Chiropractic For Kids

While many associate chiropractic care strictly with neck and back pain, the benefits of adjustments for babies and children have significant impacts on their overall health and well-being. Just like adults, children can have physical, emotional and chemical stressors that affect different aspects of their bodies’ ability to function properly.

Many common pediatric health issues and concerns can be improved with chiropractic care, including:

• Colic

• Ear infections

• Seasonal Allergies

• Constipation

• Reflux

• Certain Breastfeeding Issues

• Behavioral Issues

• Poor Posture

This is because pediatric chiropractic adjustments have been shown to:

• Increase function of the immune system (for example, having fewer colds)

• Create greater/equal range of motion in the neck to facilitate comfortable breastfeeding

  Facilitate proper digestion

• Improve sleep

• Improve posture

The earlier a child is able to be assessed by a chiropractor the better. Why? The nature of the birth process, whether vaginal or surgical, leads to cranial-sacral misalignments in over roughly 90% of newborns. This means that the physical stress of childbirth creates subluxations in almost all newborns. Removing these subluxations early on can restore function to all systems to the baby’s body, allowing for a full expression of health from birth. As Frederick Douglass said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Dr. Evan counts it as an honor to adjust newborns and work with their families to encourage strength and health from an early age.

Chiropractic adjustments for children

Chiropractic adjustments for children are quite gentle. For babies, the pressure applied is hardly more than you would use to press on the keyboard of your computer. Toddlers and children can receive adjustments with greater pressure, but they are skillfully modified to meet their specific developmental stage.  

For some moms, it can seem overwhelming to bring their infant to any appointment outside of the home. We understand! Dr. Evan has created an environment to ensure families feel comfortable bringing children of any age to Atlas. We have a space with toys for toddlers and young children, and a private room with a changing table for moms to change diapers, address their children’s needs, nurse – whatever they need!

There are also several ways Dr. Evan is able to adjust babies, making life easy on both mom and baby:

• In their car seat: whether your baby is sleeping and you want him to stay that way, or he’s content and you don’t want to disrupt that, Dr. Evan can effectively adjust your baby while he remains in his car seat.

• Dr. Evan holding baby: Dr. Evan, a father of two himself, can hold your child to gently adjust him. And you get to enjoy having free arms for a few minutes!

• Mom/Dad holding baby: If your little one is in a phase where they prefer mom or dad or have stranger anxiety, Dr. Evan can also adjust children while they are being held by their parents. These things are understandable and don’t have to be a reason to not schedule an appointment.