Children's chiropractor is a specialist in the treatment of pathologies of the spinal column, muscle and joint diseases of young patients. The doctor has a higher education in neurology, pediatrics, knowledge in the field of manual therapy.
Using manual techniques, a pediatric chiropractor helps to improve the child's compensatory abilities, eliminate painful sensations and other unpleasant symptoms. Most diseases of the spine and musculoskeletal system are best corrected at an early age, so it is important to take the child to the doctor in a timely manner.
What diseases does the doctor treat?
A children's manual therapist specializes in combating pathologies, disorders in the functioning of the musculoskeletal system in babies from the first days of birth to adulthood. In his practice, the specialist uses soft, gentle techniques that have both a therapeutic effect and prophylactic properties.
The doctor's specialization includes the following types of diseases:
- torticollis, developing mainly during intrauterine development;
- posture disorders -, kyphosis, lordosis;
- pathologies affecting internal organs;
- joint diseases, both congenital and acquired character;
- genetic pathologies of bone and muscle tissue;
- fractures, traumatic injuries of the spinal column;
- spinal pathologies that do not require surgical intervention, the recovery period after surgery;
- the consequences of birth traumatic injuries;
- muscular dystonia;
- vegetative-vascular dystonia.
Timely referral to a pediatric specialist significantly increases the chances of successful treatment of the above diseases, improves the quality of life of the child. Certain manual techniques can be used both as the main method of treatment and as a constituent element of a comprehensive therapeutic course.
For what clinical manifestations do you need to see a doctor?
A child may need the help of a pediatric chiropractor during the first months of his life. The reason for an extraordinary consultation with a specialist for parents should be signs of a lag in the physical development of the baby, constant crying, limitation of articular mobility.
It is recommended to take small patients of preschool and school age to a pediatric chiropractor if the following symptoms appear:
- headache;
- decreased academic performance;
- problems with learning, concentration, memorization of new information;
- slouch;
- gait disturbances;
- painful sensations manifested in the neck, spinal column, lumbar region;
- increased fatigue;
- sleep disturbances;
- muscle and joint pain.
These clinical signs may indicate diseases of the nervous system, musculoskeletal system, spine. Therefore, parents should as soon as possible seek advice from a pediatric neuropathologist who is proficient in manual techniques.
A good, professional pediatric chiropractor is a specialist trained in pediatrics, neurology, or orthopedics who has completed an additional course of manual therapy.
You can find a doctor in private medical centers and clinics. Also, a neurologist, surgeon, pediatrician can issue a referral to a pediatric specialist, having identified certain clinical symptoms in a child.
A good chiropractor who works with young patients should have extensive knowledge in the field of pediatric anatomy and physiology, and be able to find an individual approach to each child.
How is the appointment going?
At the reception, the pediatric chiropractor examines the baby, examines the symptoms present, listens to the complaints of the parents and the little patient, analyzes the results of the collected examination. The doctor evaluates the figure, posture, proportionality of the child's body, determines the muscle tone.
In addition to visual examination and application of the palpation method, in order to make the correct diagnosis, to determine the method of treatment, the following types of additional instrumental studies may be needed:
- X-ray examination;
- computed tomography of the spinal column;
- Magnetic resonance imaging;
- ultrasound examination of the joints.
Based on the results obtained, the established diagnosis, the pediatric chiropractor develops a treatment program for the child using a number of techniques, it is determined with the duration of therapy, the required number of sessions.
Treatment methods
In his practice, a pediatric chiropractor uses effective, but at the same time, the most gentle techniques and techniques, taking into account the disease and the age category of the patient. In most cases, the following techniques are used:
- massages - manual impact on the area of the joints, cervicothoracic and lumbosacral spine;
- acupuncture - impact on biologically active points;
- reduction - with shifts of the vertebral elements, dislocations;
- post-isometric relaxation of the back, neck, thoracic region.
There are a large number of techniques and techniques designed for working with children, which are selected by a specialist on an individual basis after examination and preliminary diagnosis of the patient.
What are the contraindications?
Manual exposure is contraindicated in a child if:
- infectious processes affecting the joints and the spinal column;
- mental disorders;
- disturbances in the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract during the period of its exacerbation;
- tumor neoplasms of a malignant nature;
- disorders of the processes of spinal or cerebral circulation, proceeding in a severe form;
- arterial hypertension.
Some of the above contraindications are absolute, while others are relative in nature, suggesting a more careful doctor's influence.
In order to eliminate possible risks for the child, the pediatric specialist before starting the course necessarily prescribes a comprehensive medical examination for the little patient, and may also recommend consultations of other narrow-profile specialists.
Every parent wants their child to grow up healthy. But are there many healthy children in the modern world? Usually, babies are already discharged from the hospital with a bunch of all kinds of diagnoses. In childhood, neurological problems are very common, such as vegetative-vascular dystonia, headaches, delayed psychomotor, speech development, neuroses, sleep disturbances, school maladjustment, hyperactivity.
Due to the proliferation of all kinds of gadgets, high workload in schools and clubs, modern children began to lead a sedentary lifestyle. Doctors-orthopedists more and more often reveal their posture disorders, flat feet.
The body of a child, especially one living in a big city, is exposed to many negative factors every day. Among them are unfavorable environmental conditions, poor quality food, frequent stress, infections.
But health for the rest of your life is laid precisely in childhood, from the earliest years.
When certain disorders are found in a child, parents, on the advice of doctors, begin to stuff him with all kinds of medications. Of course, for various diseases, medications are needed. But there are other methods of correction that are more physiological and do not cause side effects. Among them is manual therapy.
The Bobyr Clinic employs professional children's manual therapists. They know how to cope with common neurological and musculoskeletal diseases and keep your child healthy for years to come.
How safe is manual therapy for children?
Manual therapy can be used not only in adults, but also in children. A stereotype has taken root in the minds of many people that these are very painful procedures, during which the doctor “breaks” something, “fixes” something, and this is not always safe. In fact, everything is not so scary. Children's manual therapy provides for the most accurate, painless effect. In addition, there is osteopathy and other soft manual techniques - there is no pain and no rough effect at all.
What childhood diseases does a chiropractor treat?
Manual therapy helps to cope with such problems in childhood as:
- Consequences of birth trauma. Not all women give birth smoothly. Adverse events can occur due to complications during pregnancy, anatomical features of the mother's pelvis, entanglement of the umbilical cord and other problems, not always the correct actions of obstetricians and gynecologists. Because of this, children receive birth trauma. Most often, the head, cervical spine, brachial plexus are affected. The result can be torticollis, increased intracranial pressure, movement disorders and muscle tone. In the long term, this threatens headaches, increased intracranial pressure, vegetative-vascular dystonia, hyperactivity, learning problems and other disorders.
- Posture disorders usually occur closer to school age. A pediatric chiropractor can identify and fix the problem early. Currently, osteochondrosis is "getting younger". If earlier this disease was considered exclusively the prerogative of older people, now the initial changes can sometimes be found even in children and adolescents.
- Injuries. After bruises, fractures, sprains, pain can be troubling for a long time. Our experience shows that manual correction helps to cope with them successfully.
- Consequences of intense physical activity. This problem is most often faced by children who are involved in weightlifting and some other sports. Constant sprains and microdamages in the musculoskeletal system eventually make themselves felt in the form of chronic pain.
- Headaches and vegetative-vascular dystonia... Often the cause of these pathologies are lesions of the cervical spine. Headaches are often suffered by children who spend a lot of time studying, near a computer, with mobile phones.
All these pathologies are much better treated in childhood, because the child's body grows, it has high plasticity, and various defects are easier to correct. In adulthood, pathologies untreated in childhood lead to complications such as osteochondrosis, intervertebral hernias, high blood pressure, arthrosis, and chronic headaches. It is already more difficult to deal with such pathologies.
Soft manual techniques in children
In addition to classical manual therapy, there are so-called soft manual techniques. The most common of these is osteopathy. Such procedures are completely painless, but very effective. Osteopathic doctors work with the patient at a deep level, find and eliminate the root cause of the disease without pain, without rough influence. Osteopathic correction is safe and can be performed even on newborn babies and women during pregnancy.
In addition to chiropractors for children and osteopaths, the Bobyr Clinic employs doctors who possess a unique author's technique - defanotherapy. Many experts call this technique the manual therapy of the twenty-first century. It also involves the impact on the musculoskeletal system with the help of the doctor's hands, but on a completely different level. Defanotherapy is not only manual correction, but also a kind of psychological training, during which the doctor instructs the patient to set the correct posture, this helps to achieve a long-term pronounced effect.
The main principle of defanotherapy is “you can't do it through pain”. After the first session, little patients are happy to come to the Bebyr Clinic for subsequent procedures - after all, they see that it is not scary or painful at all.
Are you looking for a good pediatric chiropractor in Moscow? Make an appointment with the doctor at the Bobyr Clinic!
Manual therapy- This is a set of techniques aimed at restoring mobility in the spine and joints, relieving muscle tension using manual action.
Currently, manual therapy is used both in complex therapy and as an independent method of treating diseases. Manual therapy is effective in treating diseases of the musculoskeletal system, pain syndromes in muscles and joints, as well as in the treatment of a number diseases of internal organs.
Features of pediatric manual therapy
The uniqueness of manual therapy lies in the fact that the therapeutic effect on the child's body occurs without the use of medications. This is what makes manual therapy a very attractive technique in the fight against various childhood diseases, especially for children who are often ill, whose parents are very limited in the choice of methods of treatment.
Specialized education and many years of experience of manual therapists "CM-Doctor" allow our specialists to successfully apply manual techniques for the treatment of children.
In the skillful hands of a doctor, manual therapy becomes an excellent therapeutic and prophylactic tool for children and adolescents. The course of manual therapy is selected for each patient individually, taking into account the nature of the disease, the age and condition of the child. In our clinic, chiropractors use gentle, gentle techniques effects on the body, specially adapted for children.
Indications for manual therapy
Manual therapy in "SM-Doctor" is carried out only as prescribed by a pediatrician or other specialist (neurologist, orthopedist, etc.) after carrying out the necessary diagnostic examinations (X-ray or MRI for scoliosis and back pain; rheoencephalogram or ultrasound of the vessels of the head and neck for headaches and vegetative-vascular dystonia, etc.).
The symptoms most often referred to a pediatric chiropractor are as follows:
- back or neck pain and discomfort
- pain in the muscles of the arms and legs
- posture disorders in a child, stoop, curvature of the spine
- headaches, vegetative-vascular dystonia, stabbing pain in the heart
Pediatric manual therapy can successfully eliminate these symptoms and help in the treatment of a number of diseases and pathologies.
Pediatric chiropractor services
At the SM-Doctor clinic for children and adolescents, the doctor conducts manual therapy of all parts of the spine, joints of the arms and legs, as well as post-isometric relaxation of the muscles of the back, neck, and extremities. The professional work of a pediatric chiropractor helps to quickly restore joint mobility, relieve muscle tension and pain.
Manual therapy provides excellent opportunities for treating injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system, eliminating various muscle pathologies, and treating a number of diseases of internal organs.
In the clinic for children and adolescents "SM-Doctor", manual therapy is used as a treatment in the following cases:
Spine diseases. Most often, chiropractors deal with scoliosis and osteochondrosis - these diseases are actively manifested in children at school age. It is during this period that the child's spine begins to experience increased stress, which, in combination with the still weak muscular apparatus, becomes the cause of spinal deformity.
In the clinic "CM-Doctor" chiropractors have extensive experience in the treatment of this disease. Therapy for diseases of the spine is most effective in childhood, at the initial stage.
Muscle pathologies in children often occur due to injury or hypothermia. Injury to muscle tissue leads to morphological changes and the appearance of fibrous nodules that cause pain. In order for the pain not to develop into a chronic form, it is necessary to undergo a course of manual therapy on time, which helps to correct muscle pathologies.
Injuries of a different nature. Very dangerous are pathologies of a latent nature, which do not manifest themselves in any way while the child leads a normal life. But in the event of increased stress, for example, when playing sports, these pathologies can cause serious injuries. In some cases, the acquired disorder can be corrected with the help of manual therapy.
Headache very often are a consequence of a disease of the cervical spine. This pathology causes impaired blood circulation, which is the cause of headaches. However, thanks to just a few manual therapy sessions in our clinic, the child experiences significant relief and pain relief.
Diseases of the internal organs can be associated with a clamping of the nerve coming from the spine. Each organ of the body is associated with a specific part of the spinal cord, therefore, by loosening the clamping of the nerve in the spine, you can indirectly affect the disease, improve the condition of the internal organs.
Bronchial asthma. With the help of manual therapy, you can alleviate the condition of the child, reducing the number of asthmatic attacks. Manual influence of an experienced chiropractor allows you to eliminate functional blocks in the spine, which are directly related to bronchial pathology.
The therapeutic effect of a manual therapy session in the "CM-Doctor" clinic
The high professionalism of our chiropractors allows little patients to feel significant relief after the first session. During the course of treatment, children experience pain relief, joint mobility is restored, muscle tension disappears, posture and anatomical structure are normalized, and overall well-being and self-awareness improves.
The sessions of pediatric manual therapy conducted in our clinic are completely painless and do not cause any particular discomfort to the child. Doctors use sparing techniques that are selected taking into account the age and condition of the child, while the specialist carefully measures the degree of his effect on the body at each stage of therapy.
Please do not transfer this topic to Medicine, I need it to be in the TD.The question is, what can a chiropractor do?
I'll tell you my story.
We have a son, a 5-year-old boy, who speaks poorly due to a birth injury (cervical spine). Sounds are replaced, the tongue is tossing and turning somewhat awkwardly. We went to a speech therapy garden in the fall, progress was evident - he began to speak almost purely, the only thing that has to be repeated is when he pronounces the sound incorrectly by mistake.
About 3 weeks ago, my husband accidentally talked to the manual operator. He rents an office next door to his husband's work. The manual operator said that the garden is bullshit, and the birth trauma is very serious. And he will be able to correct its consequences, they say, the child will speak cleanly, and so on. and so on.
My child and I were just sitting on sick leave.
Go. Foolishly (due to my stupidity) I did not ask the peasant for any documents. The husband says that he has been seeing him for 3 years already, and people are coming to him, both babies and old people. "So he helps." He began to "conjure" over my son. And the child has an asthenic (male) physique, one-to-one. The shoulders are narrow, the bones are thin, such an elongated figure is thin.
And flat feet plus everything (not strong, but some kind of average type).
During the session, the chiropractor and I chatted about medicine, birth trauma, and so on. and so on. I ask, "I wonder if the shoulders can be made straight, or is it hereditary?" And she also asked about flat feet. He says, "We will fix everything."
We walked for 4 days, my little boy became somehow very active, disordered, disinhibited (although immediately after the session he passed out right on the bus and slept all 1.5 hours that we drove home.)
Let's go to the kindergarten, the teachers say, "Doesn't work and bothers the children." He began to eat poorly, he bully children, even fights. (And in general he is a pacifist, I even started a topic here in the fall, about how he basically does not give back, reconciles children, etc., and all this justifies)
Moreover, I began to bathe him. I look - my son is not his shoulders. Wide, sharp, bones stick out. Straight wide thin shoulders. They look unnatural, since the handles are not bony, rounded, puffy. The ribcage has become so dense, "wrestling" and the stomach sticks out like a tight drum forward. By the wheel. Some kind of bent became. The abdomen is hard, like a drum, big ... I even thought that (God forbid) the liver had grown so much.
People, I know my child for 5 years. Already in the birth house it was clear what it was - the constitution was visible at once: thin, transparent, with thin long fingers. Such a complete constitutional type. And now ... I'm not crazy. But this is not his figure.
Now I put him to bed, once again looked at all this and decided to ask here. What should I do? Can this be? Can a manual operator change the figure? Is it okay? The constitution has changed ... this is important.
We go to the kindergarten for a week, the teachers don’t recognize it for a week. nervous, irascible. The logopedist said, Cho began to speak worse, regression began.
Who turned to manuals, or just who has honey. education. Give comments on what to do for me.
The manual operator is unhappy that we interrupted the course, he said that we need to go through 10 sessions, but I'm really afraid.
On top of that, he said for the last time that he was a psychic and was engaged in "white affairs" and other FLUSH. Which, of course, alerted me. Because witchcraft has very little to do with therapy, this is already some kind of profanation.
And on top of that, my son's feet have changed, the heel has become stronger, that is, there is no flat feet, the foot has changed.
Should I go to another specialist? I feel like a criminal mother.
The diagnosis and treatment of pathologies of the musculoskeletal system in young patients should be dealt with exclusively by a certified doctor with extensive work experience. Self-medication or referral to a self-taught osteopath can lead to serious health problems for the baby and a deterioration in the quality of his life.
What is included in the scope of a specialist
Children's chiropractors should first of all receive a higher medical education with a degree in neurologist or orthopedic traumatologist. After that the doctor is undergoing an advanced training course in the field of manual therapy and can begin practice to help young patients cope with various diseases of the musculoskeletal system. The gentle effect of manual techniques on the child's body is an effective method not only for treatment, but also for the prevention of various pathological processes.
You should consult a pediatric chiropractor if you have the following diseases:
- Congenital muscle torticollis. Pathology occurs against the background of abnormal development of the sternocleidomastoid muscle in the prenatal period. Often, the pathological process is aggravated due to intrapartum trauma.
- Anomalies in the development of the spinal column, which do not require surgical treatment, as well as the rehabilitation period after surgery on the spine in a child.
- Posture disorders in children of primary school and adolescence.
- Consequences of birth trauma in newborns and infants.
- Injuries and fractures of the spinal column in children.
- Genetically determined diseases of muscles and bones.
- Congenital and acquired joint pathologies.
- Diseases of the internal organs.
- Osteochondrosis.
Pediatric manual therapy can significantly improve the prognosis for the above diseases, as well as improve the child's condition and improve the quality of his life. Consultation with a good therapist is necessary to formulate the correct diagnosis for the child and determine the tactics of his further treatment.
How to choose a good doctor
It is very important to find a highly qualified and experienced chiropractor because your child's health and well-being depends on him. Reception of such specialists takes place, as a rule, on the basis of specialized centers and private clinics.
It is necessary to make an appointment for a consultation with a chiropractor in advance, since the services of this doctor are in great demand, and the record can be completed for many weeks in advance.
You can also get a referral for a chiropractor consultation from your pediatrician, neurologist or surgeon. Since for children, a chiropractor is a specialist with whom the baby will communicate for a long time, then his choice should be taken seriously. In addition to the relevant education and qualifications, pediatric chiropractor should find an individual approach to the child, be patient and gentle in dealing with often naughty patients.
A pediatric chiropractor should have a deep knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the whole organism, since the impact on the muscles and joints with the hands affects the state of many organs and systems. Soft and gentle manual techniques are used for children, therefore the hands of a pediatric therapist should be as sensitive as possible, and movements - accurate and verified. Another distinguishing feature of a highly qualified specialist is the constant improvement of his knowledge and skills. Therefore, before you bring your child to a chiropractor, make sure that he meets all the necessary requirements.
How to understand that a child needs the help of a chiropractor
It is rather difficult to recognize the symptoms of disorders in the musculoskeletal system in children of the first year of life. Crying during movements, performing gymnastics for newborns can alert parents. As you grow older the crumbs may have limited mobility in the joints or retardation in physical development... You should also pay close attention to the position of the child while sitting, crawling or walking. If you have the slightest suspicion, you should immediately consult a pediatrician and go to the doctor for examination.
For infants, chiropractic therapy is as beneficial as it is for older children and adults.
With the help of a mild effect on muscles and joints, the trophism of problem areas is improved, the regenerative forces of the body are stimulated. Starting from preschool age, children can already independently describe the symptoms that bother them. It can be pain in the spine, muscles, joints, headaches, general weakness and fatigue.
Features of the appointment with a specialist
Before the therapist performs manual procedures, he performs a comprehensive examination of the problem area. To make a diagnosis, a chiropractor, depending on the complaints and localization of the pathological process, may need examination, palpation, X-ray examination, ultrasound of the joints, CT or MRI of the spine. Only after confirming the diagnosis, the therapist will select the optimal procedures for treating the child. To achieve a therapeutic effect, treatment with a chiropractor should be regular and prolonged.