Can children get spinal subluxations?
Subluxation: When a vertebra is out of alignment with the rest of the vertebrae in the spine and is locked or jammed in a position which is not normal resting position, it is said to be subluxated. Absolutely! Research into spinal trauma caused by the birth process has identified that at least 12 babies out of 100 will have subluxations in the upper cervical spine at birth. The cause of these subluxations is almost certainly the trauma of the birth process. One research group that studied this subluxation phenomenon examined a group of newborn babies that had difficulty sleeping and feeding or that had a head that turned or tilted to one side. Their research identified that 89 percent of these babies had spinal subluxations at the top of the neck. Since children suffer a lot of trauma in the process of growing up it is recommended that they regularly have their spines checked for the damaging and sometimes debilitating effects of these subluxations.
