Owners of Rechcygl Family Chiropractic in Hales Corners, Wis., read more from Victoria at http://www.innatemama.com/ as she blogs about healthy recipes, raw food fasts, raising a healthy baby and more.
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| Gemma getting adjusted by her dad, Dr. Chad at 4 months old |
I did a lot of work to keep my pregnant self, and growing baby healthy. My first priority was to get adjusted regularly by my chiropractor during my entire pregnancy. After my daughter was born, I made sure her spine was checked to make sure nothing had shifted from her birth.
I learned a lot during my pregnancy, what my body and baby need and how she was developing. I was amazed to find out that the baby’s spine and nervous system is the first thing to develop. It makes sense, because the brain and nervous system run everything in our bodies from our beating hearts to our breathing lungs and immune systems.
Everyone who spends time with us and sees our daughter is amazed by her. At 1 ½, she hardly ever gets sick and just gets the sniffles sometimes, sleeps like a rock, eats fruits and vegetables, has been alert from day one and she is always happy. We did not vaccinate her. She is stronger than any chemical that could go into her body and hinder her health. She has such a strong immune system, and much of that is due to her regular adjustments.
Ronald Pero, Ph.D., chief of cancer prevention research at New York’s Preventive Medicine Institute and professor of medicine at New York University, did a study measuring the immunity of chiropractic patients. His initial three-year study of 107 individuals studied people who had been under chiropractic care for five years or more. The chiropractic patients were found to have a 200% greater immune competence than those people who had not received chiropractic care, and they had 400% greater immune competence than those people with cancer and other serious diseases. And as Dr. Pero noted, the immune system superiority of those under chiropractic care did not appear to diminish with age.
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| Victoria and Gemma |
With chiropractic and a wellness lifestyle, we've seen kids on anti-depressants and Ritalin, get off their medication and be happy, healthy, focused children. We've seen babies who are scheduled to get tubes put in their ears, with "chronic" ear infections, get adjusted once, and the next day they are healed. It is possible!
This is why my daughter, and any future children we have will get adjusted from the moment they are born, for the rest of their life. We all want what is best for our kids. You have everything to gain by getting your kids spines checked, and adjusted today!
Much Gratitude,
Victoria and Dr. Chad Rechcygl
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I recently featured another mom of a chiropractic family, click here to read Jenn Cohen’s article on the benefits of exercise and chiropractic care during pregnancy.
Great story! I live in Traverse City, MI and am friends of Jen and Dan's. I had been receiving chiro care for years and when I got pregnant last year I found a chiropractor in town that does prenatal care. We set up an entire pregnancy care plan and my back (which is usually sore!) never felt better. Since the birth of my son, we've both been going regularly to keep us in line! :)
ReplyDeleteI know an Osteopathic Manipulative Therapist and he says that Chiropractics goes against the body's natural ways as opposed to working with the body. What are your thoughts for this point of view?
ReplyDeleteSarah,
ReplyDeleteThe difference between Osteopathic Therapy and Chiropractic, is that Osteopathic Therapists receive their training through the traditional medical system and then specialize in manipulation afterward, through this program they get around 200 hours of training (5 weeks) in manipulation. In chiropractic school, students learn manipulation and specialized techniques over the course of 4 years (208 weeks).
Alternative treatments have been around for thousands of years before mainstream medical treatments like Osteopathic Therapy. Things like Ayurvedic medicine, acupuncture and certain aspects of chiropractic adjustments have been around for upwards of four thousand years.
I have treated hundreds of patients between Michigan and Florida, and every week I see many amazing and positive results from my patients in not only removing the pain, but also increasing their quality of life.