Chiropractic for Kids

Like all people, kids are not immune to musculo-skeletal problems. When I was 12 years old I used to get headaches everyday. I would come home from school and take some Tylenol and go to sleep for a couple hours. After almost a year of constant headaches my mom started bringing me to different doctors. First the family doctor, then the ophthalmologist, then neurologists and so on. No one could find anything that would be causing my headaches. Finally a wise doctor referred me to a chiropractor and I skeptically went. After a quick examination he pushed on the small muscles between the top of my neck and the bottom of my head. He asked if this hurt and if it felt like it was producing a headache, to my surprise it was. He explained that this was a headache trigger point and that it could be fixed in a few visits. I saw him about 6 times where he did deep tissue massage, ultrasound and light adjustments. After the 6 visits the headaches were gone for good. We also realized that it was the way I was sleeping and my posture in the classroom which brought about the headaches in the first place. So after my treatments I changed the way I slept and my posture and the headaches never came back.

A lot of people, both kids and adults, go to specialist doctors and don't get an answer for their problems and they feel helpless. Sometimes they feel that if a fancy neurologist can't figure out a problem, how could a chiropractor. What a lot of people and some doctors don't realize is that chiropractors are the authority on musculo-skeletal problems. That's all we deal with all day so if you have a problem that can be cured without drugs or surgery a chiropractor is who you want to see.

Kids are different than adults in the fact that they are growing. When an injury or something occurs in a child it can affect the way they grow. It can change their posture or bio-mechanics which can affect them for the rest of their life. If you notice your child has bad posture, headaches, a scoliosis, a limp or anything else that doesn't seem normal they should be seen by a chiropractor to correct the problem as soon as possible before it becomes a life long problem.

Babies

At Siwiec Chiropractic, we even adjust newborn babies. Some parents have their children adjusted just days or weeks after birth because the birthing process is a traumatic experience and can actually cause injuries to the baby. Very mild adjustments and motions are applied to the babies back to make sure the spine is aligned properly and that there are no muscular abnormalities. The baby usually seems to enjoy it and often stops crying and leans back into the chiropractors hand. Although there have not been many studies with Chiropractic and babies, parents and doctors report that is helps with colic, sleep, crying, digestive disorders, asthma, gas, posture and many other problems.

If you would like to get your baby examined by a Chiropractor, Call Dr. Siwiec at 732-232-0935