Children's Care

Why Use Chiropractic Care For Children?

If you want your child to have all the benefits of a conservative, drugless approach to health care, you should consider Chiropractic Care for Children. A visit to the Doctor of Chiropractic can be a pleasant experience, one without painful injections and procedures, but with plenty of nurturing. The all-important first year of life when spinal trauma can occur during birth as well as from tumbles while learning to sit up or walk can be a good time for that first visit.

Your child's spine grows almost 50% in length during that first year (the equivalent of a six-footer growing to nine feet in just 12 months!) It's this kind of tremendous growth and developmental changes which make a complete chiropractic examination so important in the early stages of your child's life.

If you want to give your child a head start in good health you should consider Chiropractic Care for Children. Doctors of Chiropractic believe it's much more important to prevent diseases than wait till some illness occurs. Through regular adjustments, counseling on proper diet, exercise and posture, the Doctor of Chiropractic can help you raise a child whose body is structurally and functionally sound. Your child will also learn good health habits at an early age which can be very beneficial to him or her as an adult. 

If your child takes a fall, their young spine can suffer long after the tears have dried. Learning to walk, riding a bike, climbing a tree, or any normal childhood activities often lead to tumbles. Underlying injuries such as a misaligned vertebra could go undetected. The years of a child's most frequent falls are also the time of the spine's most formative period. 

Regular spinal exams by the Doctor of Chiropractic who treats children can provide corrective and preventive care for your son or daughter and peace of mind for you. 

If your child takes part in athletic activities they can be especially at risk for spinal issues. A quarterback sack could twist a young spine. A hard fastball could throw a vertebra out of alignment. A Children's Chiropractor can do more than correct these problems, they can also help improve performance on and off the field by helping the body function at its optimum level -  naturally - without stress and without drugs. 

How effective is chiropractic care for kids? Read how one child's mother describes her experience with Dr. Adams and Life Mission Chiropractic.

Ashley’s Story

As told by her Mom.

I’m passionate now, I just want everyone to know what chiropractic care can do.  It makes me cry. It makes me teary eyed just knowing how healthy she is now. We will never turn back.

You know I would have never thought of Chiropractic for regular health issues, I thought it was for older people. Starting care at Life Mission Chiropractic for Ashley has been the best decision I have ever made.

Click here to read the results of Ashley's chiropractic experience

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See how this Mom saved her son from having needless surgery. 

We encourage you to talk to us about how our unique and tested approach can help you. Call us at (904)880-0202 for a complete exam, X-ray and consultation to determine if chiropractic care is right for you.