Chiropractic Elk Grove

Hi Y’All,

Just wanted to say a few things about the little people in our lives.  Know that your children are always welcome at our office.  Here are some things I think you should know/think about:

The First Subluxation

The birth process may be the cause of our first subluxation.  Forceps and Vacuum type devices used in birthing can cause extreme trauma to an infant’s spine.  Even “natural” childbirth methods can affect an infant’s spine.  Studies suggest that colic, poor appetite, ear infections or erratic sleeping habits can all be signs of subluxation.  Relax.  Newborn adjustments are gentle.  As a rule, no more pressure than you’d use to test the ripeness of a tomato is involved.

“Growing Pains”

Learning to walk, ride a bike or play sports can produce subluxations not to mention the accidents that happen as they are just playing around with each other.  Many times these subluxations are written off as “growing pains.”  Ignored, these problems may worsen until they can become more difficult to correct as an adult, later in life.

Doctor’s Orders

1250 babies were examined five days after birth, 211 suffered from vomiting, hyperactivity and sleeplessness.  Of these 211, spinal abnormalities (subluxations) were found in 95%.  Chiropractic spinal adjustments frequently resulted in the immediate stoppage of crying, muscular relaxation and sleepiness.  The authors stated that an unhealthy spine “causes many clinical feature from central motor (brain or spinal cord) impairment to lower resistance to infections - especially ear, nose and throat infections.”  By the way, the authors were Medical Doctors. 

Get Your Child (or Children) Checked

How can you find out if your child has a subluxation?  The only way to know is to bring them in and get them checked.  Only Doctors of Chiropractic are trained to locate and correct subluxations.  If a subluxation were limiting your child’s health potential, wouldn’t you want to know about it?  If money is holding you back, we have affordable family care plans that can fit any budget.  But then again, our children should come first as far as health care goes, shouldn’t they?

You should consider chiropractic care for you children as preventative care to future problems.  They will have a higher immune system with chiropractic adjustments and will be less likely to get sick. When they do get injured, because we know it is inevitable, they will recover faster than their non-adjusted counterparts, just because their nervous system is intact and knows what to do. All four of us doctors of chiropractic that work in this office work with children.  Dr. Hansen, Dr. Ferguson, myself, Dr. Munoz and the most newly arrival to our team, Dr. Anderson.  Dr. Anderson would love to build a practice around children.  She has a lot of experience providing pediatric chiropractic care, she has two young boys of her own.  Even if you don’t bring your children in to see her, even if you don’t have any please make sure you meet her and welcome her to our family.  She works Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

Talk to you soon,

Dr. Munoz