Are you a parent? Have you ever spent a night lying in bed wondering when your child would stop screaming?
If you have, you’ve probably whispered something like this under your breath (or screamed it at the top of your lungs): “I would do anything to make this stop.”
And those weren’t idle words. In fact, you probably tried everything! You held the baby in every position imaginable. To see if a change of scenery would help, you placed him in his crib, and then his bassinet and then his swing and then the floor and then your bed! And so on until something — anything — made his suffering (and yours) stop.
If your baby has colic, you probably have a special appreciation for the kind of scenario we’re talking about.
What if I told you that the only thing you might have to do is take your baby to see a chiropractor? Would you do that?
Once your doctor has ruled out a more serious potential diagnosis, they will often say the baby simply has colic — a catch-all diagnosis describing an otherwise-healthy baby who shows signs of distress (crying, screaming, moaning, etc.) for extended periods of time for no discernible reason.
Without a more specific diagnosis, doctors and parents have very limited treatment options.
But low-velocity chiropractic adjustments have been shown to have extremely positive results reducing colic symptoms and improving infant health outcomes.
There are a lot of reasons this might be the case. Childbirth is not only hard on the mother, it is often a difficult experience for the new child as well. Even a healthy child with a perfectly routine delivery may have sustained serious spinal misalignment that newborn doctors aren’t trained to notice. A chiropractor can usually correct such trauma simply, and without applying much force.
Most chiropractic treatments for babies and children last only a couple minutes and involve primarily gentle maneuvers. Babies generally enjoy treatments and parents report that the specialized gentle touch tends to calm the child.
If your baby seems perfectly healthy, chiropractic care may help them be more comfortable and happy. If your baby has colic or some other condition, chiropractic care could prove to be just the answer you’re looking for.