40% of children have a chronic illness
1 in 10 children have asthma
1 in 13 are affected by a food allergy
ADHD is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 1 in 10 children
1 in 20 children have epilepsy/seizures
1 in 36 children have autism
These number should be jarring when looking at them, making you wonder how are our children so sick. Aren’t we supposed to have the best medical access in the world?
We rank dead LAST in 4/5 health outcome measures. We have the highest rate of preventable and treatable deaths for all ages. How can this be if we have one of the most advanced medical communities in relation to innovations and technology? 1/3 of our population are taking a prescription drug
Why is this?
Let’s break it down:
A lack of lifestyle and healthy living guidance
The overuse of antibiotics and steroid-based medication
The missing number of neurosensory challenges seen in infants and toddlers, resulting in not being able to receive effective early intervention plans
The pediatrician and family practice doctor are not the enemy, they just don’t know any better. Their training is focused on disease management through the use of pharmaceuticals. In 2023, the pharmaceutical market was estimated to be work over 574 billion dollars. Do you think your primary care doctor is truly working for you or something bigger?
Now do not hear what I am not saying. Our medical system is ESSENTIAL when there is an emergency or true sickness occuring. However, the system was not built to keep you healthy, it was built to keep you sick.
Who do we turn to now for guidance and direction for a healthy life for our family?
The good news is you have 2 wonderful options:
Natural (Nutritional) & Holistic Practi0ners
Neurological Practitioners (Chiropractors)
The natural and holistic world is exponentially growing every day. Once you find one crunchy mom on social media your feed is flooded with them. It is incredible to see the amount of parents searching for answers to help their families. It is also sad because the common narrative with these moms are they had a poor experience with a child at a family doctors appointment leading them to be forced to look elsewhere for help.
The crunchy mom world can be so overwhelming though. From grounding to supplements to which essential oil is the purest and so on.
ARE YOU THE PARENT WHO HAS TRIED ALL OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA HEALTH HACKS BUT NOTHING HAS FULLY WORKED?
You are missing a huge piece of the puzzle: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM!
The Autonomic (Central) Nervous System is in charge of controlling, coordinating and modulating every cell and system in our body. It is the “mom” of our biology- keeping everything under control and organized. However, sometimes that job can be challenging. The job becomes more difficult when under stress. When we look at the number 1 cause of the childhood illnesses we are facing today it is STRESS.
An excessive amount of stress in a child’s nervous system, especially when experienced in the early stages of development, it shifts into a fight or flight mode - AKA the sympathetics. Our sympathetic nervous system gives us the ability to protect ourselves when facing danger. The problem is when this side of the autonomic nervous system is turned on we are in survival mode rather than growth and development (which are necessary for health).
We have found the THREE of the larges stress triggers in the pediatric population are:
Prenatal and Maternal Stress
Birth Intervention and Injury (Forceps, Vacuum, C-section, Induction, etc.)
Colic, Constipation, Congestion (ears, sinuses, respiratory infections) as an infant
These three exposures to stress can be call “The Perfect Storm”. When a child experiences one or more of these it wreaks havoc on there health and gets more significant the more factors they have. Exposure to one or more of these stressors causes ‘subluxations’ to occur within the nervous system- simply put stress is stuck on in their system.
Our autonomic nervous system has much more control over the health of our gut and immune system than the essential oils and supplements we are taking. The nervous system needs to be the FIRST place we start when it comes to the health of our kiddos.
You need a doctor who is an expert in the neurology of your child and who is proactive and forward-thinking when approaching health. You need a guide who focuses on the health of your kiddos nervous system first and then also knows about the natural and holistic ways of life.
Neurologically - focused chiropractors are those guides. We have more training on the neurology of your kiddos body than your pediatrician and are focused on finding and addressing the root cause of their health concerns.
We have the ability to pull your kiddo out of the storm of chronic illness. Vibrant health is just around the corner for you and your family.
We are here for you and your family!
-Dr. Maddy
