Essential Care Chiropractic
The chiropractic profession believes the human body has the ability to heal itself but there is a caveat to that belief. Chiropractic teaches that the body’s nerves are the key to overall health and the spine is the nervous system’s conduit or protective housing. It that conduit is out of alignment – what is known as a subluxation – nerves may become impinged upon causing pain but more significantly, a potential interference to organs and body systems that rely on unobstructed nerve pathways to function properly. It is this relationship that allows our profession to say “the structure of your spine, impacts the function of your body”.
I graduated from Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, CA in June of 2000 as class Valedictorian. My continuing education is in the specialty field of family care which enables me to provide the latest in chiropractic care to my patients who have ranged in age from 24 HOURS old to 88 years old. My passion lies in the special chiropractic concerns of children, including special needs children and prenatal/postnatal care. (Although I do have a lot of Dads who want to experience chiropractic with the rest of their family! )I most often hear the question “Chiropractic for kids - why?” Hopefully over the next series of articles I will make it clearer as to why this is so important but the idea is quite simple really. Since I spend a good portion of my day working with a “munchkin” crowd, I have found that simple explanations work the best. Like many of us who have moved to this area, we often are the first landscapers of our yards. We pick the trees we want to have majestically towering over and shading our backyards some day. We spend considerable time choosing the right one and a great deal of time making sure that the little seedling is planted well and staked to grow big, strong and straight. If we have paid attention, made minor adjustments along the way, we can someday remove those stakes and watch out trees thrive. The concept is a bit the same in chiropractic but the benefits for our children can be HUGE! As parents we will do ANYTHING to help our kids grow up to be happy, healthy and strong.
The majority of chiropractic patients arrive in our offices in their 40’s, in pain and in trouble. It might be because of a particular event – a fall, an accident, etc. But most often it is because after years of neglect and the repetition of certain motions with a spine that is misaligned, these patients’ spines can no longer endure what they have been asked to do and just stop usually accompanied with pain. The correction and care phase for these adults can be long and tedious – after all we are trying to “undo” years of neglect. So what if you could save your child from that experience? Think of my analogy of the little seedling…My favorite thing to tell parents is “As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.” Think about that.
With a little preventative care, you could be offering your child a huge advantage as she/he grows. The benefits are so many I cannot possibly begin to list them all here. Chiropractic care for children is gentle, they typically respond much faster than any adult I have ever seen in my office and inherently, they know that it is good for them. I have had many children who arrive hesitant to begin care and very soon are racing in the door, running down the hall trying to beat their sister or brother to the table! We have contests to see who goes first for their adjustments. Ultimately, you are giving your child a gift – a spine that is free of misalignments which allows their nervous systems to function free of any potential interference and will help them to “show up” in their world at their very best!
I look forward to sharing more about chiropractic and my practice with you. Until next time, Live Your Best Life! Namaste…..
Dr. Suzanne Lowe is a practicing chiropractor in Brentwood, California, where she works with the young and old alike. Reach her at (925) 516-8211.
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