Imagine you’re an Olympic sprinter. You’re chasing your first ever gold medal and you feel you have a very good chance at winning this time around. Your training went perfectly, your body feels in top form and you’re the most confident you’ve ever been for a race.
Now imagine, that as the gun signals the start of the race, you slip just ever so slightly, your perfect start is ruined and the rest of the sprinters now have a head start of a few hundredths of a second. Will you still win the race? It’s possible, but you will have to work much harder throughout to get to the same pace.
We know that life throws various obstacles and stressors at us, day in and day out. The amount of physiological stress we currently experience in one day is equivalent to a whole year of stress experienced by people 100 years ago! Our body’s ability to cope with these stressors is what allows us to push through, adapt and over-come any challenges in life. Whether it’s physical, chemical, or emotional your body needs to be able to appropriately communicate with itself in order to respond and change with our ever-changing world. If it doesn’t, we become stagnant and our body won’t keep up. This is where having a well-functioning nervous system is so vitally important.
A Chiropractor’s main goal is to keep your brain (the engine) well connected and in sync with your body. When this happens, you perform much better than you would if you had imbalances within your spine and nerve system, which affects the brain-body connection.
It’s all good and well to get this system checked and tuned up later in life, but by then you’re already playing catch up in the race. Getting the perfect start is essential in creating and maintaining the best performance.
Just like adults, kids have a brain, nerve system and a spine that protects it. Research shows that 95% of infants have some form of cervical (neck) misalignment or imbalance at birth. This is why it’s so important for infants and children to be regularly checked and adjusted where necessary. Given that the first few months and years are crucial for ensuring that babies and children grow and develop appropriately, it’s key that we make sure the nerve system, which controls all these functions and development, is firing at its peak.
Here are just some of the reported benefits children experience if given the best start:
Improved immune system function.
Reduced frequency & severity of ear infections.
Better focus, concentration, & learning.
Less sports injuries.
Better posture.
Improved sleep.
Better mood & attitude.
Better cognitive function.
Chiropractic care is completely safe for children of all ages, right from birth to beyond. Don’t let your children slip at the starting blocks, give your children the best start in the race of life and have their system checked and tuned up today so they can perform at their peak from day one.