Kids & Chiropractic (Part 2)
The most common reason for office visits to pediatricians is for an earache. By three years of age, more than two thirds of all children will have had at least one episode of earache and about thirty percent of them will have had more than three episodes.
That may be why that the most common reason for children under the age of five to present to a Chiropractor is for an ear infection.
Do children have spinal problems? Absolutely! But its presentation may not be so obvious due to lack of symptoms. Studies have shown by the time a child becomes an adult, they have experienced over 5000 falls and similar traumas to their body. The accumulation of falls can set up misalignments in the vertebral column, and as a child gets older, these misalignments will interfere with their health. Why not fix the problem now!
Many a time a child will not have spinal symptoms. But they will present with frequent colds, irritability, hyperactivity, constipation, diarrhea, allergies and a whole host of other symptoms? Can this be a spine related problem! How about an ear infection? Don’t you think a misaligned bone putting pressure on the nerve can cause an interference of flow of that nerve leading to that organ not working one hundred percent? Most healthcare professionals agree that these misalignments causing nerve interferences are called Subluxations.
You do have an option of getting children under chiropractic care so they would grow up as strong as possible by making these corrections to the Subluxations. Chiropractic adjustments have shown to strengthen the immune system by increasing the White Blood Cell count by fifteen thousand. Amazing! By strengthening their immune system, you are increasing a child’s resistance to stresses in the environment. Would you consider this a little benefit or a life changing benefit for your child?
As a parent and as a chiropractor, I have learned that all parents want to maintain the health of their kids. But most do not know who to ask or what to ask. We are programmed that when we become sick, to ingest medications. Why not start with prevention and educate your children about prevention. When your children become adults they will have learned from the best teacher in the world-you, about optimal health. Therefore, they will lead a happy and healthy life.
Yours in Health,
Stephen T. Rutkowski, D.C.
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June 8, 2009 at 5:18 PM
My son had continuous ear infections until I started him on good probiotics and they completely vanished along with his eczema, woot. I agree though, the chiro is great for them too, just wasn’t the cause of my son’s infections.