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Generally, when you think of Chiropractic, you think of adults and lower back pain – or whiplash injuries. Truth is, chiropractic is more than just a means of pain relief, as important as that is.
The goal of a doctor of chiropractic is to help your body maintain itself in top working order.
This is accomplished by relieving spinal nerve stress. This type of stress is brought on by misalignment of the spinal column and or related structures (hips, shoulders, extremities, etc.) that pinch or stretch or in any way irritate the nervous system.
Adults are not the only ones to suffer from these misalignments.
Think about what a child goes through in an ordinary day of his or her lives. Whether it is learning to walk, or learning to ride a bike, or learning the facts of gravity, there's a lot of bouncing going on. How well would we bounce back from the falls and bumps they take in a day?
There are other good reasons for children to have regular chiropractic visits. Parents are becoming more concerned about the effects and side effects of all the medications being used and are looking for viable alternatives to maintaining their children's health.
According to the Academic Pediatrics and the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine the number of children visiting chiropractors is on the increase,1 and around 12% of all chiropractic visits were for children.2
It makes sense that if a child's nerve function is close to 100% then his or her immune system is going to be able to do what it was designed for more efficiently.
If you have any questions or concerns as to whether chiropractic would be right for your child, get in touch with our office. Dr. Runge will be happy to discuss it with you.
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1. Lee A, Li H, Kemper KJ. Chiropractic care for children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.2000;154 (4):401– 407
2. Sawni-Sikand, Schubiner H, Thomas RL. Use of complementary/alternative therapies among children in primary care pediatrics. Ambul Pediatr.2002;2 (2):99– 103
Both cited from an article in Pediatrics, Official Journal Of The American Academy Of Pediatrics
Vol. 122 No. 6December 1, 2008 pp. 1374 -1386
The goal of a doctor of chiropractic is to help your body maintain itself in top working order.
This is accomplished by relieving spinal nerve stress. This type of stress is brought on by misalignment of the spinal column and or related structures (hips, shoulders, extremities, etc.) that pinch or stretch or in any way irritate the nervous system.
Adults are not the only ones to suffer from these misalignments.
Think about what a child goes through in an ordinary day of his or her lives. Whether it is learning to walk, or learning to ride a bike, or learning the facts of gravity, there's a lot of bouncing going on. How well would we bounce back from the falls and bumps they take in a day?
There are other good reasons for children to have regular chiropractic visits. Parents are becoming more concerned about the effects and side effects of all the medications being used and are looking for viable alternatives to maintaining their children's health.
According to the Academic Pediatrics and the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine the number of children visiting chiropractors is on the increase,1 and around 12% of all chiropractic visits were for children.2
It makes sense that if a child's nerve function is close to 100% then his or her immune system is going to be able to do what it was designed for more efficiently.
If you have any questions or concerns as to whether chiropractic would be right for your child, get in touch with our office. Dr. Runge will be happy to discuss it with you.
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1. Lee A, Li H, Kemper KJ. Chiropractic care for children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.2000;154 (4):401– 407
2. Sawni-Sikand, Schubiner H, Thomas RL. Use of complementary/alternative therapies among children in primary care pediatrics. Ambul Pediatr.2002;2 (2):99– 103
Both cited from an article in Pediatrics, Official Journal Of The American Academy Of Pediatrics
Vol. 122 No. 6December 1, 2008 pp. 1374 -1386
