PREGNANCY & CHIROPRACTIC
Your Baby, Your Body
A pregnant woman needs to have her body as healthy and strong as possible in order to handle the rigors of pregnancy and childbirth. Chiropractic care will help ensure that all body systems, especially the reproductive system including the uterus, ovaries and related organs and structures so essential for healthy pregnancy, function properly. If the slightest nerve interference occurs between the brain to the body organs and systems, it could adversely affect the mother and the developing fetus. Dr. Rich will look for these nerve interferences in the spinal column and correct them with a specific Gonstead Chiropractic adjustment. Another great reason for chiropractic care during pregnancy is that it is drugless. Drugs whether prescribed or over the counter can harm the growing fetus and you. Chiropractic patients have seen improvements with maintaining pregnancy, controlling vomiting and nausea, reducing spinal discomfort, delivering full-term infants with ease and thus producing healthier infants. Patients also report in helping back pain, premature contractions and back labor. Is chiropractic safe for pregnancy? Yes! Dr. Rich is trained in adjusting the spines of pregnant women. Chiropractors have been taking care of pregnant women for over 100 years. How late in pregnancy is it possible to get an adjustment? Patients have received adjustments even during labor. Do I have to have an apparent problem in pregnancy to see a chiropractor? Not at all. Periodic checkups during pregnancy should be as common as periodic weight checkups. Spinal checkups are important to ensure proper communication in the body, so mommy and baby are as healthy as possible. Can my baby receive chiropractic care? Yes!!! Newborns are given spinal checkups and adjustments (as needed). There is nothing better than a healthy and happy baby. When the baby is consistently unhappy, crying, not sleeping, not eating, not going to the bathroom as should, than that is the babies only way of communicating something is wrong. Spinal checkups and adjustments can help ensure a healthy functioning and growing baby. Parents see the results in a happy baby. |
INFANTS & CHIROPRACTIC
Parents do so many things to ensure their baby's health both during pregnancy and infancy. During pregnancy mothers make sure to eat right, avoid cigarettes, avoid alcohol, and all drugs.Then when the baby is born parents learn the best nutrition, healthy habits and routines.They do everything to make sure their baby is healthy as possible. But have they had their baby’s spine checked? Why do they need their spine checked? Well the spine houses the pathway for communication between the brain and the whole body. If one of the bones in your spine (vertebrae) has misaligned, it can cause interference in the nerve signals to a particular tissue or organ in the body. This is called a subluxation. That means that the tissue or organ is not able to get signals back and forth from the brain and then is not able to work properly.
How does this happen? Subluxations can occur as early as labor. Think of all the stress and force on a baby being delivered, it can be especially traumatic if it was a difficult delivery. Also during the first two years of life many babies are learning to hold their head up, roll over, crawl and walk. We all know children bump into things and fall a lot; it can be a physical time. No one is more qualified at detecting and correcting spinal misalignments than a Doctor of Chiropractic. Through chiropractic care infants are better able to develop and grow to their full potential free of many infant illnesses and health problems. Some example health problems parents see resolution in while under chiropractic care are colic, ear infections, colds, constipation, slow physical or mental development, and crawling or walking problems. |
CHILDREN & CHIROPRACTIC
Chiropractic care for my children? You might say but his/her back doesn't bother his/her. Many parents appreciate the importance of regular checkups for their child. Parents take their child to get their teeth, vision, and hearing checked to see how they are doing. Parents sometimes forget to get their child a spinal checkup. Spinal checkups could be the most important checkups your child will ever have.The spine protects billions of nerve fibers that send messages to every part of their bodies. If there is any interference of any nerves along the spinal cord the messages from the brain are not able to correctly get to the body tissues or organs. This causes the body to not be able to function and work correctly setting a potential for current and future health problems. Interference of nerve messages can occur when spinal bones (vertebrae) move out of their normal alignment, this is called a Subluxation.
How can this happen to my child?
Subluxations can occur for many reasons. They can happen as early as labor. Think of all the stress and force on a baby being delivered, it can be especially traumatic if it was a difficult delivery. Subluxations can occur throughout a child’s physical learning and development from mishaps during crawling, walking, running, and playing sports. We all know children fall and have accidents; it can be a physical time. Also pollutants in the environment or thoughts or stress can cause subluxations.
What Happens to Children Who Never get Adjusted
Last week I was adjusting a family who had been under care for several years. This family consisted of a dad, mom, and three kids. Prior to receiving care, all three kids had been dealing with recurrent ear infections, rounds of antibiotics, pediatric appointments every month, colds, flu, and bad behavior. As I worked on the kids this day, Sally, their mom, was marveling at how their lives had changed with chiropractic care. There had been no more ear infections or antibiotics, in fact, there had not even been any colds for more than a year now. Anthony, the oldest child, had not been to a pediatrician in 2 years, and he is one of the top students in his class! As Sally testified about these miraculous changes, she asked me a question I had never been asked before.She asked, “what happens to children who never get adjusted?” I answered her in the following way. “Well, some kids have a lifetime of recurrent illnesses, much like you and your kids were experiencing prior to coming in for care.But most of them…they are just average kids. She looked at me with wonder on her face as I said this and followed with another question, “I don’t understand. Are you saying that most kids don’t need chiropractic care?” “NO!” I replied, “Not at all!” Here is what I meant by that. There is nothing wrong with a child being average…if that is her potential! ”But, what if that’s NOT her potential? What if he or she was meant to be something much more than average? Even if she is meant to be average, she will not even reach that level if her brain and body can’t communicate effectively with each other.” “The only way for your children to reach their highest potential in life is to have a nervous system that is free from interference so that they can adapt to all of the physical, chemical, and mental stresses they encounter each day. That way, their energy can be used to access higher levels of creative thought instead of just trying to get through the day. In other words, they have the best possible chance of reaching their potential!" She looked at me and began to get tears in her eyes as she realized just how important their chiropractic care had been for her family.
IF YOU’RE UNDER CHIROPRACTIC CARE, YOU ARE EXPRESSING MORE LIFE!
How can this happen to my child?
Subluxations can occur for many reasons. They can happen as early as labor. Think of all the stress and force on a baby being delivered, it can be especially traumatic if it was a difficult delivery. Subluxations can occur throughout a child’s physical learning and development from mishaps during crawling, walking, running, and playing sports. We all know children fall and have accidents; it can be a physical time. Also pollutants in the environment or thoughts or stress can cause subluxations.
What Happens to Children Who Never get Adjusted
Last week I was adjusting a family who had been under care for several years. This family consisted of a dad, mom, and three kids. Prior to receiving care, all three kids had been dealing with recurrent ear infections, rounds of antibiotics, pediatric appointments every month, colds, flu, and bad behavior. As I worked on the kids this day, Sally, their mom, was marveling at how their lives had changed with chiropractic care. There had been no more ear infections or antibiotics, in fact, there had not even been any colds for more than a year now. Anthony, the oldest child, had not been to a pediatrician in 2 years, and he is one of the top students in his class! As Sally testified about these miraculous changes, she asked me a question I had never been asked before.She asked, “what happens to children who never get adjusted?” I answered her in the following way. “Well, some kids have a lifetime of recurrent illnesses, much like you and your kids were experiencing prior to coming in for care.But most of them…they are just average kids. She looked at me with wonder on her face as I said this and followed with another question, “I don’t understand. Are you saying that most kids don’t need chiropractic care?” “NO!” I replied, “Not at all!” Here is what I meant by that. There is nothing wrong with a child being average…if that is her potential! ”But, what if that’s NOT her potential? What if he or she was meant to be something much more than average? Even if she is meant to be average, she will not even reach that level if her brain and body can’t communicate effectively with each other.” “The only way for your children to reach their highest potential in life is to have a nervous system that is free from interference so that they can adapt to all of the physical, chemical, and mental stresses they encounter each day. That way, their energy can be used to access higher levels of creative thought instead of just trying to get through the day. In other words, they have the best possible chance of reaching their potential!" She looked at me and began to get tears in her eyes as she realized just how important their chiropractic care had been for her family.
IF YOU’RE UNDER CHIROPRACTIC CARE, YOU ARE EXPRESSING MORE LIFE!
