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A healthy nervous system, from the very first day of life
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We see many children in our Chiropractic Center, many of them infants. In our clinics, people often would ask, when observing how babies are being adjusted: "What happened to that baby? ", “Why’d they need chiropractic care if they are healthy babies? ". Our answer is very simple: "they just happened to be born".
When we begin looking after a child, parents have to complete a questionnaire with questions about their kid’s birth. We would ask where and how the baby was born. On many occasions we have seen answers like: naturally, in a hospital, induced with epidural and forceps. In cases like this, the only natural thing was the way out. Other mothers responded, "my baby has not suffered at all, she/he was born by caesarean section".
Our chiropractors have read and studied a lot about childbirth and have also witnessed the traumas suffered by babies after birth. We can say that even a natural, normal birth can be a traumatic experience for the newborn´s spine and skull. This trauma can affect the newborn and thus influence their health and development, reducing their ability to lead a healthy life from the start.
In most modern delivery techniques applied today, there is always a potential trauma. Just think about epidural, the horizontal position of the mother to give birth and even the unknown environment, all these influence and contribute to complications that may end in invasive and traumatic births. The increase in cesarean deliveries is worrying, 5% in 1970 has grown to 19% in 2010. The recommended rate is below 9%, according to the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. A cesarean section is equal to, or more traumatic than a normal delivery. The forces applied on the baby´s neck and spine can be considerably higher than in a normal delivery, as the muscles of the uterus are not helping in the process. Many mothers described feelings of stretches and jolts during the baby´s extraction process from their womb.
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Stretching and rotating a neonate´s column is a recognized source of stress on the nervous system. The application of mechanical methods such as forceps or vacuum may further increase the pressure on the skull, spine and the nervous system.Because of all this, we highly recommend chiropractic care to newborns so as to alleviate possible future problems arising from these practices. So, chiropractic helps correct stress on the spine by placing the first vertebra into place smoothly, allowing the nervous system to function as it should. Many mothers notice a difference in their children from day one after chiropractic care. Also, pediatricians are increasingly recommending moms to take their babies to see a chiropractor, particularly in cases of infant colic, but also in cases of allergies and chronic otitis.
Chiropractic care is there to correct tension on the spinal nerves, a painless and often serious problem in children. Chiropractic can also be very effective during pregnancy. Thus, Webster chiropractic technique is very useful, reduces torsion of the uterus, allowing the fetus placed in cephalic position in preparation for his/her arrival to the world.If a baby is breech that is usually reason to schedule a cesarean, but with this technique it can also be avoided. This technique has a success rate of over 80 %.
