Life is a process.  Health is a process. Disease is a process. Healing is a process and Wellness is a process that encompasses both Health and Disease. The pathological process of disease can be broken down into two phases.

1- A silent, asymptomatic, dis-ease, vertical phase.

2- An expressive, symptomatic, disease, horizontal phase.

    With time, the silent phase becomes symptomatic. Therefore, the fact that one does not present symptoms does not in anyway reveal one’s state of health. In other words, one needs not to be sick to get well!  Since chiropractic addresses the neurological interference caused by vertebral subluxation, it does not take a genius to see that anything that gives more freedom to the nervous system must have a positive impact on the capacity of the body to heal, adapt and recover.  Chiropractic does not claim to be a treatment, a cure or a panacea for symptoms, sickness and disease. What chiropractic states it can do, is to give the human being a greater freedom of adaptability, healing and recovery by clearing the nervous system of interferences caused by vertebral subluxations.  Symptomatic alleviation and results that follows happens to be positive side effects of the adjustments.

    Obviously, chiropractic would not have grown to become the largest drugless healing profession in the world if people did not get positive improvements. This is the evidence that clinically the chiropractic adjustment has a positive impact on human physiology. So why wait until people have become a pathological mess to offer them chiropractic when they can benefit from the onset of life.  The reason and rational as to why children can benefit from chiropractic, care is simple:  A child's body is in demand constantly; from playing to falling to growing.  Giving a child the opportunity to grow up with greater freedom, adaptability and healing power is truly the gift of love and life. So remember that one need not to be sick to get well.  Here is a series of cases that demonstrates the positive impact of chiropractic on the physiology of children.

Jamie Lee Clark , 1 year old

Medical Diagnosis: Gastroenterologist diagnosis: Post-viral enteritis, c. difficile enteritis, colitis secondary to antibiotic usage, allergic colitis, gastroesophageal reflux with esophagitis, gastric and/or duodenal ulcer disease, duodenitis secondary to congenital or autoimmune phenomenon, Club feet requiring surgery.

Medication: Amoxicilin, Zantac, Reglan, Tylenol, Ambesol

Chiropractic Results: Off all medication after first visit 8/4/93. Immediate improvement within 24 hours. Complete resolution within 3 weeks of care. Six month later the child is in radiant health, has had no need for medical care and has been free of medication and over-the-counter drug. Club feet straightened out without surgery within 1 ½ month of care.

Presenting Subluxation Findings: Occiput/C1 with an Atlas ASRP, Sacrum base posterior.

Original Adjustments: Left occipital ridge meningeal contact for 30 seconds, double notch sacral meningeal contact for 1 minute, structural manual adjustment of Atlas ASRP. Left Temporoparietal suture adjustment.

 John Plantier, age 11.

Medical Diagnosis: Chronic asthma.

Medication: Theolair, Alupent

Chiropractic Results: Off asthma medication after first visit 3/11/88. Child is now a multidiscipline athlete with aspiration to become an Olympic athlete. Six years later the child is still free of asthma and medication.

Presenting Vertebral Subluxation: Occiput/C1 with an Atlas ASR.

Original Adjustment: Structural manual adjustment of Atlas.

 Ryan Stephano, age 15.

Medical Diagnosis: Epileptic seizures due to birth trauma.

Medication: Antibiotics, Mebaral, Depakene, Klonopin, Phenobarbital, Dilantin.

Chiropractic results: Marked decrease of number and frequency of seizures since onset of care 1/11/89. Decrease medication intake to one drug with 1/3 the dosage.

Able to recover from flu, cold, respiratory infection without medication or antibiotics and without seizure. Marked improvement in school. 5 years later the child has been seizure for few years on reduced dose of medication.

Presenting Vertebral Subluxation: Occiput/C1 with Atlas ASR, C5/C6 posterior, D4/D5 posterior.

Original Adjustment: Right occipital ridge meningeal contact for 15 second, C5/C6 structural manual adjustment in extension, D5/D6 structural manual adjustment in extension, Atlas structural manual adjustment ASR.

 Tim and Patrick Roger, age 9 and 6.

Medical Diagnosis: Chronic ear infections.

Medication: Multiple course of Ceclor antibiotic, Nebulizer.

Chiropractic result: Both children have been free of medication and over-the-counter drugs for the past three years since the onset of care on 1/30/91.

Presenting Vertebral Subluxation: Tim, C2/C3 entire segment right, D12/L1 posterior. Patrick, Occiput/C1 with occiput posterior, Sacrum inferior on the right.

Original Adjustment: Tim, Structural manual adjustment of Axis in right lateral flexion and right rotation, D12/L1 in extension. Patrick, meningeal contact on right occipital ridge for 20 second, structural manual adjustment of sacrum in side posture, and occiput in extension supine.

 Lea Toigo, age 7 ½.

Chiropractic Result: Has been under chiropractic care since birth. Has never had the need to seek medical care. Has never taken a single medication or over-the-counter drug to date.

Presenting Vertebral Subluxation: Atlas ASLA, D3/D4 PI.

Original Adjustment: Structural manual adjustment of D3/D4 in extension prone and Atlas in supine position.

 Selena Schreiber, age 17.

Physical problem: Headaches, acne and “coca cola bottle” eye glasses for nearsightedness.

Chiropractic result: Within three months of care was symptom free and no longer needed glasses. Results remained consistent for two years until last visit in 92 prior to moving to North Carolina.

Presenting Vertebral Subluxation: Axis posterior, Di/D2 PIR, D12/L1 PI.

Original Adjustment: Meningeal contact on sacrum double notch, structural manual adjustment of D1/D2 in lateral flexion and extension, D12/L1 in extension and axis in extension supine with a spinous contact.

 Amy Schreiber, age 23.

Physical problem: Anorexia

Chiropractic Result: Complete resolution following the first adjustment. Follow-up for two years and problem never returned.

Presenting Vertebral subluxation: Occiput/C1 with atlas ASLP, C5/C6 PI.

Original adjustment: Meningeal contact on occipital ridge medially close to the EOP for 60 second, double notch contact on the sacrum for 20 second, axis spinous contact for 20 second. Structural manual adjustment of Atlas in extension and rotation, C5/C6 in extension in supine position.

 Storjohann Family, 4 children, Age 1,2,3,5

Chiropractic result: All children have been under regular chiropractic care since birth and have not had yet the need for medication or over-the-counter drugs.

Presenting Vertebral Subluxation: Each child was checked soon after birth and then weekly thereafter. Adjustments were only given if and when subluxations were present. Those children were adjusted in one or two places on an average of 21 days intervals.

 Amanda Erickson, age 3.

Physical problem: Child has been bent to one side like a croissant since birth.

Chiropractic result: Within onset of care on 4/17/91 the child body returned to normal ormal">Chiropractic result: Within onset of care on 4/17/91 the child body returned to normal and has been in radiant health ever since. Child is free of over-the-counter drug or medication for the last 3 ½ years.