How are children’s spinal problems corrected?
The first thing your chiropractor will do is conduct a careful and thorough evaluation of your child’s spine. Chiropractors are trained to evaluate pediatric spinal problems and will use gentle, specific skills to identify, evaluate and treat any involved spinal areas. Spinal adjustments for infants and young children involve very light finger-tip adjustments to correct malfunctioning spinal structures. A light thrust-type spinal adjustment is usually sufficient to restore mobility to spinal joints which have become locked and are causing interference with the normal function of the nervous system. Most adjustments make a “popping” sound when the spinal joints are moved; however, this sound is not always heard when children’s spines are adjusted.
