Stop Backpack Injury
It’s Time to Ease the Burden for Our Children
By Dr Cynthia Horner
As a family and pediatric chiropractor I have been adjusting children in my office for 15 years. In the last few years I am seeing children and teens with serious spinal conditions from carrying heavy loads resulting in backpack injury. Parents had been bringing their kids to me for wellness spinal analysis having their spines checked before problems were bad enough for pain or symptoms to be present. Now many young people are complaining to their parents about pain in their legs, back, and shoulders and constant achy muscles. Continue reading
Healing Children without Antibiotics
Respiratory Infections:
Your little one is sick with another infection. You have been up most of the night holding a cranky, crying baby. The list of things you have to do tomorrow won’t stop whirling through your head. Your little one clings to you for comfort with a snotty nose and a slight fever. Every few minutes you hear a whimper as you stroke your precious child’s moist hair. Is it another ear infection? Is it a sinus infection, or is it a bad cold or the flu? Continue reading
Young Athletes – Head and Neck Injuries
By Dr. Cynthia Horner
As a family health chiropractor I am often asked by parents if they should be concerned about head and neck injuries from hits to the head their young athletes receive in football, soccer, and some martial arts. Surprisingly high school and college football players receive as many as 1,600 blows to the head in a season that often result in head and neck injuries later in life. Continue reading
What Is Your Child’s Posture Telling You?
By Dr. Cynthia Horner
Your Child’s Posture can Tell you a Lot about Their Health.
Children are so elastic they seldom notice any restriction in motion or pain caused by muscles or joints. Unnatural or prolonged posture creates changes in how joints move no matter how old you are. Continue reading
