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Chiropractic Care for Babies

Ensuring Your Baby's Optimum Development

By Jason A Deitch, D.C.

The first thing that most parents feel when they think of chiropractic for babies is fear: "Can that be dangerous for my baby?" parents ask.  What many parents forget is the degree of force and trauma that is often used during the birth process. Some studies suggest anywhere from 30-90 pounds of pressure can be used in a normal birth, and vacuum extraction and forceps can add additional stress. In comparison to the light contact adjustments used by most chiropractors who care for newborns, chiropractic care clearly appears to be much gentler. The chiropractic adjustment that most people think of with the twisting and popping is not the same adjustment that is used with newborns and infants. In fact, the amount of pressure used is comparable to the amount of pressure you could press on your closed eyelid without any discomfort.

This is a very important question, because we look to our pediatricians to be the experts of our baby's health. The reason many pediatricians do not suggest that babies get checked by a Chiropractor is simply because it is not part of their training in American medical schools.

Medicine's approach is based on the inductive research of specific conditions and the associative factors related to the condition. The data is then categorized to identify the high-risk groups and activities that are considered to be causative factors. The medical approach is a mechanistic and allopathic viewpoint focused on the elimination of suffering. Medical doctors are extremely qualified to diagnose and treat disease and provide emergency first aid medical care. Their training is based on the use of medications and surgical procedures to treat and cure medical conditions.

Chiropractic's approach is based on deductive logic of how the anatomical structure of the spinal column relates to physiological function or the expression of health. The chiropractic approach is focused on allowing for optimum expression of a persons genetic potential. Chiropractors are trained to analyze the bio-mechanical and physiological function in order to improve a persons growth, development and regulation of homeostasis.

These are very different approaches. They are not in conflict or competition. They are simply different. The medical approach is to treat and cure injury and disease to ensure health. The Chiropractic approach is reduce neurological stresses that interfere with optimal development and the expression of natural health.

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