Children experience many physical stressors during their growing years.

The resulting problems in children’s spines can occur at almost any point in their development and growth. Many challenges can develop right from utero! Many women will have heard of fetal positions that can cause problems with labour (brow, breech, transverse, posterior, etc). What is less well known is that these fetal positions can also cause problems in the baby’s spine as well. Then when we consider the actual birthing process, many of us can understand how this can create stress in a baby's spine and nervous system—not to mention interventions such as vacuum extraction, forceps or caesarean section. 
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Since nervous system trauma can occur at, or prior to birth, many parents elect to have their newborn’s spine and nervous systems checked right after birth. Many developmental milestones such as learning to hold up the head, sitting upright, crawling, and walking are all activities that are affected by spinal alignment and are important times to have a child checked by a chiropractor. Additionally, falls, sports injuries, playground bumps, heavy school bags and sitting all day in the classroom are all physical stresses to the growing child's spine and nervous system.

It is estimated that children fall 5000 times before the age of 5 years old.​
That can cause physical stress to their little spines!

The paediatric practice members in our office are adjusted using the 'Activator' adjusting tool, specific paediatric manual techniques, as well as intra-oral specific techniques for latching, tongue and lip-tie challenges. Both doctors at Vita are highly experienced in providing a gentle, effective and non-invasive form of care!

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