Chiropractor or Cranio-sacral therapy for kids…
Let’s chat about the benefits of using chiropractic or craniosacral therapy for YOUR little ones. I feel like this is such a controversial topic for parents seeking different types of care. These type of therapies span a whole length of things, but I want to highlight and share a few of the major reasons why you should take your kids in to be adjusted.
Whole Body Care
- Better Sleep. When your kiddos spine is properly aligned they will get a great sleep. Which means so will you. Adjustments can help with any underlying pain or tension that may be causing broken sleep.
- Sick Care. Chiropractics and craniosacral therapy is all about helping the nervous system function at its full potential which includes boosting your Childs immune system. Yes an adjustment really can help you get over a virus quicker! I always recommend these for optimal immune health as well.
- Help with Colic. If you’ve had a baby with colic, you know it can make life miserable for anyone around them. Colicky babies are fussy and irritable as if on cue every day at the same time. Often times, birth trauma, can produce tension. If you understand that the way a baby communicates is to cry, it will help you understand colic a little more! Your baby is expressing something is uncomfortable.
- Higher Breastfeeding Success. As mentioned above birth trauma can cause a misalignment in your baby, which can cause your baby to have pain when attempting to breastfeed. Breastfeeding is a lot of work for both baby and momma. This can be so frustrating for mommies who are only able to feed their baby successfully on one side, while some are unable to feed their babies at all. Ensuring proper alignment will allow your baby to have the full range of motion.
- Plagiocephaly. AKA- as Flat Head Syndrome. We are seeing this more and more with the use of swings and bouncers. Some therapists through gentle adjustments and muscle work, are able to see improvement without the use of helmets!
- Help with Digestive Issues. This is what opened my mind to chiropractic care in infants and will always have me singing their praises. Sometimes when formula or solid foods are added to your baby’s diet it can cause stress on their body, and you end up with that dreadful constipation. Or sometimes you are breastfeeding only and have a baby with terrible colic or constipation that cannot be explained through diet changes. Adjustments can help remove the stress from the nervous system which restores nerve supply to digestive organs.
- Help with Ear Infections. Chiropractic care can help remove any tension/misalignment in the upper neck that may by preventing proper drainage of your kiddo’s ears! Patients that have taken my advice often find they are able to avoid antibiotics and ear tubes with regular chiropractic care.
- Fewer Behavioral Issues & Concentration Depending on where tension is coming from, it can create concentration and behavioral issues. Chiropractic adjustments can help remove this tension and help your child in this area.
Let them be little.
Children Grow the Way they are Supposed too. And with the proper alignment, children will grow with no extra pressure on their bones, muscles, and nerves. Kids fall, jump and play hard, alot! Regular adjustments make sure your kiddos are able to continue to function optimally while they are figuring out how to balance and manage gravity.
When you know more, you do better.
When you find an appropriate provider to care for your entire body, mind, and soul you’ll find that you don’t require as many visits and will often find your family in a state of…….THRIVING.
Allison Laney, MSN, FNP-C