How Your Kids Can Benefit from Chiropractic Care

Why would kids need chiropractic care for their spinal health? The digital world has changed our lives and with it the physical stress from
  • prolonged usage of electronic devices causing kids to have texting neck      
  • Bag packs that are too heavy  on a growing spine 
  • existing spinal curvatures such as scoliosis
  • slips and falls and sports injuries
  • poor sleep habits 
We see children having packed programs scheduled for educations and competing in various sports  since an early age however there is a lack in health and wellness care for their spine. Many clinical studies has indicated that these uncorrected injuries as well as prolonged postural imbalances causes an accelerated breakdown of intervertebral disc within the weaken subluxated areas, it may be from a spinal curvature known as scoliosis. Hence we see movement pattern issues such as in-coordination, unable to stand straight despite constant reminders, poor recovery from daily routines amidst the common aches and pain.

What is the role of a Chiropractor?

Chiropractor can help to identify the severity of your child’s spine as we will go through a thorough postural analysis, orthopaedic and neurological assessment to gauge the extent of these spinal injuries 

These series of analysis aims to identify how bad and how long was the subluxations there and from there we can recommend a care-plan which targets to reverse or resolve the problems which typically takes 3-6months depending on the severity of their case. This should be done by a trained and qualified chiropractor.
As a Chiropractor has to go through a minimum of 4 and a half to 5 years of chiropractic school and continued education. Dr Christopher Lim has undertaken many hours of Chiropractic courses in Singapore,  Malaysia as well as Shanghai to further help improve children care.

The notable ones are listed below

  •  Paediatric masterclass workshop by Chiropaeds- Dr Christian and Dr Branden Keil
  • Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT)
  • Gonstead seminar with Dr Wood in Shanghai
  • Syntrophy Chiropractic adjustment seminar in Singapore
  • Scolicare for scoliosis management

What sets us apart at Peak Health Chiropractic?

Chiropractors that graduated from the USA, Canada as well as UK working in Singapore recognise the benefits of correcting subluxations and getting good results from seeing patients improve rather than a symptomatic approach. Dr Christopher(DC) had the privilege to gain these knowledge that has been picked up from his frequent travels to meet many chiropractors, these school of thoughts includes structural based care techniques such as Chiropractic BioPhysics technique, specific scoliosis managements using CLEAR scoliosis. On top of that, he has worked with many children in his past 6 years of practice with great success. Parents who are concerned with their child’s
  •  physical development, stunted growth or slow development due to injuries
  • ability to concentrate or retain new learning informations
  • postural distortions despite the constant nagging to sit up right
  • parents who are unsure if their child has scoliosis and how bad is it?
  • parents who are worried despite exercising or using corrective bands, their posture does not seem to improve
We need to take a step back and get to the root cause of problems so that we can know how bad their subluxations are affecting their daily activities, with stiffness around their spine followed by postural dysfunctions. Was it due to the following factors?
  •  physical stress from electronic devices with prolonged use
  • Too heavy bag packs in a young and growing spine
  • sports injuries from heavy trainings or training under fatigue/ weakened spine
  • prolonged hours of sitting with a subluxated spine
  • poor habits of self manipulating their own spine 
  • underlying conditions such as scoliosis or birth defects/injuries

These presents with signs and symptoms and is indicative of a weaken spine and areas where we can find
vertebral subluxations

We aim to understand the root causes of these conditions, and this will allow us to address the source of the problem
rather than merely managing symptoms. In addition, we provide physical therapy with some physiotherapy modalities to facilitate 
healing and allow for proper progression for therapeutic exercises for individual cases depending on their pre-determined goals

We are dedicated to ensuring that your kids are well adjusted towards a healthier spine by resolving areas of subluxations in their spine and cultivating good postural habits so that they grow up to understand the importance of spinal hygiene