Childhood Moves Fast, But Chiropractic Can Make the Days Shorter

By Sara Butler

Parents have a daylong singular mission: To do what is needed to keep their children from harm. That mission is central to the choices made as a parent each day. It’s why you take them to the dentist or for yearly checkups with their pediatrician, why you strap them into car seats when they’re little or lecture them about making good choices when they’re teens. Chiropractic care is also central to helping children to stay healthy and happy.

Whether your child is just learning to walk on their own or are athletes at the college level, it’s vital to understand how chiropractic care can help them to live to their fullest potential and protect their health. Yes, childhood moves fast. Chiropractic can help!

The Benefits of Chiropractic Care

Children and teens are always discovering new things, but that natural curiosity paired with seemingly limitless energy can also make them more susceptible to physical trauma. A scrape here or a fall there is part of childhood, but if nothing is done to address the joint dysfunctions that can result, then it can impact a child and young adult in negative ways.

According to the American Chiropractic Association, joint dysfunctions that stem from physical trauma can cause all types of problems for children, including earaches, allergies, and much to their parent’s chagrin, interrupted sleep.

Luckily, experienced chiropractors can help and pass on to your children a variety of benefits from chiropractic, such as:

• Support for the immune system - Children can be little Petri dishes, bringing home all sorts of ailments. Chiropractic is a great way to help support their immune systems so they can fight off the myriad of things they’re exposed to and stay healthy.
• Better sleep - A child needs proper sleep to aid in their physical and cognitive development. Plus, missing out on sleep makes everyone grumpy. Joint dysfunctions can make sleep more difficult at night, so removing those with hands-on chiropractic adjustments can make for fewer sleep interruptions.
• Better behavior - OK, maybe chiropractic can’t make your devious little one into an angel overnight, but it can help to improve how the body reacts to emotional and physical stress, helping children to improve their mood and behavior in the process.

Chiropractic Care Through the Ages

Doctors at The Joint Chiropractic are trained to see patients of all ages -- from newborn babies to college-aged kids. There are specific ways that each age group can benefit from chiropractic care. They include:

• Infants - Birth is a stressful event and newborns can have stress placed on their spine during the process that needs to be addressed. Plus, a baby’s spine doubles in size over the first two years of their lives, so it’s best to ensure that the spine is developing as it should and free from joint dysfunctions as it does. Infants commonly find reprieve from issues such as colic, ear infections, constipation, and poor sleep with the help of chiropractic care.
• Toddlers - Toddlers have to toddle -- and fall down a lot in the process. The tumbles toddlers take can result in spinal stress that can inhibit their physical development. Regular chiropractic visits can help to make sure they are developing properly and help improve their mood with better sleep in the process! Those threenagers really need it.
• School-age kids - When kids start school, they’re introduced to a variety of stressors. Technology, environmental chemicals, sports, and even the processed foods they eat can interfere with the function of their nervous system. Remember, the body was made to heal itself and with the help of chiropractic care, you can ensure your child’s body does just that. Plus, chiropractors can help to make certain that this rapid period of growth in your child’s life is happening as it should.
• Teenagers - Being a teen is a special time. As a parent, you may only see them when they emerge from their room for food, but it’s important to know that today’s teens are more susceptible than ever to the impact poor posture can have on their lives. All that time playing video games, scrolling through social media, or being on the computer can place a lot of stress on the central nervous system. The chiropractor can help to reduce symptoms of this stress such as irritability, headaches, or fatigue, and to make sure they steer clear of the trappings of tech neck.

There’s a saying in parenting circles that goes like this: The days are long but the years are short. It seems like before you know it, your sweet giggly baby is striking out on their own as an adult-sized person. No matter how old your child is, it’s never too late to bring chiropractic care into their lives to reap all the benefits it has to offer.

It’s as important as learning their ABCs.

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