Chiropractic Care: Helping Fight Pain, Ear Infections, Colic, Asthma and Other Childhood Diseases

Every Burnsville, MN parent wants to keep his or her child healthy and fight the many childhood diseases, like ear infections, colic, back pain and asthma.  Many factors can contribute a child’s overall health, including a subluxated spine. Chiropractic adjustments throughout childhood to correct the subluxations provide the opportunity to be as healthy as possible.

Understanding Subluxation

The brain sends messages through he nerves. When a nerve becomes stretched or twisted, such as when a vertebra is out of alignment, the messages are disrupted. Additionally, subluxations cause poor posture, which applies tension to the muscles, ligaments and tendons.

Many Parents introduce chiropractic care beginning at birth is documented in a recent story in the Global Post, which reports, “Chiropractors maintain the health of your child's spine to relieve any pressure or dysfunction that may be causing these (common childhood) problems.”

Common Child Illness Help

The International Chiropractic Pediatric Association offers research a number of issues and diseases, including colic, asthma, headaches, ear infections, fever, scoliosis, vision problems and many others. 

A pilot study published in the Journal of Chiropractic Research showed children who had more than seven visits to the chiropractor each year had an increased resistance to common childhood diseases. 

Safe and Natural

The key factor for parents is chiropractic care is safe and natural for children. Unlike drugs, it does not try to stimulate or inhibit any bodily functions. Chiropractic addresses the relationship between the nervous system and disease through chiropractic adjustments.