Why Kids Respond So Much Better to Upper Cervical Care
You can ask any Upper Cervical doctor throughout the country
and they will tell you that kids hold their corrections longer than adults do. This means they heal faster and better than
we do. There are many scientific reasons
on why that statement holds true. Let’s
first discuss how an upper cervical misalignment can even happen to a child. Kids go through a lot of learning processes as
they are growing up. Any parent can
attest to the fact that when their kids begin to learn to crawl, stand up, walk,
and run, minor traumas happen frequently. Children are constantly bumping their heads,
landing on their bottoms, and scraping their knees. Most parents will always assume the notion,
“No blood, no foul.” Even if a kid
screams bloody murder for a minute or two, as long as there is no blood or
broken bones, they will be just fine.
Short-term, that belief can be true. Long-term, however, a minor fall can have some
very serious consequences. As we have
been discussing the last few newsletters, the top two bones in our spine are
only held in place by muscles and ligaments. The anatomy is no different in a child. All of these little trips, falls, and bumps
can either acutely or cumulatively play a huge role in our children’s health. If the area where our upper neck meets our
head, (that protects the brainstem) is misaligned, this can be a red flag. Every process that keeps us alive is
controlled and organized at the level of the brainstem. Whether it’s our immune function, digestive
system, respiratory system, hormonal regulation, temperature, you name it; the
brainstem must be working properly in order for all of these systems to be
working optimally. AND, it’s not always
brain to body connections that may get distorted, but it can also affect brain
to brain communication as one of my mentors, Dr. Ray Drury of Upper Cervical
Health Centers – Charlotte, explains very well.
“The brain’s primary role is processing thoughts, memory,
emotions, and conscious awareness. When
you have a thought, memory, or emotion, it travels from the brain down to the
brainstem. The brainstem, like a
switchboard operator, sends a message to another part of the brain that
interprets it. If there’s an
interference of the nerve energy at the level of the brainstem, that message
doesn’t get fully communicated, which can result in altered emotions, such as
depression, anxiety, or panic attacks. It
can affect knowledge retention, creating conditions we have labeled as
attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hypertrophy disorder
(ADHD), dyslexia, dementia, or AUTISM. A misalignment at the brainstem can interfere
with these very important transmissions and cause these problems.”
Most of the time, children ALREADY have a brainstem
subluxation BEFORE they start bumping, tripping and falling. I would like for you parents, mothers
especially, to recall the birthing process of their children. Even with a normal birth (no malposition of
the baby, plenty of oxygen, and no complications with the umbilical cord),
there is a lot of tugging, pulling, and twisting that takes place when the baby
is being born. When the child is
breached, there is a tremendous amount of force and stress used to get the baby
out. Some births require tools such as
forceps that pull the baby by the head in order to remove them from the birth
canal. Can you picture the trauma that
this puts on our children’s spines before they are even a minute old? Not only are their top two bones very little,
but they AREN’T EVEN COMPLETELY OSSIFIED YET! This means it’s not all bone, a lot of it
still flimsy, unstable cartilage! There
is research to support this! Dr. Ludwig Gutmann, a German MD, observed that
approximately 75% of his infant patients had a brainstem compromise at birth. The research paper that was published clearly
correlates structural misalignment to neurological deficit in the infants. That number, 75% should be very alarming. Kids born to Upper Cervical doctors or current
patients of Upper Cervical doctors have had their kids checked within minutes
and hours of being born!
You might ask, why do kids respond so much better than
adults with Upper Cervical Care? The
answer comes down to anatomy and lack of degenerative processes. Regarding anatomy, a child’s spine and nervous
system respond very well to an Upper Cervical correction due to the fact that
the bone hasn’t been out of place as long as is the case with some adults. Some patients that I have walking in my office
have had Upper Cervical subluxations for upwards of 50, 60, maybe even 70
years! In just a moment, I will address
how I know that. When the bone has been
misaligned for a short period of time, the body receives and welcomes the
correction easier. ALSO, because the
muscles and ligaments have not had much time to develop bad muscle memory, we
can train the body to HOLD the corrections more efficiently compared to
adolescence and adulthood.
Regarding the second reason why kids respond so well to
Upper Cervical Care, plainly put, they are not as messed up as we are. Over decades of living on Earth, we expose
ourselves to traumas, poor posture habits, bad diet decisions, hazardous and
toxic chemicals, and the list goes on and on. Upper Cervical doctors can see an x-ray of a
person and estimate their age based on the anatomy, and degenerative processes
in the spine. If problems such as Upper
Cervical misalignments are never addressed, the nervous system and spine can
really suffer. We have patients who are
only in their 40s and 50s, but their spine looks like they’re 70 or 80 due to
all of the trauma and breakdown. If
these folks would have started Upper Cervical Care as a young child, their spines
and bodies may perhaps appear as if they were in their 30s! I see it all the time. In summary, children haven’t been exposed to
as many traumas and harmful things for their bodies. THEREFORE, THEIR BODIES
CAN HEAL MUCH FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY compared to adults.
Get your kids checked! Just like a cavity, you can’t always see it;
that’s why you take your kids to the dentist! You won’t know if your child has a brainstem
subluxation unless they get checked by an Upper Cervical Doctor. Give us a call today to schedule your
consultation to make sure your children’s nervous systems are working the very
best they can! If you are not in the
Wilmington area, please contact us anyway and I will be thrilled to point you
towards a qualified Upper Cervical Doctor in your area. If we get our kids under Upper Cervical Care
now, the next generation will be light years ahead of our current generation in
regards to health and wellness. Take
action and keep our future healthy!
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Striving and calling for a healthier future,
Dr. Josh Dalessandro
“The best doctor
gives the least medicine.”
- Benjamin Franklin
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