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Growing up with Chiropractic
Children bump and jar their spines constantly in the first five years of life. As they develop from helpless infants into fearless adventurers, bumps and falls naturally come with your child's desire to learn everything about the world around them in the quickest amount of time possible. But even normal, everyday activities can cause spinal trauma with lasting effects:
- Delicate nerve tissue can be damaged, resulting in interference with the brain's ability to send nerve impulses to organs, tissues and muscles.
- Discs, blood vessels and other soft tissues can swell and become inflamed.
- The body may respond with bone spurs and other abnormal bone growth.
- Various systems (immune, digestive, respiratory, etc.) through the body may malfunction.
In each of these examples, pain or other obvious symptoms may not be present at the time, yet optimum health and well-being have been compromised.
When your child is seen by your family wellness chiropractor, your child's spine and nervous system will be analyzed to determine if a vertebral subluxation is present. Often, the doctor will touch the spine and muscle (static or motion palpation), examine the length of the legs (pelvic misalignment may shorten one leg) or examine your child's posture (level of head, shoulder and hips).
You may already be aware of the benefits of chiropractic care. You may have experienced for yourself the relief that comes from having a properly aligned spine. If you have not had your child's spine evaluated, it's time to schedule an appointment to determine if there is a vertebral subluxation (which is painless until later in life).
Like dentistry, chiropractic, when started young, provides your child with a way to attain full-body health that lasts a lifetime.
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