When
we think of chiropractic wellness, we’re liable to connect it to purely adult
concerns. After all, back and neck pains
are the most common reasons for visiting the chiropractor. Still, more and more people are starting to
turn to the chiropractor for relief of an increasing range of symptoms and
chiropractic treatment has become an option not just for adults but for
children as well. One of the most
exciting prospects regarding the application of chiropractic techniques to
paediatrics is the connection between chiropractic wellness and infant colic.
Colic
is a very mysterious condition despite the fact that many babies from birth to
three months old are known to suffer from it.
A baby is considered to have colic if it cries continuously for
prolonged periods of time without any apparent cause. If you’ve fed your baby, burped him, changed
his diaper and have done your utmost to rock and soothe him but he continues to
cry, then you have a colicky baby on your hands. Since no one knows exactly what causes colic,
there is no clear solution to the problem.
A doctor is likely to prescribe drugs for acid reflux or to just assure
parents that baby will grow out of it in time.
Babies do grow out of colic and are usually colic-free after about
twelve weeks of age, but what is a harassed mom or dad to do in the meantime?
For
one thing, a visit to the chiropractor or a chiropractic wellness center might
be in order. This might sound strange
since many are apt to view colic as a mostly digestive problem, due to the fact
that paediatricians usually ascribe it to acid reflux. However, it’s not really so odd once you
remember that chiropractic wellness is actually achieved when all the body’ s
systems are in good working order as a result of the correct alignment of the
spine and the smooth functioning of the nervous system. We are apt to forget that the birthing
process can be difficult on a baby’s spine and neckpain particularly when forceps or a vacuum have been used to help the
baby exit the birth canal. When a baby
is brought to the chiropractor, a series of very mild manipulations will be
performed in order to remove any subluxations in the spine. When spinal alignment has been restored, then
tension disappears and energy is able to flow freely through the nervous
system, making baby much more comfortable and hopefully, colic-free.