When most people think about visiting a chiropractor, they think about individuals who have been in an accident, individuals dealing with degenerative spinal issues, as well as those who experience back pain as a result of bad posture or repetitive stress. However, many are surprised to learn that parents find it beneficial to have their newborn checked out by a chiropractor.
Newborns may experience spinal subluxations, which are vertebrate that are misaligned as a result of being in an abnormal position while in the uterus. Their spine might also experience distress by the process of passing through the birth canal during delivery. For this reason, it is ideal for babies to be checked and receive necessary adjustments as soon as it is possible after birth.
As one researcher commented, the idea of having a newborn visit the chiropractor may seem strange to some, but this is because the trauma that birth places on an infant is drastically under publicized. For this reason it is under treated.
Adding to the benefits of having a newborn visit the chiropractor, a prominent researcher on birth trauma commented that a newborn’s survival is intrinsically linked to the integrity and the function of their brain stem and spinal column. The researcher goes on to add that it is ironic that the importance of injury at birth to the brain stem and the spinal cord is only given passing attention.
Researchers conclude that infants can develop nerve dysfunctions that will stick with them for the rest of their life because of the misalignment of the first vertebrate in their neck after birth. Visiting a chiropractor can address these issues.