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Today, CDC announced that more parents are refusing vaccinations for their new born. In 2002 and 2003 only 22 percent of parents opted for delayed or no vaccines whereas in 2008, almost 40 percent of parents in America have made the educated decision of not vaccinating their kids. I guess I’m not surprised at the fact that this fact didn’t make the news. Of course if more and more parents were refusing vaccination and that was on the news, then even more families would be educated on dangers of vaccines and the pharmaceutical companies who invest in vaccines would not very happy.

Please educate yourself before you vaccinate your kids!

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Please check out our newly published article on ModernMom.

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Your neck (cervical spine) needs to have a 45 degree curve in order for your nervous system to be able to freely communicate with the rest of your body, and neurological centers in your brain. A lack of curve or reversed curve in the neck can cause a list of symptoms and degrade your health rapidly. A reversed cervical curve in children has been linked with ADHD. Here is a study that shows the effectiveness of chiropractic treatments in correcting the curve as well as reducing ADHD symptoms in kids:

“A 5-year-old patient was diagnosed with ADHD and treated by a pediatrician unsuccessfully with methylphenidate (Ritalin), Adderall, and Haldol for 3 years. The patient received 35 chiropractic treatments during the course of 8 weeks. A change from a 12 degrees C2-7 kyphosis to a 32 degrees C2-7 lordosis was observed after treatment. During chiropractic care, the child’s facial tics resolved and his behavior vastly improved. After 27 chiropractic visits, the child’s pediatrician stated that the child no longer exhibited symptoms of ADHD. The changes in structure and function may be related to the correction of cervical kyphosis.

CONCLUSION: The patient experienced significant reduction in symptoms. Additionally, the medical doctor concluded that the reduction in symptoms was significant enough to discontinue the medication. There may be a possible connection that correction of cervical kyphosis in patients with ADHD may produce a desirable clinical outcome.”

If your child is on Ritalin, please also review this article on negative effects of this drug as well as this video. Drugs are not the solution for anyone, but specially for kids, they only put a band-aide on the symptoms. Get to the root of the problem or dis-ease. Is it the nervous system? is it diet? is is emotional. Get in touch with your doctor to find out what the root of your child’s’ ADHD is before you put him/her on medication and cause him/her a list of long term problems.

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That was the topic of an article that caught my eye this morning, followed by the fact that children who take ADD/ADHD medication have significantly higher blood pressure.

This article is based on research that has compared kids with ADHD who take prescription medication for their condition and those who avoid the drugs all together. It claims that the children taking medication were doing poorly in school by 10 times than the kids who have ADHD and were not taking medication.  This study also indicated that at age 14 the medication group had  higher blood pressure and an increased risk for heart attacks, stroke as well as depression. Is it worth it?

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Since we’ve been on the topic of Children with recurrent Ear Infections and how Chiropractic can help, I’d like to share this video!

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We are often asked if chiropractic can be helpful to children.You may be surprised to know that many spinal problems begin in childhood or even at birth. Birth process is one of the most traumatic experiences many of will ever go through. If you think about the incredible stress that a newborn child has to go through to become part of this world, it is not surprising to see how they can have misalignments in their spine through this process. Spinal segments can get jammed or misaligned by the position of the baby in the womb, during labor, or birth process itself.

As babies grow, they fall multiple times per day to learn how to walk; this is traumatic to the spine as it is in its most sensitive growing phase.  These apparently innocent, frequently occurring falls as well as automobile, or any other significant unsupported movement of the head and neck can create spinal misalignments. There is no harm in getting your child’s spine checked, there is harm in not doing so at a young age. Wellness Choice Center in Newport Beach offers complimentary chiropractic consultations for children under 5. Call us at 949.387.1333

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