A very large proportion of the population are unaware of the benefits of
chiropractic care and even those that are aware of and do make use of chiropractic services assume that it is for adults only.

Firstly it is important to realise that from the moment of birth babies have to contend with living and functioning in gravity, resulting in the exertion of forces in all directions that can lead to spinal misalignments and muscular disturbances that render them just as susceptible to neuro-musculo-skeletal conditions as adults (back pain, neck pain, headaches etc.) that they are unable to communicate to us. Misalignments can also affect the child’s nervous system resulting in syndromes such as colic, crying baby and restless baby.

Secondly, whilst growing, their maturing skeleton is subjected to genetic and/or congenital malformations such as scoliosis, hemivertebrae etc. as well as developmental aberrations resulting from neural imbalance and the effects of gravity.

Chiropractic adjustive therapy has been shown to address many of these
conditions and it is therefore important that babies, toddlers and older children should enjoy the benefits of regular chiropractic assessments and alignments.