Common Questions From Parents:

- How early should children be adjusted?
- Is it safe?
- Aren’t their bones still soft?
- Why do they need adjustments?
- What if they cry?
- How can we afford it?

All of these questions and more go through the minds of parents who are considering chiropractic care for their kids. Some parents are hesitant about getting their children adjusted even though they are under care themselves.

Our kids are so special to us that sometimes, in an effort to protect them, we become overprotective and deprive them of necessary and valuable experiences.

If chiropractic care is necessary to your good health and for reaching your full potential in life as an adult, then it logically follows that it is even more necessary for a child!

After all, they have nerve systems that control and coordinate all of their body functions just as you do. And, just like you, they can get subluxations that will interfere with the full outward expression of their Life force. The only difference is that they still have an entire lifetime ahead of them in which to manifest the results of what they do today.

It’s Never Too Soon to Visit a Maple Ridge Chiropractor

Subluxations can occur at any time. The first one may very well have occurred during the baby’s birthing process, demonstrated in the image on the left. The head can be pulled, twisted, or in difficult cases, forceps or vacuum extraction procedures are administered. That is why parents who understand the importance of being subluxation-free have their newborns examined by their chiropractor as soon after birth as possible.

By correcting subluxations at an early age, the damage that inevitably comes from functioning at less than optimal levels can be prevented. The longer a subluxation is present, the greater the damage. In addition, the longer a subluxation is present, the longer your child’s body will continue to ‘reproduce itself’ (i.e., grow) in the wrong way! As the twig is bent, so grows the tree!

Many people who come into a chiropractor’s office for the first time as adults would have had far greater potential for regaining their health if they had received regular chiropractic care as children.

Kids Make Great Patients!

Adjusting a child is not a difficult procedure. In fact, in most cases, a child’s spine is much easier to adjust than an adult’s. They have not had the long-standing subluxations, their muscles are usually not as tense and they are usually more relaxed in general than adults. As you can see from the picture here, Dr. Nima checks and adjusts Michael, on his first day after he was born!

Not only are kids easier to adjust, but also in most cases, they hold their adjustments for longer periods of time and their corrective adjustment plans are almost always significantly shorter than the average adult. However, with the falls, accidents and the generally active lives most kids experience, regular check-ups are vital.

It’s never too early or too late to start the process of clearing the nerve system of Subluxations. Once this is accomplished, wellness-oriented chiropractic care ensures that subluxations are dealt with on a regular basis, BEFORE they become detrimental to your health. How do you get started? You can begin this process with a Chiropractic Examination at our Chiropractors’ office in Maple Ridge.