Are Your Kids in Need of Chiropractic?
Most people are surprised to find out that the first stress placed on a child’s neck and back is during the birthing process. An estimated 60-90 lbs. of force is used on an infant’s neck during “normal” delivery. Do you think this could cause damage to your child’s spine and nervous system? Fact: The nervous system controls every cell and organ (heart, lungs, brain, stomach) in your body. Equally surprising is the fact that 26% of children surveyed at school reported a histor
Thoughts, Trauma and Toxins: Three Causes of Subluxation
In his Pathways article, Thoughts, Trauma and Toxins, Dr. David Gustitus refers to founder of chiropractic, D.D. Palmer’s, famous text, The Chiropractor’s Adjustor, which identities these “Three T’s” as the causes of vertebral subluxation. Dr. Gustitus reports that since the time of Palmer’s text, chiropractic has expanded its understanding of subluxation to be more than misalignment of spinal bones and pinched nerves. He writes that subluxation is now agreed to be the result