Why do children need chiropractic care?
At the Marc Bony Chiropractic Center in Mataró, we understand the importance of pediatric chiropractic care to ensure healthy development and prevent future problems. Chiropractic adjustments from an early age can be key to optimal natural health.
Children need chiropractic care
Chiropractic is the healthcare profession that deals with the care and prevention of disorders of the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on overall health, through spinal adjustments.
Current situation
More and more parents are seeking chiropractic care for their children. Many of the problems seen in adults start as early as birth.
So-called natural births can stress the child’s spine and their developing nervous system. The resulting irritation on the nervous system caused by misalignment of the skull and vertebrae can be the cause of many health problems in newborns.
Colic, breathing problems, allergic reactions, difficulty breastfeeding, sleep disturbances, and chronic infections can be transmitted with stress to the nervous system.
As trauma can occur at birth, many parents quickly bring their newborn for a check-up. As the child grows, they learn to hold their head up, crawl, and walk.
All these activities affect the alignment of the spine and it is an important time to check your child by a Doctor of Chiropractic.
As soon as the child begins to engage in regular activities for their age such as riding a scooter or bicycle, small but already significant misalignments (subluxation) can form.
If we ignore these disorders
If we ignore them, the damage during this growth period leads to more severe problems later in life.
A trauma during our childhood will affect the development of the spine resulting in the impairment of the nervous system function.
Any interference in our vital system such as the nervous system will negatively affect our body’s ability to function at its best.
One of the most common reasons parents visit a chiropractor is due to some injury, trauma, or similar.
Misalignment may or may not result in pain or symptoms. Regular check-ups can identify damage in the spine exacerbated by these traumas, and correcting it at an early age helps avoid many of the health complaints seen later in adults.
Spinal hygiene is a crucial key to enjoying better health.
Another reason to see a chiropractor is to resolve a particular symptom or illness.
Parents seek chiropractic care due to conditions such as colic, ear infections, asthma, allergies, and headaches, idiopathic scoliosis (to name a few). Because they have heard from other parents that chiropractic can help.
What the Doctor of Chiropractic does
It is important to understand that the Doctor of Chiropractic does not treat diseases or symptoms. The specialty of the Doctor of Chiropractic is to check the spine for misalignment that affects the nervous system and therefore the entire organism.
The bones of the spine, the vertebrae, protect the spinal cord. The spinal cord is the extension of our brain and carries information from the brain to the parts of our body and back to the brain. Subluxations interfere with the nerves’ ability to transmit that vital information.
The nervous system controls and coordinates the functions of all body systems: circulatory, respiratory, digestive, hormonal, eliminative, and immune. Any aspect of health is weakened when there is nerve interference. The chiropractic adjustment restores the function of the nervous system, allowing the body to express a greater state of health and well-being.
The Doctor of Chiropractic will perform diagnostic tests and determine whether there are any nerve interferences (subluxations). The procedure for specific adjustments is modified to suit the size of a child and their unique spinal condition. They are both gentle and specific applied to the developing spinal structures.
Parents report that their children enjoy coming to our center, and they also say that their children do not get sick as often and that their level of health is higher when they come regularly.
To enhance your child’s ability to function in a more optimal state of health, our center in Mataró has specialized in the care of children.
A positive change for the future
Once your family has experienced the benefits of chiropractic care, help us tell other families. Chiropractic (applied by Doctors of Chiropractic) is completely unknown in Spain, but in the world, it is already the third healthcare profession.
Marc Bony, DC Quiropractica1.com
