A USA Today article from January 19, 2009 featured a story about a 3 month old boy, Mac, who was having difficulty with nursing because he could only turn his head and neck to one side. Mac’s mother, Melanie Booth, brought her son to a chiropractor, and explained the events of that first visit as her son got his first chiropractic adjustment, “he began to quiver and shake, and it kind of scared my husband and me,” Booth says. “But she explained (she) was releasing energy that was stored up incorrectly in his body and particularly his spine. And almost immediately, we saw a change in his ability to move his neck.” It continues to talk about the fact that more children are using chiropractic.
The notes that in 2007, about 3% of children in the USA were treated with chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation. The American Chiropractic Association noted in their release that Survey data indicates that the percentage of chiropractic patients under 17 years of age has increased at least 8.5 percent since 1991.
Dr. Baric says that children enjoy coming to get adjusted and look forward to their next visit. It is a place where parents and children learn more about how the body works and how to keep their whole family healthy and happy. Children, and families in general, experience a greater level of health while under the care of Dr. Baric.
Dr. Baric is pediatric certified and has been treating children of all ages from infancy to adolescence with things like colic, reflux, ear infections, ADD, ADHD, autism, allergies, sports injuries, headaches, migraines, scoliosis and more. Most of or patients are referred in to us after they experience life changing results.
The most common problem which children seem to be ear infections. Dr. Baric has been treating ear infections for children for years. We’ve helped children avoid the need for surgery and tubes which might cause permenant hearing loss, with natural alternatives and chiropracgtic adjustments.