Pediatric Chiropractic Care
Kids Aren’t Just Smaller Adults
When it comes to providing great chiropractic care for kids, we know that they are structurally and physiologically different from adults, and their care should reflect that. While the principles of chiropractic are the same in caring for kids, how we apply them is different, and specific to the age and stage of each child.
Newborns and Infants
Birth is stressful for babies. Even normal, uncomplicated vaginal birth imparts significant force on the baby’s head and upper neck. While sometimes necessary, medical interventions like epidural, vacuum extraction, forceps delivery and cesarean drastically increase those stresses further. Because the central nervous system is housed inside those same structures, and controls the function of the entire body, far-reaching consequences can arise from those forces of birth.
Re-establishing normal function to the baby’s spine and nervous system as quickly and gently as possible is essential to facilitate optimal growth and development. Chiropractic Care during this time is the gentlest and most subtle, as they often don’t yet have muscle tone and tension or adaptive behavioural patterns of dysfunction to work against.
Toddlers
While they are simply setting out to explore their world, it often seems that toddlers set a daily objective to hurt themselves in some way. Stumbles, falls, bumps and bruises are common. At the same time, their little nervous system is developing at the fastest time in their lives!
Specific chiropractic care during this time helps keep them tuned-up, and ready to take on the world, and recover from the traumas and stresses they experience along the way.
School Age
The cognitive, emotional and physical demands of school years can be a lot to navigate for a nervous system under stress. That makes it even harder to adapt, adjust, and thrive in the school-age time period. A nervous system under stress can’t function optimally, and development, cognitive learning and executive functions can suffer.
While kids in this age group are bigger and generally more structurally sound, they still aren’t just small adults, and their care is specifically designed to meet their needs at this crucial time.
Hear From Our Happy Patients
I was referred to Dynamic Balance Chiropractic by my lactation consultant since I was experiencing latch issues with my newborn and my newborn seemed uncomfortable overall. All the staff at Dynamic Balance Chiropractic are extremely friendly and open to hearing any and all of your concerns. My baby has shown great improvement and is developing wonderfully.
“They worked with me before & through pregnancy and now after birth and now they work with my husband & our baby girl. Finding them has been life changing truthfully. They are like a second family! The staff is amazing and all the Dr.’s are top notch, they are so knowledgeable and their care is next level."
“Simply amazing! Knowledgeable, professional and compassionate. It's obvious that the entire team loves what they do. My infant daughter has been in good hands from day one.”
“I love all the chiropractic doctors here. I took my son last year at 2m old, they were able to correct his latch issues (breastfeeding).”