What is Pediatric Scoliosis?

Scoliosis is an abnormality of the spine, which presents with a side-to-side curve. An individual with scoliosis has a spine with an S or C shape and can cause a difference in shoulder or hip height. This asymmetry may look as if the body is leaning to one side, and the head is not centered to the rest of the body.

An Infants Spine will Double in size the first 2 years!

Dr. Chan can ease your newborn baby’s transition to life outside the womb with gentle chiropractic adjustments that reduce tension in their nervous system that was introduced during birth. Spinal alignment can relax your baby, improve their sleep patterns, and ease breastfeeding issues, reflux, colic, infant constipation, flat head syndrome and much more.

Chiropractic is a healthcare discipline that focuses on the inherent recuperative power of the body to heal itself without drugs or surgery. The practice of chiropractic focuses on the relationship of the structure (or the spine) and the function (as coordinated by the nervous system) and how that relationship affects the preservation and restoration of health.

Childhood is a time of great promise, potential and risk; it is an era in which brain architecture is built and the foundation for resilience is born. Subluxations, also known as nerve interferences, disrupt the developmental processes that impact social mobility (behavior), vitality, cognitive function (learning), growth and more. Dr. Chan uses expert chiropractic techniques to support brain-body and body-brain communication. Optimal brain-body communication supports healthy physical, emotional and mental balance, which helps to prevent physical falls, bumps, bruises and injuries as well as emotional meltdowns and outbursts.

If your spine was on your face would you take better care of it?

One of Dr. Chan’s specialty in Functional Chiropractic is scoliosis improvement and correction. She has many success stories with patients young and old with significant straightening of their scoliosis and curves! Just like straightening your teeth and having a impressionable smile, addressing scoliosis early on in childhood can dramatically change their overall health and confidence in their posture and development!

Chiropractic is essential in balancing a growing body, especially in children who are active and in skill specific sports. Proper brain body functions will help child athletes perform their best! Benefits include: