Chiropractor and Children

Our chiropractors use a light, precise touch during pediatric adjustments to ensure your child feels safe and comfortable throughout the session. We understand that every child is unique, and we take the time to get to know your child’s specific needs and preferences before crafting a customized treatment plan. Whether your child needs a hands-on spinal adjustment or specific work to alleviate tension in a particular area, we’ll make sure the experience is both positive and effective.

At Foster Family Chiropractic & Associates, bodywork sessions are performed by one of our family chiropractors.  We use gentle hands-on assessment techniques to locate areas of decreased mobility, tightness or restriction and help release the area using highly experienced touch.  Chiropractic bodywork helps the baby with their overall function focusing on their primitive reflexes, fluid range of motion from tongue to their toes and proper response of their nervous system.

Breastfeeding Concerns

Breastfeeding is meant to be a beautiful, natural experience for both mother and baby. However, the reality is that it can be one of the most challenging and frustrating times for you both.

There are many factors that contribute to difficulties with breastfeeding which is why we always encourage that both you and your baby book an assessment so that we may work to identify the specific barriers related to your circumstance and then help establish the most ease and optimal functioning for you both.

Chiropractic Adjustments and Bodywork

A Chiropractic adjustment and bodywork is always gentle and tuned into your infant or child’s unique needs. Your infant/child’s bodywork session may be performed while you are holding your baby or nursing, comfortably laying on one of our specially designed pediatric adjusting pillows, while they play or even in one of our Family Chiropractors arms.

We will perform a complete hands-on assessment of your baby’s nervous system and primitive reflexes, their entire body with a special focus on tone as it impacts the inside of your infant/child’s mouth assessing tongue function, palate, sphenoid and TMJ (jaw).  We understand that the whole body plays a part in overall function and long term health, not just the tongue and jaw, so we ensure we work on their entire body from the top of the cranium to the tips of their toes.

Tongue-Tie and TOTS Assessment

Our Family Chiropractors are trained in Tongue-Tie and TOTs Assessment and work closely with many professionals in the community to co-manage and help these families.  The PIPS Technique (Pediatric Intraoral Palate Specific Technique) is an assessment and treatment tool known worldwide for intraoral dysfunction, palate imbalance, Pediatric TMJD and poor tongue function.  All of our chiropractic bodyworkers are trained and use this technique as needed.