People usually think about visiting a chiropractor after an accident or some kind of sports injury. It is easy to remember to call for an appointment when your back aches or when your neck is stiff. What people forget, unfortunately, is how helpful ongoing chiropractic care can be—for people of all ages.
Teenagers generally benefit greatly from chiropractic care, and early intervention can set young people on the road to good health.
Posture Problems
Many children and teens these days suffer from postural problems. This is because so many young people spend a great deal of their day with their heads extended and facing downward to look at a screen. This position puts an enormous strain on the upper cervical spine.
Many teens suffer from some kind of aches and pains, be it back aches, stiff necks, or headaches. All of these can be due to a misalignment of the spine but few think of telling their parents or doctors until the problem gets severe.
Growing Pains
Growing pains is not just a metaphor for the difficulties of going through common childhood traumas. Teens literally suffer from physical growing pains. As a teen's physical body changes and develops, his center of balance changes. This can lead to misjudgments in how to move or what they are capable of doing. Teens commonly suffer from injuries, falls, muscle strains, and other such problems.
Pushing Limits
From carrying heavy book bags to taking risks in sports to all-night cram sessions, teens don't always make the smartest choices. These choices can have consequences, unfortunately. They serve to weaken the body and put youths more at risk for injury.
Benefits of Chiropractic Care
A misaligned spine can cause a wide range of problems. One vertebra out of place can have a domino effect on the rest of the body, leading to all sorts of aches, pains, and health issues. Also, when the spine is misaligned it causes inflammation and swelling, which can compress nerves and disrupt signals between the brain and the body's major systems.
Chiropractic care helps restore proper alignment to the spine relieving many symptoms that may seem unrelated. It also sets the teens on a good path for those crucial years when their musculoskeletal system is still developing by putting them on the right track.
Call Us for Teen Chiropractic Care
Dr. Gordon Elder of the Blair Chiropractic Clinic in Lubbock, Texas takes patients of all ages to help create lasting improvements. Dr. Elder is a practitioner of the Blair Chiropractic Technique, a modern technique that is not like the type of chiropractic care you may be familiar with—there are no sudden jerks or abrupt twists.
Instead, Blair practitioners are upper cervical specialists who rely on state-of-the-art technology to accurately assess each individual's unique anatomy. This is the first step in Dr. Elder's treatment plan—a thorough screening and examination using 3D diagnostic imaging tools.
Once the doctor has assessed your teen's anatomy, he can apply adjustments with more precision. This allows him to use a lighter touch to make corrections gently and swiftly, without any jarring jolts.
Dr. Elder's third step is preventative care. He recommends adding regular chiropractic check-ups to your teen's healthcare routine to help nip problems in the bud.
Set your teen on the path to a healthy life, a strong body, and good health habits. Contact Dr. Elder for a consultation. Dr. Elder's areas of coverage include Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland, Odessa, Abilene, and El Paso in Texas, as well as Hobbs in New Mexico.
Published by Vic Belonogoff: A Blair Chiropractic doctor helped heal vertigo, among other conditions that Vic Belonogoff suffered from, and it gave him his life back. He continues to see an upper cervical chiropractor as a preventative measure. Vic Belonogoff is passionate about upper cervical chiropractic and how much it helps patients.