Pediatric Chiropractor Newport Beach

Adjusting a child is not a scaled-down version of adjusting an adult. The forces are far lighter, the techniques are different, and most of the visit is spent examining and talking rather than treating.

What a Pediatric Chiropractor Newport Beach visit involves

For an infant, the contact is about the pressure you would use to test a ripe tomato, applied with a fingertip. Babies frequently sleep through it. For older children we use instrument-assisted or light manual methods, and we explain what is happening to the child as well as the parent.

The Pediatric Chiropractor Newport Beach families see here will spend the first visit largely on history — birth, milestones, how they move, how they sleep, and what specifically prompted the appointment.

What parents usually bring them in for

Difficulty turning the head to one side, a preference for feeding on one side only, discomfort during tummy time, and in older children posture, sports strains and back pain — which is far more common in school-age children carrying heavy bags than most parents expect.

Being honest with parents

Some chiropractic marketing aimed at parents makes claims about colic, reflux, ear infections and immunity that go well past the evidence. We are not going to do that. Where a child has a mechanical restriction, we can often help with it, and we will say what we expect to change and roughly when.

If what your child needs is a paediatrician, that is what we will tell you. It is the same standard we apply to adults, and it matters more here.