All chiropractors are able to treat children, however there are currently only about 60 chiropractors throughout the world who have pursued postgraduate training and testing to achieve Board Certification in Chiropractic Pediatrics and Pregnancy. Dr. Amber Smith is one of those chiropractors on the frontier of Chiropractic Pediatrics. She worked hard in a two year study program in order to become proficient in the diagnostic and clinical skills needed to provide chiropractic care to pregnant women and children.
Many parents turn to chiropractic care for their children. Many more parents are bringing in their children soon after birth to have their spines checked; these babies are not sick! But, these parents realize that the birth process itself may place stress on the developing spine. They don't want to wait until symptoms develop and there is a problem!
DRUG FREE HEALING, NATURALLY
Instead of using drugs, Dr. Smith works with children's bodies to help strengthen their immune systems and heal. She is educated in the common ills of children and knows how to use gentle chiropractic adjustments, nutrition and homeopathic medicine.
WELLNESS CHIROPRACTIC
Dr. Smith is a big advocate of preventative chiropractic care. You don't wait until you child's teeth are rotting before you take them in to the dentist, do you? So why should you wait until your child has a spinal curvature, earache, asthma, or allergies, before you take them in for a chiropractic check up? Prevention is the key!
Because the nervous system controls and coordinates many functions in the body, regular chiropractic care starting at birth (or preferably in utero!) absolutely helps children to grow up healthier and happier! Even "normal" births can cause trauma to the spine, especially the neck and cranium of the newborn. When forceps, vacuum extraction, or cesarean section are used, the trauma increases.
Your baby's spine will grow 50% in that first year, making it very susceptible to injury. Your child's spine must also develop curves in the neck and low back during that first year in order to continue growing properly in childhood. After that first year, the child's activity level increases, which may subject the spine to repeated physical trauma. Look at a child who's learning how to walk. Can you imagine falling on YOUR butt so many times a day? And have you seen older children playing on the playground? Those repeated stressors can cause vertebrae to misalign and affect spinal health.
Dr. Smith believes children are important enough to have pursued extra training and to be one of only four trained in the Houston area and of the four she is the highest trained. All that she asks of parents is to be open to the possibilities of natural healing there are available to help keep their children healthy and happy.
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I know there is so much controversy between chiropractic and medical care, but if it were not for chiropractic I would still be in pain. A car accident left me with constant lower back pain. I tried everything from painkillers to preparing to have surgery. I heard stories from my friends who had surgery and to this day wish they never had it. So I decided to go to a chiropractor before the surgery and I am so thankful that I did. My back pains are gone and I am living my life to the fullest and pain free. 
Jeffrey Harris
