Baby Chiropractor
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Overview:
Chiropractic treatment for babies is considered safe and effective and only uses a slight pressure touch to help reduce uncomfortable symptoms and improve overall well-being.
Because when your baby is more comfortable, you are more relaxed, and when your baby sleeps better, you sleep better.
When Is It Recommended?
A number of complications can occur during birth and in the very early stages of development. This can cause discomfort for your baby. The problem is they can’t tell you exactly what’s wrong.
That’s when a trained and highly skilled baby chiropractor specialist can come in and help alleviate the pain caused by issues such as:
- Stress or injury from birth can be caused by the misalignment of the mother’s pelvis or complications during labour and/or delivery.
- Unaligned spine can result from an accident or excessive roughness, such as being handled by young siblings.
- Tightness and restriction in the shoulders and neck, or inability to lie on ther back comfortably leading to the inability to move the head freely due to resting or sleeping in the same position for too long and increased risk of Flat head syndrome.
It is important to note that while chiropractic adjustments are proven to help alleviate your baby’s symptoms, you should always communicate this with your midwife.
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Unique Chiropractic Benefits
Baby chiropractic can help infants and young children improve:
- Neck and shoulder pain.
- Improve the ability to turn their head equally in both directions, which can otherwise result in an asymmetrical head shape (plagiocephaly)
- The ability to lie comfortably on their back is protective against sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
- It may improve sleep. A welcome side effect of an extensive study involving 7000 treatments was improved sleep quality by 4 hours more per night. As a parent myself I know you’re excited about this one. (AECC research) although more research is required.
Breastfeeding support through chiropractic care may help alleviate:
- Fussiness and colic
- Painful latching
- Reflux or excessive spit-u
- Difficulties in feeding due to Inadequate sucking or latching or transfer of milk effectively
- Reduce nipple pain in women (Alcantara et al, 2015)
- Pain while lying on the back
The unique chiropractic adjustments of the cervical, cranial and sacrum restrictions are done by our highly trained baby chiropractor specialists at Life Balance Chiropractic. Once these are released, thereby correct neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction. This process is thought to influence the ability of a neonate to breastfeed successfully, preventing them from overarching or overextending when breastfeeding (Bernard and Alcantara, 2012; Stewart, 2012). It also provides better mobility and nervous system functioning as your child grows, ensuring they get the best start in life.
To find out more about how we can help your baby book a consultation.
