Chiropractic & Children

When most people think of chiropractic, they think of treatment for back pain or headaches and would never even consider that their children could benefit from chiropractic, let alone their new-born baby. 

From birth, children are subjected to stresses and strains which are quite incredible.  Some babies go through quite traumatic births, often involving forceps and a great deal of pressure on the baby's head and neck.  Babies are sometimes born with dislocated hips and other joints.  The first thing that many people know about it is in later life when they need a hip replacement at 40, suffer from terrible back pain from an early age or tear-enducing headaches at work.

A great deal of problems can be corrected (and prevented) at an early age!!

Unfortunately, what many family health workers don't know is that many problems can be dealt with by a chiropractor early on in a child's life to help prevent complications developing in the future.  If all babies and older children had their spines checked while they were still growing, there would be so many problems which would just never arise in later life.  Chiropractors have a great deal of success with babies who suffer from colic and persistent crying.

If a child has no obvious problems, there's just as much reason to have their spines checked.  Children today spend a great deal of time indoors, using computers, watching television and playing video games, often slumped on the floor or lounging around on an unsupportive sofa.  It's no wonder that more and more young people are suffering from back problems.  As adults, if we can instill in children the importance of looking after their backs, exercising and eating well, we will help them avoid poor health in the future.

Contrary to popular belief, as chiropractors, we don't want to see lots of people in pain....we'd like to see lots of healthy patients.  Believe us, it's much nicer for us to spend our days with happy, healthy patients!  It's our job to make sure that parents and children know how to look after themselves to reduce the risk of problems developing in the future.

Our qualified Paediatric Chiropractor, Dr Anna Garstin, is specially trained to assess and treat everyone from new-born babies upwards.  Book your child in today for a check up and make sure they're on the right track.