Pediatric Chiropractic Care
At Hurley Chiropractic, our doctors are specially trained in pediatric adjusting. Pediatric adjusting is completely different than the adjustments that adults receive!
Specially Trained in Pediatric Chiropractic Care
At Hurley Chiropractic, we are honored to be a part of your children’s healthcare team. We are able to help babies on their first day of life, children throughout their active toddler years, and support kids and teens during school and sports!
Dr. Hurley is specially trained in Pediatric Chiropractic care through years of education with the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association, hands-on training through Pediatric Clinic rotation at Logan University, and Pediatric-specific myofascial release and craniosacral certifications with Dr. Carol Phillips.
Chiropractic kids are Healthy kids!
The most common issues that parents bring their babies and children to get adjusted for are:
Breastfeeding / Latch issues
Colic / Excessive Fussing
Constipation
Plagiocephaly / “Flat Spot” on the head
Milestones and Physical Development
Ear Infections
“Growing Pains”
Sinus and Chest congestion
Adjustments Can Help Newborns
Adjustments for our newborn patients can help with a variety of breastfeeding issues including painful latch, weak suck, or even inefficient nursing which can be the cause of low milk supply in moms. We also provide craniosacral work to support babies before and after tongue tie and lip tie revisions. All natural breastfeeding support through chiropractic and craniosacral care can help you reach your lactation goals.
Gentle Enough For Infants
Chiropractic for infants is very gentle, and is totally different from Chiropractic care for adults! Adjustments are made with gentle pressure from our fingertips, to help release tension and restore balance and proper motion to a vertebra that is stuck or misaligned. Dr. Hurley’s priority is your baby’s comfort and we always strive to work with babies in a way that will provide a pleasant and relaxed experience. In order to achieve this, we may perform your baby’s adjustment while they are held by their parents or even while feeding. Our goal is always to adapt to your precious baby’s needs and respect them as people. This work can be so relaxing and gentle that some newborns sleep during their adjustments and oftentimes parents report their babies sleep better after being adjusted!
Movement-based Milestones
Chiropractic adjustments can also help your growing baby to reach their movement-based milestones! If your child does not tolerate tummy time, has difficulty holding their head up, or is not rolling over at the expected age, we can evaluate if chiropractic care can help. Many of our pediatric patients experience improved mobility and are able to see improvements in these areas when we gently release the restriction in their spine and other joints.
Ear Infections
If there is one thing I want every parent in the world to know, is that Chiropractic care and cranial work can help with ear infections! We have had many patients be able to break the cycle of chronic ear infections and avoid surgery for tubes through chiropractic care. We can adjust during active ear infections to bring relief and help it resolve more quickly.
Constipation
Constipation is another issue that affects many of our pediatric ( and adult) patients! Dr. Hurley is trained in Logan Basic Chiropractic technique, which is well known for gently activating the parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) part of the nervous system, and is a natural way to help relieve constipation issues. She is also trained in visceral manipulation (tummy adjustments!), and can give nutritional advice or supplement support to help get digestion moving again.
Plagiocephaly and Brachycephaly
Plagiocephaly and Brachycephaly are conditions in which the skull is asymmetrical or has a “flat spot”. It is often blamed on leaving the baby on their backs for too long. In our experience, the cause is more often due to a restriction of the sutures or “joint lines” of the cranium! It can even be correlated with imbalances in the spine or muscle/ fascial tension throughout the body. Dr. Hurley is trained in craniosacral work and myofascial release through the Dynamic Body Balancing certifications with Dr. Carol Phillips. This gentle unwinding of the limbs, spine, and cranials can help to relieve tension and let the cranium slowly restore symmetry. Many of our patients were even able to avoid helmets through chiropractic and cranial care.
Leg Pain
Many of our patients report their children experiencing pain in the legs at night. Oftentimes this can be dismissed as “growing pains”. Dr. Hurley will passionately share her opinion: “I don’t believe in growing pains!” Pain is a message from the body, and there is always a reason or root cause. Pain in the legs in children can have the same cause as “sciatic pain” in adults. The nerves in the low back can become irritated or “pinched” when the sacrum or lumbar spine become jammed, restricted, or out of alignment. Through gentle adjustments in the low back, our little patients usually report immediate relief of these nighttime pains.
Sinus or Chest Congestion
Chiropractic and cranial work can even help drain and clear sinus or chest congestion (for kids and adults!). Seeing your child sick is one of the hardest things as a parent. Helping them to get a little relief from congestion can be a beautiful benefit of getting adjusted while under-the-weather.
My child is not experiencing any of those issues, do they still need adjustments?
Dr. Hurley is known for saying, “If you have a spine, it should be checked by a chiropractor!” We believe that all babies benefit from having their spines checked by a well-trained pediatric chiropractor. Even if they have no symptoms or health concerns, a wellness check for your baby may help to prevent them from growing up with imbalances in the spine that can cause problems in the future.
The birth process can be a pretty intense experience for your baby’s body! Their spine can undergo a lot of pressure, and they may even need to be pulled out forcefully by the delivering provider. Additionally, they have been cramped up in a small space for the last nine months! Having them checked from birth helps them to grow and develop with a well balanced spine and nervous system.
The benefits of wellness checks extend past the newborn stage as well! Chiropractic patients report they felt that their kids get sick less frequently, sleep better, and have better digestion!
