Chiropractic care for children offers your family a solid foundation for wellness. Throughout pregnancy, birth, and childhood, the chiropractic lifestyle offers choices and benefits for greater health and well-being.

The cause of many newborn health complaints such as colic, reflux, breastfeeding difficulties, sleep disturbances, allergic reactions, and chronic infections can often be traced to nervous system irritation caused by spinal and cranial misalignments.

Since significant spinal trauma can occur at, or prior to birth, many parents elect to have their newborn’s spine checked right after birth. Many developmental milestones such as learning to hold up the head, sitting upright, crawling, and walking are all activities affected by spinal alignment and are important times to have a child checked by a chiropractor.

How can I tell if my baby has spinal problems?
Unless it’s an obvious problem, like congenital torticolis, it can be difficult for a parent to recognize when a baby’s spine is not working correctly. A spinal evaluation by a chiropractor will identify any problems, which are best corrected early in life. 

Here are some of the signs parents should be aware of:

• Disturbed sleeping patterns
• Breastfeeding difficulties in the very young
• Restricted head or neck movement to one side
• One shoulder higher than the other
• Recurring regurgitating
• Fussy or colicky baby
• Constipation