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childbirth, the baby's cervical spine (neck), can be subject to between
60-90 lbs. of force from being pulled through the birth canal by the
obstetrician. This can actually stretch the spinal cord 2-3 times
its normal length. This usually causes the very first spinal misalignments
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EAR INFECTIONS
Ear infections
in children are a plague across the United States today. By the
age of six years old, ninety percent of children have had an ear
infection. Many children suffer throughout childhood with chronic,
painful, recurrent ear infections. Unfortunately, most of these
children are placed on cycle after cycle of antibiotics, moving
from one type to another, in the hopes the antibiotic will "cure"
these infections. Sadly, chronic antibiotic therapy can lead to
other more serious conditions such as fungal infections, liver and
kidney problems, severe diarrhea and digestive problems, and a weakened
immune system.
While the typical
medical approach to ear infections is antibiotic therapy, and, if
severe and recurrent, tympanostomy (tubes in the ears), Chiropractic
takes a vastly different, natural approach. While we do not treat
ear infections themselves, we look for the cause of the ear infection,
rather than the infection itself. Chiropractors look at the integrity
of the spinal column and its surrounding areas. Any interference
in the nervous system, such as from improper alignment of the spinal
column, can cause an irritation and interruption in normal neural
impulses throughout the body. Since the nervous system controls
all bodily function, any interference in this system will result
in a breakdown of normal balance within the body. When this breakdown
occurs, the body becomes susceptible to pain, illness, infection,
and poor health (including ear infections!). The trauma of the birth
process itself as well as learning to crawl, walk, and sit can cause
infants and children to lose normal structural alignment throughout
the spinal column. When normal integrity is restored within the
nervous system, the organs, tissues, cells, and other systems are
supplied the necessary nervous information to function properly.
While, I reiterate,
we do not treat ear infections, I have seen many of my own child
patients, who've suffered for years with this painful, debilitating,
and recurrent condition, never have another ear infection, once
the cause was addressed, rather than just continuously treating
the symptom!
HEADACHES
While headaches
can be caused from a variety of things such as stress, smells, bright
lights, computer screens, dental problems, accidents, alcohol, sinus
pressure, etc., one thing is certain, they can be painfully unbearable!
While Chiropractic Care has helped millions of headache suffers
with safe, gentle, drugless methods, we are not a headache treatment
or cure-just a different approach that gets results!
Headaches are
caused by irritation to the veins, arteries, membranes, and cranial
(head) nerves inside the brain and skull, as well as muscles and
ligaments in the neck that attach to the head and spine. When these
are stretched, compressed, irritated, swollen, pulled, or there
is an infection, bang...a headache.
All aspirin
and other over the counter medications (you know which ones!), do
is place a temporary "bandage," over the problem. Meaning,
you take the medication, you feel better, but two days later, guess
what...another headache. So the medication merry-go-round continues.
The #1 side effect of prolonged aspirin usage...stomach ulcers,
from eating away at the stomach lining. That's why some aspirin
is "safety coated" to be more gentle on the stomach. Other
side effects include kidney damage, and anticoagulation of the blood
(lack of bloods clotting mechanism).
The Chiropractic
approach is to find the spinal distortion, which can irritate the
nerves, pull the muscles causing them to tighten and knot, cause
soft tissue swelling, and lead to general fatigue, malaise, and
illness in the body. Once this interference is found, and corrected
by the Chiropractor, your body is able to regain a greater level
of health and wellness, naturally! The connection is clear, and
studies have clearly shown the correlation between trauma to the
head, neck, and spine, and resultant headaches.
So the next
time (and hopefully last), your headaches have gotten the best of
you, reach for your phone and call us, not the pill bottle!
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