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Should your child see a chiropractor?
By Ryan Rosenthal of Advanced Physical Medicine
The number of children receiving chiropractic care continues to rise as scientific studies show that chiropractic care benefits children. Still, some people don’t trust “alternative medicine” completely. What’s a good parent to do? For one, consider the safety issues and any potential risk before embarking on any medical therapy for a child. And, do personal research. Yes, chiropractic care can help children. Physically active children often suffer from injuries due to sports, in addition to the strain caused by daily life. Such injuries can cause back and neck pain, stiffness, soreness, and discomfort. Since chiropractic care is always extremely personalized to the individual patient, any therapy should begin only after careful medical examination. Apparently, you’re never too young for your first appointment. Mere hours after birth, some babies receive their first chiropractic adjustment, due to the trauma inflicted upon the spine during abnormal or casarean births. Even afterwards, babies’ neck muscles experience a lot of strain during the first few months of life, and sitting in car seats doesn’t help. Throughout the first year, a baby's spine will grow 50% and develop secondary curves, and with rapid growth like this, things can go wrong. Regular chiropractic checkups help with a child’s healthful spine growth and reduce the risk for scoliosis. As kids get older, they only get more active and increase their risk for sports-related injuries. Therefore, the earlier they get their spines checked, the better chances are that problems get solved and prevent serious damage. Even without symptoms, children should get checked regularly for every medical issue: prevention is the best medicine whether you use a chiropractor or any other type of physician. Regardless of age, reports of injury following chiropractic care are virtually non-existent. Of course, when working on young children, chiropractors should take extra caution when manipulating the bones in the spinal cord area, using only low force and low amplitude. To minimize neurovascular complications, chiropractors should avoid and possibly exclude rotation, extension, and traction. In reality however, chiropractic care causes far less complications than other healthcare methods: according to a study issued by the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association, in the last 32 years, there have been only 2 reports of pediatric injuries in over ½ billion visits to chiropractic offices by children. On the other hand, chiropractic care is still considered “alternative medicine” in some circles and does expose children to x-rays. Keep all this in mind.
In the end, it’s a personal decision between your family and your physician. Know the risks and benefits and ask lots of questions. Learn more about chiropractic care as it relates to children at our website: www.AdvancedPhysicalMedicine.org. Our blog contains numerous posts on this topic.
Born and raised in New York City, Dr. Rosenthal came to the Midwest to study medicine at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. A serious car accident, however, changed his mind about practicing the traditional medicine he was studying, leading him to refocus his career path on becoming a specialist in chiropractic medicine. With more than ten years of experience in chiropractic medicine, Dr. Rosenthal guides his patients through gentle protocols to allow a smooth return to optimal health. Not only does Dr. Rosenthal practice health and medicine through his Chicago Chiropractic clinic, but he actively works to give patients and knowledge seekers alike meaningful content, advice, and help on helath related issues through published research. In addition to published research presented at the American Academy of Pain Management on spinal decompression, he has published numerous articles on health and nutrition and is the chief editor of a bimonthly article in the Austin Voice Newspaper called "Dr. Backs". Most recently, Dr. Rosenthal has launched a wellness blog at advancedphysicalmedicine.wordpress.com with the vision of teaching the online audience easy-to-follow wellness techniques.
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I enjoyed reading this very informative intel. I do not know anyone who has used chiropractic treatments on their babies. Is this a practice used in hospitals now?
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Hi Laraine, Chiropractic is not widely used by physicians at hospital yet, although it is becoming more popular. I believe this summer in Chicago the 1st chiropractic clinic will open in an actual hospital. I am very excited about this!
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