The Benefits of Chiropractic Care for Babies

If you’re familiar with chiropractic care, you’ve likely already experienced the many benefits that come with it. You may also think that chiropractic is just for adults, but people of all ages can benefit from regular adjustments — including babies! From colic to head tilting to trouble breastfeeding, here’s how chiropractic care can help your bundle of joy.

Chiropractic for Babies

You may be shocked to hear that chiropractic care can benefit infants, but newborns, babies, and kids can all receive adjustments, just not the same way as adults. Just as chiropractors don’t adjust every adult the same way, little ones also receive special adjustments based on their unique needs. Think about it: a person who comes in for back pain relief will be adjusted differently than someone who comes in hunched over and unable to straighten their back. The same goes for infants — different tools, adjustments, and levels of forces are used. The process is very gentle and beneficial for babies.

Conditions Chiropractic Can Help

There are many reasons parents bring their children into Williamsburg Chiropractic beyond part of their long-term health plan. Here are a few common reasons chiropractic is used for little ones:

• Use of forceps in delivery: The delivery process can be difficult for both mom and baby and it is likely that at some point, the spine was subjected to different levels of twisting or rotation. That can easily result in spinal restrictions and improper movement and chiropractic can help.
• Colic: Relentless crying that seems to have no cause and interrupted sleep is common. The nervous system can easily be overloaded from stimulation based on stuck spinal joints or not moving properly.
• Head tilting/limited range of motion: If your baby tends to turn one way, tilts their head off to one side or the other, or turns more to one side than the other, it may mean they have a spinal joint restriction.
• Difficulty breastfeeding: When a newborn has trouble latching during breastfeeding, it can often cause discomfort or pain from the feeding position or inability to get into proper position due to improperly moving joints.

Your Local Brooklyn Chiropractor

At Williamsburg Chiropractor, we treat patients of all ages, including newborns and infants. The care our chiropractors provide is gentle, natural, and effective and, just as in adults, it improves quality of life. To learn more about how chiropractic can benefit your entire family, click here to contact us.