Navigating Childhood Anxiety With Neurologically-Based Chiropractic Care

Jacob used to be the type of kid who couldn’t wait for the first day of school. It was all he could talk about at dinner with his family, and he and his friends were always quick to plan how they’d sit next to each other in class. Each year, he’d even find clever ways to convince his parents to buy him a new backpack and fresh Nike sneakers for PE class. But last year — and especially heading into middle school this school year — Jacob has struggled with childhood anxiety. At their wit’s end and not wanting to resort to medication, his parents recently started looking into neurologically-based chiropractic care as a potential solution. But will it work?

We say yes, but we also completely understand when parents are skeptical. After all, it can be difficult to watch your child struggle, and those fears are magnified when traditional approaches like medicine, counseling, and good old-fashioned encouragement don’t work.

You’d like to think neurologically-based chiropractic care is the answer, but after so many failed attempts, you feel helpless.

Is Your Child Suffering From These Symptoms of Childhood Anxiety?

• Loud and long-lasting emotional outbursts

• Short tempers and prolonged irritability

• Refusal to go to school

• Difficulty concentrating

• No desire to socialize

• They cry very easily

• Feelings of restlessness 

• Sleeping problems

• Eating more or less than usual

• Constant negative thoughts

• Being clingy

• Complaints of feeling sick

Childhood Anxiety May Not Go Away Easily

According to the Cleveland Clinic, anxiety disorders are fairly common in children. They affect about 15% to 20% of children and adolescents, and nearly 1 in 3 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 has anxiety. Childhood anxiety disorders interfere with a child’s life for more than six months and differ from normal fear or anxiety because they involve more extreme symptoms and last considerably longer. Not only do the children struggle to know what’s going on with them emotionally, but parents can also feel like they are in the middle of a never-ending guessing game.

An otherwise good student may suddenly say they don’t want to go to school but can’t explain why.

You and their teachers may also notice that their grades are slipping and that they are consistently falling asleep in class.

Emotionally, they don’t like being separated from you and often cry or throw unexplained temper tantrums.

The fact that your son or daughter has childhood anxiety doesn’t mean they are unhealthy or will be stuck in this complicated rut forever. That said, it is important to get to the root cause. From a chiropractic perspective, they could have some imbalances and spinal misalignments that are causing them to struggle with anxiety. 

This Is Where Neurologically-Based Chiropractic Care Can Help

As we’ve said before, neurologically-based chiropractic care is a gentle, non-invasive approach to chiropractic care that addresses the underlying neurological factors contributing to various physical, mental, and emotional issues kids experience every day. You see, your child’s nervous system is their body’s command center. Just like yours, it controls and coordinates their movements, thoughts, and automatic responses to the world around them — things like breathing, blinking, coordination, sleep, heartbeat, etc. 

This complex system tells every other system in the body what to do, how to do it, and when to do it. But the nervous system isn’t immune to issues of its own. So many things can damage it, including diseases, accidents, toxins, aging, and, believe it or not, misalignments in the spine. Kids experience plenty of stresses that cause misalignments in their spine. Furthermore, the nervous system in a child works the same way as in an adult. With the gentle corrections we provide in our office during their developmental years, we see kids of all ages overcome various chronic issues. This includes but isn't limited to the following:

• Childhood Anxiety

• Ear infections

• Colds

• Sinus problems

• Bedwetting

• ADHD

• Sports injuries

• Sleep problems

• Headaches

• And so much more.

Even if your child doesn’t have spinal misalignments, many parents bring them to our office to give them a healthy head start in life. It is a gentle process of easing the spine back into proper alignment. Healthy kids turn into healthy adults, so it’s our goal to help the kiddos in Lewisville function better right from the start!

We know how precious your kids and family are, so we are honored and excited to be trusted with their health. 

Call Compassion Family Chiropractic Today!!

At Compassion Family Chiropractic in Lewisville, TX, our goal is for you and your family to feel like a part of ours. On your first visit, you will be greeted by warm smiles and a whole team that is happy and willing to serve you. We aim to provide you with the most thorough and effective chiropractic care available while treating you with unparalleled service all along the way.

We look forward to the opportunity to become your family’s home for chiropractic care in Lewisville!

Call us today at (469) 240-2322. To learn more about Dr. David Ravdin, click here.