WHAT DO WE TREAT

Overview:

When it comes to infants and kids, most people are unaware of the importance of chiropractic care throughout their growing lives.

Causes:

• Birth stress during vaginal delivery or caesarean delivery
• Stresses on low back when changing diapers with wrong technique
• Lifting the baby without supporting the neck and upper back
• Falling down frequently

Common Conditions:

1. Irregular head shape – this happens when baby prefer sleeping in a certain position with head tilted or rotated to one side, this causes the shape of the skull to be irregular.
2. Delayed development such as crawling, walking, speech, recognition – misaligned vertebrae bone causes nerve pressure and affects the nerve supply to all parts of the body including our brains. This might lead to delayed development in our child.
3. Digestion issues- nerves supply to our internal organs will be affected by misaligned vertebrae bone and cause issues to our digestive tracts such as frequent vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, colic and lack of appetite. Colic- frequent, prolonged and intense crying or fussiness in a healthy infant, normally due to discomfort in stomach.
4. Walking issues – Walking (Gait) abnormalities are commonly seen in kids such as flatfeet, toe walking, pigeon toes, bowlegs, and knock-knees.
5. Sleeping Issues – Frequent waking during sleeps
6. Skin allergy- Eczema and other skin issues might be affected by weaken immune system

How can chiropractic help?

The aim of chiropractic treatment is to ensure the nervous system in the body functions optimally without the interference of nerve pressure, hence helping the development in infants and kids. Chiropractic adjustment is very gentle, specific and fun, your kids will love it!

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. Baby with hip dysplasia. This condition causes a baby’s hips to develop in the wrong location because of overly relaxed ligaments and joints.
2. Experienced severe injury and fall

Overview:

Pains and discomforts during pregnancy and postpartum period are extremely common nowadays to most women. Our body going through lots of changes physically and innerly. It is possible to have a healthy and pain-free pregnancy and postnatal life with the help of chiropractic care!

Causes:

• Increase stress in low back and pelvic due to increase in body weight and body curves
• Ligamentous laxity due to hormonal changes during pregnancy and postpartum
• Daily postures such as sleeping, sitting and carrying weights as well as taking care of newborns
• Lack of movements and exercises during pregnancy and postpartum period

Common Conditions:

1. Low back pain- Pregnancy related low back pain is a common complaint that occurs in 60-70% of pregnancies and can be defined as pain between the 12th rib and the gluteal folds/pubic symphysis during the course of pregnancy.
2. Neck and shoulders pain- Pain, tightness, soreness and pulling in shoulder and neck areas are common. Normally related to the postural changes and habits during pregnancy and postpartum period.
3. Hands and legs numbness- Nerve pressure caused by misaligned vertebrae bone causes localized discomfort and possibly radiating to the posterolateral thigh, to the knee and calf.
4. Leg(s) cramps – Painful involuntary muscle contractions that typically affect the calf, foot or both, these are common during pregnancy, often striking at night during the second and third trimesters.
5. Digestion issues – The space in the belly becomes limited as the baby grows, it compresses our internal organs and normally causes bloating and constipation. These might be affected by hormonal changes during pregnancy and affect nausea and morning sickness.
6. Sleeping issues – Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or both. Women can experience insomnia during all stages of pregnancy, but it tends to be more common in the first and third trimesters.

How Gonstead chiropractic can help?

Gonstead chiropractic care is very gentle and we have different tables and tools to help with our treatment as the baby is growing in mothers’ belly. Specific spinal adjustment ensures that our body receive the maximal benefits of chiropractic care without experiencing any discomforts. Soft tissues therapy will be performed to relieve the tension in ligaments and muscles as well as educating patients with proper exercises to help with the healing and function.

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. Severe bleeding
2. Extreme pain in stomach
3. Extreme dizziness and vomiting

Postpartum period is commonly defined as the six weeks after childbirth. This is a very important time for both you and your newborn baby as you adjust to each other and your expanded family. In the first few hours and days after childbirth, you will experience many changes, both physically and emotionally.

How chiropractic can help?

Chiropractic care can effectively reduce pain and discomforts during this period and help to restore the function in our body, allowing our postpartum body to heal better and faster internally and physically.

When to visit hospital first before coming?

1. Severe bleeding
2. Extreme dizziness and vomiting