Chiropractic for kids. Light pressure, age-appropriate, parent in the room.
Kids fall, carry heavy backpacks, play hard, grow fast and spend more hours looking down at screens than any generation before them. They get the same mechanical complaints adults do, with smaller forces and faster recovery. Technique is adapted for size and age, and nothing happens without a parent present.
- History and hands-on exam first
- X-ray on site, only when the exam calls for it
- A plain-language explanation and a plan, or a referral
What parents notice
When a child needs a look.
- A child who complains of back or neck pain, or avoids certain movements
- Headaches after school or screen time
- Sports aches that aren't going away: knees, ankles, low back
- Noticeably uneven posture, one shoulder high, or a head tilt
- Pain after a fall, a hard tackle or a tumbling mishap
- Growing pains that are consistently one-sided
What's usually going on
The mechanics behind it.
A child's spine is more flexible and heals faster than an adult's, which is why most childhood complaints resolve quickly with light, specific care. Adjusting a child uses a fraction of the force used for an adult, often fingertip pressure or a small instrument. It should never look or feel like an adult adjustment, and if it does, that's the wrong approach.
We are honest about scope. Chiropractic care for children addresses musculoskeletal problems: joints, posture, movement, pain. It is not a treatment for illness or developmental conditions, and we won't suggest it is. Where a child's complaint belongs with the pediatrician, we say so.
How we treat it at Borealis
Find the cause. Treat it. Keep it from coming back.
Find the cause
A conversation with you and your child, a movement and posture exam, and X-rays only when a history of injury or a specific finding calls for them, which for children is uncommon.
Treat it
Age-adapted adjusting with light pressure or instrument. Visits are short. Parents stay in the room, and we explain to the child what we're doing in words they understand.
Keep them moving
Backpack fitting, screen posture, and sport-specific movement advice. Most kids need a short course of care and then only return when something new happens.
Questions
What people ask about care for kids.
Don't see yours? Call and ask. The front desk will get you an answer or put you through to a doctor.
At what age can a child see a chiropractor?
Does it hurt?
Do kids need ongoing care?
Will you take X-rays of my child?
Describe it. We'll figure out the rest.
Call and talk to Dawn at the front desk, or walk in Monday through Thursday. You'll leave your first visit knowing what's going on.