Chiro Babies
Being born can be tough – your baby’s work journey into the world involves a lot of pressure and forces, no matter how they are delivered. This can result in birth trauma and strain on their neck and head.
Chiropractic care is a safe and effective way to help your baby develop normally, and avoid issues with spinal growth, development and their nervous system, and health challenges in later life.
Our treatments involve very gentle spinal/manipulative techniques tailored to the age of your baby. We can help relax stiff joints and stimulate the nervous and immune systems, and address any specific issues we diagnose.
Chiropractic care and ongoing child development
As babies learn to walk and talk, new neural pathways are formed in their brains at each milestone. We can help them build and develop their brains and their strength symmetrically as they adapt to their new abilities.
Chiropractic Care for Premature Babies
Chiropractic treatments are gentle enough even for premature babies, and we be used to aid in recovery from pregnancy and birth trauma. Chiropractic care can reduce the length of time that your premature baby stays in neonatal ICU, and improve their general wellbeing and development.
Chiropractic Care & Cranial Deformities
Because babies’ skull bones are pliable, head deformities and asymmetries can result from the way your baby was positioned in the womb, birth trauma, prematurity and prolonged neonatal ICU stays, and developmental delays.
Early recognition and diagnosis can help to prevent everything from cosmetic issues to developmental delays, facial asymmetry, jaw dysfunction, ear canal problems, headaches and even eyesight issues.
Gentle pressure and safe techniques can be used to encourage full neck range of motion, cranial motion and muscle control are applied. We work with specialist orthotists who are certified and accredited to run the American FDA-approved treatment programme.
We can also assist with referrals to paediatric physiotherapists and occupational therapists, depending on your child’s needs.
Chiropractic care for your baby
Adjusting to being a Mom sometimes feels overwhelming, but chiropractic support can help with many of the challenges you might experience, including colic (sustained crying) and reflux (stomach contents passing into the airway).
Chiropractic support can lead to a significant reduction in daily hours of crying and improvement in sleeping times for babies with colic. In the case of reflux, we can help you with reassurance and education, correct positioning, feeding advice and early referral to specialists.
Our specialist treatments are also highly effective in addressing spine, muscle and nerve issues associated with posturing, petulance and sleep patterns.
Breastfeeding challenges
Tongue ties or tethered oral tissue can limit your baby’s tongue movement, and this can lead to breastfeeding difficulties.
Chiropractic care can help you prepare your baby both before and after a frenectomy (cutting a tongue tie) by loosening the neck, jaw and surrounding muscles.
This makes it easier for the doctors to perform the procedure, and ensures an easier recovery for your baby. It involves subtle musculoskeletal manipulation that encourages your baby to begin to use their muscles correctly, loosening and correcting muscle dysfunction in order to make it easier for your baby to feed naturally.
Achieving milestones
Your baby is unique, and will develop at his or her own pace. However, there are there are certain loose guidelines as to when you can expect your child to be able to do certain things.
If you’re concerned that your child may have missed a milestone, or if something doesn’t feel or look right, contact us to book an appointment. You should always trust your maternal instincts, but a second opinion can help put your mind at rest, or identify a potential issue in advance.
