One of the most common questions I get from patients is, “Is chiropractic care safe for children,” or “Can my children come in here and receive chiropractic care?”
The answer is yes, chiropractic care is safe for kids, and yes, you can bring your kids in to receive chiropractic care.
The thing you need to know is that chiropractic care is not “age related.” Anyone from newborns to people 100+ years old can experience the benefits of chiropractic care.
Someone who doesn’t understand chiropractic may say, “My child doesn’t have back pain, so they don’t need chiropractic care.”
However, that’s the wrong thinking. That would be like saying, “My child doesn’t have any teeth that have pain, so they don’t need to brush their teeth.”
Doesn’t make sense, does it?
The bottom line is that when you take care of things, they are always better. That could be your body, your teeth, your car…whatever. When you neglect your body, you pay a price. When you take care of your body, it simply works better and feels better.
Children who get chiropractic care feel great just like their parents. They also don’t get sick as much, and their bodies are able to grow and develop without any structural problems. And it’s also very safe.
A new study by the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) was just published this month in the biomedical journal, Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing.
As far as safety is concerned, out of 5,438 office visits, there were only 3 adverse events from the chiropractic care, a .00055% chance of anything going wrong. (That’s well below a 1% risk factor, so based on the results of this study, children have a 99+% chance of having no problems receiving chiropractic care)
In the study, both parents and chiropractors indicated there was a high rate of improvement with respect to the children’s presenting complaints.
So this study showed that chiropractic care for children was very safe and very effective. There are a lot of great benefits of having your kids get chiropractic care, so if your children aren’t receiving chiropractic care, now is a great time to get them started!
