Time to Crawl

There are certain events in our lives that are considered miles stones. Graduating from High School and College, Getting married and your first job. But long before that, we all had several big milestones that most of us will never remember, our developmental milestones.

Early on infants need to smile, hold their head up and track object move in front of them. As the grow they will start moving more and then we look for them to roll over,stand and of course crawl. Crawling is arguably the most important milestone because of its tremendous effect on brain development. Some studies have shown that babies who crawl longer become more coordinated and score higher on aptitude tests.

It is always frustrating for parent when their children don't reach these milestones on time. Well Tuesday in the office I was blessed to help a child reach one. Sadie is a beautiful young girl who first came to see me because she was crabby and not feeding well. She also had a misshapen head from the delivery process. I helped her with the crabbiness and the feeding and my wife helped reform her head with CST (Cranio Sacral Therapy) and she seemed to be doing pretty well. But, she didn't want to crawl. On Tuesday I adjusted her sacrum and set her on the floor so I could check her mom, and as I was checking her mom for subluxation, Sadie started to crawl!

I will never lose the excitement I feel when someone experiences the full expression of life they get from getting adjusted and thank God he made me a Chiropractor!

Chiropractic for Kids!

How about this video? A medical Doctor who is pro-Chiropractic! Actually, their opinion seems to have more to do with the economy than science. Last summer I had dinner with a friend of mine who is an MD. I asked him why Md's are more accepting of Chiropractic in conservative Green Bay than they are in liberal Madison. His answer was simple, money. Apparently Md's make more money her in Green Bay, than they do in Madison, a lot more. He said that when they are making lots of money, the Md's don't have to worry about us Chiropractors getting people healthy and taking money out of their pockets. It has to be true, because until the economy turned south, every time a patient talked to an MD about seeing me or Chiropractic in general, their response was positive.

Notice I said until.... In the past month I have heard 1-3 negative things about Chiropractic from Md's, via patients a week. One patient may have a kidney stone so her MD said not to come in! I cant imagine what he thinks goes on in a Chiropractic office but her certainly needs to find out! Chiropractic is gentle and healing and certainly is less forceful than most hospital deliveries.

Did you know that the average amount of force used to pull the baby from the birth canal is over 80 pounds? 80 pounds! That is 10 times your infants weight. No one would ever think of carrying their child by his or her head, but the Md's think it is alright to pull them out that way. My office is across the street from the Cerebral Palsy center. Did you know that almost all cases of CP are caused by, you guessed it - birth trauma.

Sorry for the rant. Enjoy the video and take the advice of an honest and truly patient focused medical expert - take your child to the Chiropractor.

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