Even before their baby is born, conscientious parents-to-be will begin their training by reading about the care and feeding of children.  They will carefully and lovingly prepare warm, soft clothing and a cozy nursery.  When he enters the world, the child will be completely examined for physical and mental defects and problems, or will he?

Rarely do child-care books give attention to the extremely vital matter of the proper care of a baby's spine and nervous system.  Yet it may be in infancy that such serious problems as subluxations, fixations, spinal curvatures, and other structural distortions have their beginnings.  And it is in early childhood that they are most easily and effectively corrected, before the body has accommodated itself to them.

As the child grows older and more active, his body may receive more stress in a single day than most adults experience in a year!  Bumps, jumps, twists, falls, etc., constantly subject his growing spine to potentially serious injury.  All too often these injuries are unnoticed and untreated.  It is unsettling enough to think of the possible damage to the spine itself, but because the spine is the housing for the body's nervous system, the entire health of the child is at stake.

There is a wide range of childhood and adult ailments which stem from "normal" childish mishaps.  Colds, rashes, flu, growing pains - the common ills of childhood - usually respond well to chiropractic care.  Some conditions or problems cause more parental concern than others.  These problems may be discovered and corrected by your doctor of chiropractic, thereby helping your child develop a healthier, more normal body.

Completion of a child's spinal development does not occur until he is a young adult, even up to about 25 years of age.  Until then, but especially up to the end of his rapid growth period (15 to 19 years of age), his spine is extremely vulnerable to abnormal development.  Your chiropractor's examination and care, with periodic treatments of the neuro-musculo-spinal system, should not be neglected.  Your child should be checked periodically by a chiropractor during his formative years.

Children make good chiropractic patients.  Along with regular medical checkups, be sure your children receive invaluable chiropractic spine and nerve care.  Give your child every opportunity to develop into a normal healthy adult.  Delay - or neglect - can be dangerous, even fatal!