Chiropractic care can not only help ease the aches and pains associated with bathing, lifting, carrying, and playing with children, but can also reduce tension. Chiropractic education and medical education are similar in some respects and different in others because chiropractors do not prescribe drugs. Chiropractic is among the safest of the healing arts. An adjustment is a manual thrust with a set amount of force in a specific direction on the spine to restore proper motion and position. It is a quick and painless procedure.
Newborns can receive chiropractic care.
Just as children regularly visit their pediatrician, children should also begin receiving chiropractic care early to foster healthy physical development. Here are four basic stretching exercises that are safe for all ages, when done slowly and carefully. A good set to start with. Lie flat on your back with knees bent. Flatten the small of your back by tightening up your stomach muscles and tilting your pelvis up.