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Chiropractic for Children

Chiropractic for Children

So many problems in growing children are attributable to modern lifestyle including lack of exercise, poor nutrition and increasing intervention both at birth and later, in the form of innappropriate orthodontics.

Although some problems such as glue ear will spontaneously resolve at about 8 years old, due to the changing shape of the cranium facilitating a more vertical position of the Eustachian tube, others can supercede these as the major growth spurts kick in. The long bones can cause growing pains and dental problems can retard facial development or vice versa. So many children receive orthodontic care without first consulting a craniopath to have the cranium assessed. This is ‘putting the cart before the horse’ as the bite (occlusion) should be assessed after cranial work is completed, not before.

The previously accepted protocols of extracting teeth because of overcrowding is now being replaced by a more enlightened approach using expansion appliances to expand the dental arches. Nobody is born with too many teeth, just insufficient space to accommodate them.

Quite rightly, children become increasingly active in sport and activities as they grow older but this also gives more opportunities to create problems. Impact sports in particular, such as football, rugby and hockey can lead to injury as can falls from activities such as skateboarding, skiing, motor-biking and horse riding. Often the participant and his/her carers thing that the fall or injury passed without lasting damage or implications; a broken bone heals; a sprained ankle recovers, but only detailed professional examination can determine if the joint has fully recovered to its optimum function. Chiropractic care can provide that extra bit of help that enhances performance and protects from lasting joint dysfunction.

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