Welcome to our Baby Blog! Chiropractic Insights for Baby Wellness. A page dedicated to sharing insights, tips, tricks, the latest evidence based practices for babies, neurodevelopment and more. Let’s keep it simple and help you navigate the world of parenthood as easily as possible.
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Understanding and Supporting Crying Babies: How Chiropractic Care Can Help
- Medical reasons for crying babies
- What’s a normal level of crying
- Instances where chiropractic might be able to help your crying baby
- Some methods to help calm your crying baby
Baby Milestones & Development
What are the primitive reflexes my baby should have?
Why are they important?
When should they be integrating?
And what home-care activities can I do to help my baby integrate the reflex and hit their next milestone?
Muscle tone is the indicator of effective development in our children.
Muscle tone helps with confidence and ability with skills that require balance, coordination and proprioception.
Muscle tone supports posture/alignment, which helps with proper biomechanics of the body/joints.
Good muscle tone in early months and years of life is crucial in the development of the lower limbs
Join Mosman Chiropractors for the full discussion…
A deeper dive into Plagiocephaly - looking at the research:
- What is plagiocephaly, brachycephaly, dolicocephaly?
- What’s the prevalence of plagiocephaly?
- What are the risks associated with plagiocephaly?
- How is plagiocephaly diagnosed and classified?
- Why does plagiocephaly cause neurodevelopmental delays?
-What’s the chiropractors role in plagiocephaly management?
By Guest Author: Sarah Hornsby, RDH - is a myofunctional therapist based in Seattle.
What is a tongue tie?
- How to diagnose a tongue tie in Abbies, children or adults
- 8 Symptoms of tongue tie
- Tongue tie causes and risk factors
- Treatment for tongue tie: surgery & myofunctional therapy
- Consequences of untreated tongue ties
- Lip ties
- Tongue tie in adults: should adults have theirs released?
What is torticollis?
What causes torticollis in babies?
How would I know if my baby has a torticollis?
What happens if I don’t correct my baby’s torticollis?
How can I help my baby’s torticollis?
What home-care exercises can I do for my baby’s torticollis?
Join chiropractor Karli Plowright as she answers some of your common questions on baby torticollis…
What is Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)?
Why might you suspect your baby has DDH?
What are the risk factors?
What happens if you receive a DDH diagnosis?
How can chiropractic help?
Recommendations
Tummy time is so important for your baby as it helps with EVERYTHING! From vestibular system activation, core muscle strength, visual tracking, hand-eye-coordination, to the shape of their head… I.E THEIR DEVELOPMENT!
Read on for more information and some tips for your tummy time :)
