As a certified babywearing consultant and having worked with Chiropractors for over 20 years, I am often asked to guide parents in selecting appropriate carriers and techniques that will optimize…
Babies and children - Articles
Chiropractic Care for a Smoother Birth: Promoting Wellness During Pregnancy
Chiropractic care during pregnancy is becoming increasingly popular among expectant parents seeking a holistic approach to prenatal care. Misalignments in the spine and pelvis during pregnancy can cause complications during labour and delivery, but Chiropractic care can help address these subluxations and promote overall wellness.
Chiro for Kids
Chiropractic Care for Children of All Ages Chiropractic care can help your child’s physical and emotional health throughout their life – from birth through to adulthood. The Early Years As parents, we do so many things to ensure our baby’s...
Learning to Master Your Mind Starts with Awareness
“Where does your mind end and your body start?” This was a question the Dali Lama posed to a group of neuroscientists at a conference that led to a full two-day discussion. The clearest answer the world’s best scientists could give was that they did not know if there...
Chiropractor’s Toolkit – Digital Posture Scans
“Posture affects and moderates every physiologic function from breathing to hormonal production. Spinal pain, headache, mood, blood pressure, pulse and lung capacity are among the functions most easily influenced by posture.” AJPM 1994 Your posture is vital to how...
Chiropractic Care to Ease the School Holidays Stress
While school holidays are an exciting time for children, it can be a time of stress and anxiety for parents - organising time off work, childcare, holiday clubs, a family holiday, or a visit with extended family. Chiropractic care can help your body deal with stress...
Helping Children To Make Change
Following on from my article about nutrition, I have had a number of parents ask me for ideas on how to help their children to eat more along the lines of the healthier lifestyle that they lead. I thought I would use my experience and help with this challenge. These...
7 Backpack Posture Tips
Research confirms that heavy backpacks can be a burden on children’s posture. Wearing backpacks that are too heavy can cause serious strain on the body, compromising structural stability. According to the National Safety Council (2018), over loaded backpacks can cause...
Are your children living life to their full potential?
Your children don’t have any back pain, neck pain, headaches or injuries so they don’t need Chiropractic, right? Or is it? Your nervous system is the master control system of your body, controlling everything from breathing to growth to concentration to your skin and...
Are We Broken?
24% of Kids on Prescription Drugs! A quarter of all the children in the US are on prescription drugs? My first reaction was to think that this has to be wrong but in September 2011 the US National Centre for Health Statistics published a study that said exactly...