Why Pediatric chiropractic?

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Did you know your babies brain will more than double in size in the first year of life?

From in-utero to the first year of life your child is learning how to connect pathways of communication from their brain to their body. The first few months to years of your child’s life leave a foundational imprint on their ability to process stress, emotions, and patterns of sleep.

In children we can evaluate this body mind connection by testing their primitive reflexes.

Primitive Reflexes

Primitive reflexes are involuntary movements in babies that originate from the brain stem. They are needed for survival and development in the womb through the early months of life. These movements help your baby develop neurologic pathways which become important for:

Despite being necessary for development, your child is supposed to out grow these reflexes.

Symptoms

If your child doesn’t grow out of these reflexes they can begin to exhibit some or many of the following conditions

Babies

Toddlers

Adolescents

So what is interrupting my childs development?

Subluxations

Subluxation are restrictions or stressors that interfere with the communication between your babies mind and body. Subluxation occurs when there is a traction or stretching forces on the child’s dural meningeal system.

At times, even the most natural births involve traction of the newborn’s neck and shoulders during delivery. These problems can even arise from suboptimal sleeping position or start in utero.

Releasing these subluxations will help your child move freely and develop properly

Treating Newborns

Chiropractic care for babies looks quite different than adult care.

Chiropractic care for babies is gentle and all about restoring proper balance and ease throughout the body.

Docter Serena will evaluate your babies spine and nervous system using techniques from the icpa and sacro ocipital technique (SOT). Examination will determine if and where your babies neurological or structural system may be compensating. Gentle tonal and activator techniques will be utilized to correct these imbalances to help improve and undesirable symtpoms and set them up for a life time of optimal function.

How Can We Help?

At Serene Chiropractic in Worcester MA we’re certified in Sacral Occipital Technique and have extensive training through the ICPA (international chiropractic pediatric association).