Is it safe to get my child adjusted by a chiropractor?

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This is a good question. It’s very safe, and it’s necessary. That’s kind of the flip side of that question. Why do kids need to be getting adjusted by a chiropractor or getting checked? The answer is, most spinal problems that we see in adults actually begin or occur from traumas between the ages zero and five years old. That can include in utero position, the position that they’re in when they’re in the womb, and also birth traumas, there’s a whole lot of different birth traumas that can happen when they’re trying to get the baby delivered. And a whole host of other traumas after the baby’s born, including falls and every other thing that little kids do. They hit their head, they punch their sister, and on and on.

This is a crucial period of life where the nervous system is forming, and that nervous system, again, is the control center that controls the growth of everything, all the other systems. We don’t wanna have any pressure on that system and pressure occurs when we have spinal misalignments. Kids might have pain, but especially in infants and toddlers, they can’t tell us what’s going on and it usually gets labelled “colic”. Colic is sort of that catch-all ailment that they get diagnosed with. But it can be a whole host of different symptoms, or even lack of symptoms that they have, and basically having their spines checked can remove a ton of stress on the nervous system and allow it to flourish. Everything in the body as it’s developing needs the coordination of the nervous system. Chiropractic adjustments are really gentle with kids and then kids don’t need as much care because they don’t have a long history of structural problems where they’re getting spinal wear and tear, arthritis, and spinal decay.

I highly recommend that you get your child checked by a qualified chiropractor, get their spine checked, and get their immune system and their nervous system tuned up. I’m Dr. Steven Battaglino with Battaglino Family Chiropractic and this has been your Health Minute.