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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
10 Reasons Parents Should Consider Chiropractic Care For Their Children
Some adults may wonder why more and more children are starting to see chiropractors. That’s a good question and the answer is simple: whether we have a large spine or a tiny little spine, if that spine is creating nerve distress then our magnificent bodies cannot operate smoothly…
The nervous system is the ‘Master Controller’
The nervous system is the master controller of our body and if its communication channels become fuzzy, distorted or damaged then we experience all sorts of communication errors. For babies and children, this ineffective communication may play out as colic or irritability, an inability to suckle and breastfeed, poor sleep, developmental delays, digestion issues, asthma, behavioral problems, low energy, inability to concentrate, headaches, etc – the list is endless. In fact, regardless of what the end result or symptom may be, all roads lead back to the nervous system – to the body’s ability to self-regulate and function at a peak level.
While chiropractic may be able to help with a number of health issues, our focus is not treating or curing ailments; our focus is ensuring the nervous system has every opportunity to work efficiently and effectively.
Can you cook at night with the lights out?
For example, imagine your nervous system is like the lighting system in your home. If the lights start to dim, you might not be able to cook dinner very well, you may start banging into furniture, you may trip and hurt yourself, you may feel frightened, etc. Exactly how the dim lights influence you will vary but the issue is still the same – there is a communication problem between the wiring and the intended outcome which needs detecting and fixing.
In the same way, chiropractors spend years studying the nervous system to be able to detect and correct these ‘communication errors’ in the body.
Another question you may ask is…
“How do little kids get nerve irritation?”
Nerve irritations (or vertebral subluxations) occur as a part of normal daily life. They result from physical, chemical and emotional stressors or ‘insults’ to our health, such as bad posture, prolonged postures, sleeping on the tummy, knocks and falls, poor food choices, dehydration, exposure to chemicals and toxins, and stress and anxiety. Even before these lifestyle stressors have an impact, nerve irritation can occur in the uterus from awkward positioning, restriction of movement, and exposure to toxins, and from birth complications such as long labours, very fast labours, or forceps or caesarean delivery.
When we appreciate how important the nervous system is and how easily it can be hindered and impaired it makes sense that all children deserve to have a well-adjusted spine and nervous system … it makes sense that chiropractic is an important part of a healthy lifestyle.
10 reasons parents take their children to see a chiropractor:
- To maximize their child’s neural plasticity (brain and nerve development).
- To enhance their child’s overall health and well being.
- To strengthen immunity and reduce the incidence of colds, ear-aches and general illness.
- To help with colic and Irritable Baby Syndrome.
- To help with asthma, breathing difficulties and allergies.
- To improve spinal posture.
- To improve their child’s ability to concentrate.
- To assist with behavioral disorders and enhance emotional well being.
- To help alleviate digestive problems.
- To assist with bed-wetting and sleep issues.
Your child’s health is their greatest asset.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Magna Minute: Degenerative Disc Disease
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Cold Laser Therapy
At Magna Chiropractic we are introducing Cold Laser Therapy as an added treatment for our patients. The following is a brief description of the benefits this type of therapy can bring.
Definition: Cold laser therapies use light energy to directly stimulate the body’s cells to do what they were created to do. What happens is the laser carries particles of energy that penetrate the skin’s surface and are absorbed by the photo receptor sites in the cell membrane. The cells and tissues then convert the light energy into biochemical energy. With this increased energy, it initiates a cell to cell signal for the desired biological process to happen so the cell can function normally and be restored. Some of these processes are:
- Reduction of pain and inflammation / improved circulation and lymphatic drainage
- Decreased swelling
- Cell growth causing tissue repair and strengthening
- Improved immune response
Type of Conditions for which Laser is Helpful:
- Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Headaches/Migraines
- Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Work injuries
- Auto Accident injuries
- Back/Neck Pain
- Neuropathy
- Knee Pain
- Shoulder Pain
- Elbow Pain
- Foot Pain
- Pain Free
- Non Invasive
- No Known Side Effects
- Proven Clinical Results
- FDA Cleared Treatment
- Over 3000 Clinical Studies Published Worldwide
- Do not get treated or apply treatments to another person if you have a pacemaker.
- Directly into open eyes.
- Pregnant or lactating women.
- Over suspicious lesions or cancer.
- Over thyroid gland.