the brain11.
Spinal Checkups Are Vital
your child is suffering from any of the following common conditions, it is
essential to get his/her spine checked for vertebral subluxations-not as a treatment for these conditions, but
because all children, especially if they are ill, need healthy spines. Being free of blockages to the flow of
energy and information over his/her nervous system can make a big difference in your child’s physical and emotional
health.
In addition to improved physical health, chiropractic care is known to
improve a child’s behavioral and emotional health.
Warning Signs
Because it is possible to have subluxations yet be symptom-free, all children
(and their parents!) need periodic spinal checkups. There are, however, certain warning signs indicating that the
spinal column may be it of alignment:
Chiropractic helps ensure that your nervous system, essential for growth and
healing, is subluxation-free.
Conclusion
More and more families are finding that periodic chiropractic spinal checkups
for their children make a big difference in their health. Include chiropractic checkups as part of your family’s
healthcare routine.
Your children need a healthy spine for a healthy life.
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children raised under the health care models of chiropractic and allopathic medicine. Journal of Chiropractic
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