Kids Club

Chiropractic Care for Kids: Ensuring your child's optimum development

The idea of chiropractic care for babies is new for many people, but it has been going on for over 100 years.

Is chiropractic care safe for infants?

Center for Life Chiropractic Bend Oregon. The first thing that most parents feel when they think of chiropractic for babies is fear. Can that be dangerous for my baby? parents ask. What many parents forget is the degree of force and trauma that is often used during the birth process. Some studies suggest anywhere from 30-90 pounds of pressure can be used in a normal birth, and vacuum extraction and forceps can add additional stress. In comparison to the light contact adjustments used by most chiropractors that care for newborns, chiropractic care clearly appears to be much gentler. The chiropractic adjustment that most people think of with twisting and popping is not the same with newborns and infants. In fact, the amount of pressure used is comparable to the amount of pressure you could press on your closed eyelid without any discomfort.

Chiropractic care is safe and fun for kids!  Dr. Jason has spent many years perfecting his ability to adjust children and to effectively communicate chiropractic to them and their parents. He has created an non-threatening environment in his office that shows the kids that chiropractic can be fun too. He has techniques for adjusting pregnant mothers, newborn babies, toddlers, and teens too. Dr. Jason even adjusts his three sons regularly for their own health and wellness!  Chiropractic Kids Bend at Center for Life Chiropractic is a fun place to enjoy chiropractic care for your kids!  Pediatric Chiropractic is tried and true method to help your kids be the best they can be!

An increase in chronic childhood disease is part of the reason parents today seek alternative health care for kids. Chiropractic care is an effective and affordable program by licensed providers that addresses children's health conditions associated with the nervous and musculoskeletal systems. Gentle, noninvasive and drug free, chiropractic adjustments treat, resolve and prevent a wide range of health problems. Recent research by the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) found spinal adjustments safe and successful in treating children of all ages.

Acute conditions may result from birth trauma, sports mishaps and accidental injury. Chiropractic care benefits children by correcting the spinal alignment to improve their overall health . When vertebral joints are misaligned during birth or from a blow or fall, muscle tissue and nerves may also be affected. Spinal adjustment frees joints, restores motion and relieves nerve pressure, which may be the cause of additional ailments. Parents report successful treatment of children's health issues such as acute earache, upper respiratory infection, muscle pain, neck pain and accident trauma. Spinal adjustments for children as young as newborn babies is an alternative treatment for the discomfort of colic and other digestive disorders as well.